The Five Points neighborhood in Columbia, South Carolina is the hot spot for young adults to venue when they want to head to a bar, a nightclub or a local restaurant. Revenue is pouring into the community and the Columbia Police are doing their jobs to assure the patrons are safe.
It seems like a bar in the area is facing a backlash. A former bar manager decided to air out some dirty laundry about the bar's owner.
The owner seems to have problem with the patrons coming into the establishment. He said that it's way "too dark" and he threatened to fire all the workers.
Josh Sutton, the Moosehead Saloon's former manager, said he was canned after refusing to fire black employees in an attempt for a whiter crowd.
"He was like ‘you don’t have the people in the bar that I want in the bar,’" Sutton said. "There was no need to carry on the conversation anymore. … I told him I’m not going to fire anybody because of their skin color. You’re going to have to fire me if you want that done."
The conversation reportedly occurred after the owner sent Sutton a text message saying “whatever is happening to the crowd shift, I want it to stop now. It’s gone too far. I will bring in a entire need (new) staff if needed.”
The owner then fired Sutton and the entire staff, including nine black bouncers and three black bartenders. They were told they could fill out applications to get their jobs back.
None of the black employees have returned to work.
The Moosehead Saloon is owned by Matt Shmanske, who also owns Thirsty Parrot, Latitude 22, Vista and Burger 77 Tavern.
"In a 2017 social media post, Shmanske called Sutton a member of his ‘dream team’ and part of the ‘hardest working staff’ he knew," The State reported.
Scmanske did not respond to "several requests for comment from The State."
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