We have been going to a restaurant here in Denver called the Santa Fe Tavern for sometime now. They are a mainstream restaurant but are very tolerant to cd'ers. There business has been falling off to a dismal state. They have great food and I have enjoyed going there for karaoke on Friday nights.
This is where it gets complicated. The karaoke DJ asked the owner what she thought they could do different to build up the attendance on Fridays. The owner responded with incidents that had happened there which appear to be mishandled about cd'ers being in the women's bathroom. Another comment was that this looked like a gay bar. The really odd thing is that my wife has been hit on 3 times in the women's bathroom there. So she doesn't like to go because she is not interested and this made her feel uncomfortable.
In colorado we are allowed to go to the women's bathroom when dressed and I see the biggest problem being that the owner didn't even know this. Last week it was reported that the owner didn't want cd'ers there dressed. So this put everything into a spiral where cd'ers refused to go back. Last night I talked with the owner and couldn't tell how much was true and how much was exageratted. Either way the karaoke DJ who is a cd'er and a friend to many of us is most likely going to lose the gig.
What appears to have happened is that a lot of bigoted people refuse to attend when the cd'ers are there. I feel sorry for the restaurant owner because is in a no wind situation. I wonder how much cd'ers played a part in her demise.