This may be much to do about nothing, and the Davanni's manager and/or staff may have declined to be interviewed, but if the group was approached about this, it seems there is a good chance they were promoting their politics there. Which if that happened, the manager seems to have had good reason to approach them. I've been do that Davanni's many times over the last 20+ years. My friend John doesn't live too far from there and him and I would often go there before movies at the Edina Theater or other events.
Not that it is my favorite Davanni's as there are several I go to, and the majority of the time I pickup/takeout.
But, I question if they were just *eating* and not spewing their Dumpy Rhetoric so much so, other customers may have complained.
As I posted on FB (and while it got 9 likes, it also received some trolling trash replies from some Dumpy supporters, which I will add ARE IN THE MINORITY in Minnesota), if I was eating at a Davanni's or likely any restaurant, and a Dumpy party was being held, I'd get out of dodge as soon as possible. Of course the trolls are drawn to these things in droves..Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. A lot of them are BOTS also. No thank you. I don't need to hear or or be exposed to their brainwashed trash. Would it be more effective to turn my phone's camera on and play Jordan Klepper-Fingering-the-pulse-of-Maga? maybe, but it would not be what I would expect to deal with when going to eat some comfort food.
Having Davanni's while being exposed to political discourse is hardly COMFORTING.
So, depending on what we may learn, it may be much to do about nothing and some local political minorities reaching for something that had no reason to be. But if there is evidence that the manager had good reason and customers complained, MORE POWER TO THE MANAGER.
I mean sure, it could just be a LEARNING EXPERIENCE and to understand WHAT THE POLICY IS. I kind of wonder if the manager had had a written document that detailed it, and read it to the group, then what happened may be totally justified.
I suspect much of what Davanni's posted on Social Media is just to try to cover themselves from a PR standpoint.
