Protesters Demand Saffron Colonial “Stop Romanticizing Colonialism”

[fun n serious]

Last week, much like Vasco da Gama, we discovered* a new British colonialism-themed restaurant on North Williams called Saffron Colonial, and questioned and questioned the wisdom of bringing a cocktail called the "Plantation Press" to a rapidly gentrifying street.


http://www.wweek.com/2016/03/21/protestors-demand-saffron-colonial-stop-romanticizing-colonialism/


It is my opinion as a Portland resident myself that many lily white Portland liberals are tone deaf to issues important to people of color. I find this shop extremely offensive to the African American community of N Portland especially since many have been PUSHED to Gresham.

[Ken Burch]

1. The protests have succeeded. The restaurant's name has been changed:

http://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2016/04/08/17849050/controversial-colonial-restaurant-changes-its-name-after-public-pressure