Restaurant owner apologizes amid backlash for photo with Attorney General Jeff Sessions

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HOUSTON — A Houston culinary dynasty has come under fire after a photo with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions began circulating online.

Sessions is pictured with El Tiempo restaurant co-owner Dominic Laurenzo during a recent visit to Houston.

Sessions' tough stance on immigration, coupled with the perceived endorsement by the Tex-Mex restaurant, has resulted in a hailstorm of complaints and even death threats.

Laurenzo's Restaurants president Roland Laurenzo says in no way does the social media post equate to an endorsement of Sessions' politics. He says the company feels quite the opposite.

Read more and watch video: https://www.khou.com/article/news/politics/restaurant-owner-apologizes-amid-backlash-for-photo-with-attorney-general-jeff-sessions/285-583070868

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1. "Hey, if that ole Son of Sam guy dropped by, I'd get a picture with him too!"

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2. El Real Expertly Trolls El Tiempo

El Real Tex-Mex Cafe sits just a few blocks west of El Tiempo Cantina’s Montrose location on Westheimer Road.

On Sunday, El Real responded to the controversy over El Tiempo’s decision to celebrate a visit from Attorney General Jeff Sessions two days before.

“BRUNCH SESSIONS AT EL REAL ARE ALWAYS CAGE FREE AND FULL OF RAINBOWS,” El Real wrote on its historic marquee.

El Tiempo is facing calls for a boycott after posting a photo of co-owner Domenic Laurenzo posing with Sessions, alongside a caption stating that it was an “honor” to serve President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ attorney general.

Read more: http://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2018/08/el-real-expertly-trolls-el-tiempo/