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The Rickshaw Bar team is “sad” that their “cool little bar caused a stir in the community”

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Rickshaw Bar, a Vietnam War-themed venue, apologized on Instagram after it was rightly slammed online

The bar, run by David Anderson and Stuart Neil – two white men who are not of Vietnamese descent – has been labeled “pathetic,” “gross” and “so incredibly fucked” after pictures from the venue’s Instagram circulated online were

“We have removed our content and apologized to anyone who was offended or found the content to be inappropriate,” was the apology posted on Instagram before the account was deleted. “We have revised our tone and are working hard to do this to correct Sorry for the hardship – it was never our intention ”

The venue also issued a statement to Broadsheet in which the bar owners said they were “sad” that their creative concept for a “cool little bar caused a stir in the community”

“We’re sad that our creative concept for our cool little bar has caused a stir in the community It was never meant to be, “the statement reads.” After deliberation, we’ve decided to reconsider the decor of the venue and will be making some changes to ensure the Rickshaw Bar is a fun and friendly place to go People can enjoy our hospitality ”

The Vietnam War theme bar in Richmond has deleted its IG account and posted an apology image of the type “Sorry if you are offended” Twittercom / amvkKjYglk

Before the Instagram account was completely cleaned out, Rickshaw Bar had pictures of beers filled with cartridges, used fallen helicopters from Operation Frequent Wind to stop drinks from driving, and filled the page with photos of dog tags and Images of Vietnamese

A photo on the Instagram page even revealed that one of the venue’s beers was being unpleasantly advertised as “something more radical”

Coupled with the clear military theme on the bar’s Instagram page, the black and orange motif used throughout the bar’s interior is believed to be a nod to Agent Orange, the chemical herbicide weapon that was and was used during the war Cancer, disease and disease and birth defects for generations of Vietnamese

Imagine a war that killed over a million people & then envisions making an aesthetic out of it and selling grenade-themed cocktails with the Agent Orange theme

The “terrible” bar concept was first noticed yesterday by Liminal Magazine, a publication that focuses on the stories of the Asian-Australian people

In a series of tweets, Liminal noted how numb it was to open a Vietnam War-themed bar in a suburb with such a large Vietnamese population and at a time when anti-Asian racism was due to the pandemic

“In a year when anti-Asian racism has increased dramatically, this bar opened * in Richmond *, a suburb with a strong Vietnamese population, including people who * literally fled this war *,” tweeted Liminal “This is terrible”

In a year when anti-Asian racism has increased dramatically, this bar opened * in Richmond *, a suburb with a strong Vietnamese population, including people who * literally would have fled this war * which is a terrible picture on Twittercom / iWSzTRWvSp

I can only imagine that the boys’ club made this up and patted themselves on the back like they were restaurateurs visionaries

But other than the fact that Rickshaw Bar’s Instagram page is incredibly tough, the venue’s original press release wasn’t much better, either

Time Out reported that the publication they received called the bar a “dark and dingy space reminiscent of Saigon from the 70s with details in burnt orange and brushed gold, reflecting the fire that flashes from the kitchen and bar ”described

The publication also mentioned the “charred wood paneling and army green booths” and “empty cartridge cases littered all over the venue” and asked the insensitive question, “Settle down in a booth or bunker down by the bar? ”

The most notable event in Saigon in any way related to bullets in the 70s was of course the Vietnam War, which lasted 19 years and killed an estimated 2 million civilians and another 1 million other fighters

Oddly enough, despite these clear ties to the Vietnam War, some publications like Urban List and Concrete Playground were posting articles in support of the Rickshaw Bar before criticism led the sites to delete their articles

“With a flair for fire, the bar and restaurant bring everything to do with craft beer, burning cocktails and charcoal grill – without objection from us,” wrote Urban List

“Even the beer list is a pure fire, and owner David Anderson intends to only showcase top-notch Victorian beers on his eight-strong indie tap rotation,” said Concrete Playground

It is also worrying that none of the editors at @concreteplay and @UrbanListMELB noticed a problem @UrbanListMELB even wrote: “No objections from us” BildTwittercom / MkDL94Vjmp

Unfortunately, this isn’t the first Horrible-Issued site Australians have received, and it most likely won’t be the last

either

In 2016 Melbourne’s FAT Fried and Tasty were called for turning dead rapper Notorious BIG into Notorious FEINT to promote the restaurant. Similarly, Suey Sins bar in Sydney was named in 2017 for its “sexy Shanghai from the pre-war period “popped

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