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Jazzlike_Breadfruit9 t1_j5ywtbl wrote

Reply to comment by thereandfatagain in Two Pittsburgh Restaurants Make James Beard Semi-Finalists List (I love Apteka but I've never even heard of Fet Fisk? I need to get out more...) by 412PhotoJ

If you don’t want to donate you don’t have you. Don’t have to be a jagoff about how someone wants to raise funds.

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thereandfatagain t1_j5yxtpq wrote

A white dude gofundme-ing a fancy restaurant in a working class Pittsburgh neighborhood is giving major Seussian vibes but hey I’m just some jagoff!

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Pennsylvasia t1_j5z17w0 wrote

Agreed about the crowdfunding campaigns for restaurants, or retail, or shady animal cafes that usually foreshadow issues later. But, I'm not sure a fancy restaurant would be really out of place in Bloomfield, or that it's necessarily a working-class neighborhood anymore. Plus, 1/3 of this team is a brown guy and another 1/3 is a white woman, so while I take any opportunity I can to promote Kevin Sousa for the Mt. Rushmore of Shitty Pittsburghers, I don't think his race or gender matter here (especially since working class neighborhoods in Pittsburgh were historically populated by white guys and families).

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Cryptic_Skies t1_j5z4663 wrote

we dont get along but i agree with you on this one. this sub tore the owners of the potential hiphop themed fried chicken restaurant in east liberty when they tried to crowd-fund.

But this sub is fickle and the mods dont adhere to their own guidelines (look at all the sports posts they allow).

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LostEnroute t1_j5zw3sk wrote

The people who already opened Muddy Waters were trying to do a GoFundMe for what is now Bird on the Run? I don't remember that.

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Cryptic_Skies t1_j60a6c1 wrote

I believe it was the coop people. I remember the outrage over the crowdfunding request and the cultural appropriation, more than the restauranteur.

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LostEnroute t1_j60fh8z wrote

I was just curious because I don't remember any GoFundMe + Chicken spot.

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