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JooseSpringsteen t1_iu4j7cj wrote

The owner is a Covid-denier idiot. When schools were still requiring masks, she forced her son(elementary school) to go without one then live-streamed herself complaining while her son was crying in the background. The N-word allegations do not surprise me in the least.

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guest0112 t1_iu4ltjr wrote

Wow that’s awful. Just to be clear (bc I don’t live in canton anymore)… this is the “new ish” owner, right? Didn’t the cardinal tavern change hands a few years ago? Because the menu completely changed and they no longer do southern cooking/fried chicken platters and I thought someone told me it was new management or owners

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DfcukinLite t1_iu4vmbf wrote

She's the former part-owner of Mahaffey's. Dennis, the full owner is her exhusband.

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Shiny_Deleter t1_iu5myiq wrote

Eek, hadn’t heard much about her. I do know that I didn’t care for Mahaffey’s after Wayne sold it to her.

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JooseSpringsteen t1_iu4lyox wrote

Yes, that’s all correct.

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guest0112 t1_iu4m5yi wrote

Thanks. Just in case people who used to go there 3+ years ago are reading this. The entire menu and culinary focus had changed due to this new, maga idiot owner.

Kinda hope the old owners buy it back! Bring back those fried chicken platters!!!

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buuj214 t1_iu4pq9y wrote

Just to clarify, the good food owners sold it to a guy who changed the menu a few years ago. I went there in like, maybe 2019, and it was kind of asian-fusion-influenced food in a kind of southern-themed bar. That failed relatively quickly and one of the owners of Mahaffeys bought it. It was a quick improvement (not saying much) but I’m really disappointed to hear about all this. She was one of my favorite bartenders and helped me plan a surprise birthday party for my now wife upstairs at Mahaffeys. Gross.

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Grouchy_Skirt_9071 t1_iub1un6 wrote

That’s wildly inaccurate. Mr MaHaffey sold it directly to Alice and Dennis. When they divorced, Alice sold her portion to Dennis who has owned and operated it since then.

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buuj214 t1_iubsakw wrote

Cardinal tavern, bud. Note that this post and all of the comments are about cardinal tavern. Mahaffeys is only mentioned because Alice was an owner, before buying Cardinal.

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Natensity t1_iu4mzpe wrote

There was some drama she caused about a fundraiser for the school and having to share a pizza party with her kid’s grade vs only having a party for the winning class that didn’t earn her any good will either. It’s like she was trying to make people mad.

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kmilvin t1_iu7assn wrote

My husband and I are moving from AZ to a rental in Canton while we look for a house—would appreciate guidance on places to patronize, but also places like this to avoid. A big reason we’re leaving AZ is to escape Maga madness. TIA

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CaptainFrog8 t1_iu7mva3 wrote

Moved from AZ to canton last year. DM me for any questions.

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buuj214 t1_iu4p6n7 wrote

Wait what?? Alice? Damn, I would not have guessed that based on my interactions with her. That sucks

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Aphile t1_iu4ro1p wrote

Maybe you're "one of them" too, then...

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buuj214 t1_iu4yd09 wrote

Oh shit maybe you’re right, maybe I am unknowingly anti-vax and a MAGA… you know except for the vaccines and voting for Biden lol.

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Aphile t1_iu50f8u wrote

But you couldn't see through the veiled racism of Aliki? WEIRD

It was her first or second Canton Neighbors post, where I screenshotted and sent to all my friends, and it was very clear who was batshit insane.

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buuj214 t1_iu59k4g wrote

Idk dude obviously I didn’t see that. We had regular pleasant interactions years ago at Mahaffeys. My experience with most MAGA people is that they advertise it. I was surprised and disappointed to hear all this. That is all.

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Aphile t1_iu5aurh wrote

Sounds like you're white, been around this shit your whole life, and don't know how to identify it apart from "pleasant interactions".

Of course she was pleasant to you. But did you listen to her opinion on anyone else? I feel like I learned the lesson that bigots are often "pleasant" to people who look like them, in uh, Middle School.

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Few_Construction_654 t1_iu5mf6a wrote

Yikes, chill out. Not everyone’s experience around another person is going to be the same, and not everyone pays attention. Also, it’s a bar, where people drink, and don’t always comprehend who they are talking to 🙄 and agreed with @velveteen311, you have some issues to work through.

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TeachGullible t1_iu5qhw5 wrote

So it's the commenter's fault for being white? Go to therapy.

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moonythejedi394 t1_iu6fm0y wrote

you had really good points im sorry you got downvoted

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justin774 t1_iu8hs5s wrote

I hope this is satire, else, you should also seek therapy and try to form an original thought.

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