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Texas Monthly gives Italian eatery the Bum Steer Award for insulting community in closing notice [View all]
AMARILLO--Texas Monthly’s December issue brands the viral vamoose of an Amarillo restaurateur with a 2014 Bum Steer Award.
A sign trashing Amarillo posted — or not? — at former Amarillo eatery Sava! Italiano pinballed through the social stratosphere in September, with GrubStreet calling it the “World’s Most Insulting Closing Notice.”
The notoriety of the incident lands the Sava! episode among the notable Amarillo business stories of 2013.
News of the sign had, through Wednesday, garnered 131,548 views on BuzzFeed, 3,453 gazes on Reddit and a multitude of posts on blogs such as Grubstreet, Gawker, Huffington Post and The Inquisitor.
More at http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2013-12-29/texas-monthly-gives-italian-eaterys-note-bum-steer-award .
[font color=green]The sign stated, “You sorry (expletive), rednecked sacks of (expletive) had no idea what you had here! Good luck with your prepackaged frozen (expletive) food in this town. ... We are off to make money in a town whose average IQ is above room temperature. CIAO!!!”[/font]
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