Below is a list of businesses that have chosen to support the illegal Sipekne'katik commercial fishery that is currently plaguing St. Mary's Bay. Many of these businesses have publicly labeled the commercial fishing community as racist.

Please avoid supporting any of the businesses listed below. We've included links their social profiles where reviews can be posted. Let them know that their slanderous accusations against honest and hard-working commercial fishermen will not be tolerated.

• Dear Friend Bar
• Garden Food Bar & Lounge
• East of Grafton
• Cut Steakhouse
• Shuck Seafood + Raw Bar
• Waterfront Warehouse
• The Arms Public House
• Agricola Street Brasserie
• Bianca Aperitivo Bar
• Durty Nelly's
• The Stubborn Goat
• White Point Beach Resort
• North Brewing Company
• Big Spruce Brewing Company
• Stillwell

Details:

Dear Friend Bar

67 Portland St, Dartmouth, NS, B2Y 1H1
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"We wanted to see if there was a way we could shine some more light on the issue but also directly support the Indigenous fisherman," said Matt Boyle, the bar and restaurant's co-owner.

Source: CTV article

"I'm a bit disheartened and appalled — embarrassed a little bit, as well," Boyle said. "I just think that there's other ways to peacefully resolve these issues than violence or vandalism and alleged racism."

Source: CBC article

Garden Food Bar & Lounge

1446 Queen St, Halifax, NS, B3J 2H7
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"Kourash Rad, owner of the Garden Food Bar and Lounge in Halifax, made a similar decision over the weekend.

"[...] the right thing to do is to take the lobster off the menu and show our solidarity to the Mi’Kmaq community," Rad said.

Source: CTV article

“The acts of violence and racism, especially with the images we saw coming out of the USA earlier this year… a lot of people wanted to take a stand against racism,” said Kourosh."

Source: Huddle article

"I really feel like this is a pivotal moment for Nova Scotia to face its racism and address it head on," Kourosh Rad, the owner of Garden Food Bar

Source: CBC article

 

Source: Kourosh Rad, Twitter

RCR Hospitality Group

East of Grafton
1580 Argyle St, Halifax, NS B3J 1H5
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Cut Steakhouse
5120 Salter St, Halifax, NS B3J 0A1
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Shuck Seafood + Raw Bar
5120 Salter St, Halifax, NS B3J 0A1
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Waterfront Warehouse
1549 Lower Water St, Halifax, NS B3J 1S2
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The Arms Public House
1515 South Park St, Halifax, NS B3J 2L2
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Agricola Street Brasserie
2540 Agricola St, Halifax, NS B3K 4C5
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Bianca Aperitivo Bar
1584 Argyle St, Halifax, NS B3J 2B3
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"RCR's Hospitality Group, which owns six restaurants in Halifax including East of Grafton Tavern, Cut Steakhouse, Shuck Seafood and Raw Bar, Waterfront Warehouse, The Arms Public House and Agricola Street Brasserie, also removed lobster from its menus Monday."

Source: CBC article

Durty Nelly's

1645 Argyle St, Halifax, NS B3J 2B5
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"Other restaurants in the HRM are also taking lobster off their menu in support of the Mi’kmaq community. Employees from The Stubborn Goat and Durty Nelly’s confirmed over the phone that lobster is off their menu right now."

Source: Huddle article

The Stubborn Goat

1579 Grafton St, Halifax, NS B3J 2C3
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"Other restaurants in the HRM are also taking lobster off their menu in support of the Mi’kmaq community. Employees from The Stubborn Goat and Durty Nelly’s confirmed over the phone that lobster is off their menu right now."

Source: Huddle article 

White Point Beach Resort

White Point allegedly removed lobster from their menu "for obvious reasons" (see screenshot 1). They seem to confirm this allegation in a Facebook post where they attempted to do damage control by admitting that they "misspoke" (see screenshot 2).

Their attempted clarification in their FB post is insufficient. Their statement does not declare their support for commercial lobster fishermen, nor does it denounce the illegal out-of-season commercial fishing being perpetrated by Sipekne'katik members. They cannot sit on the fence on this issue; they must choose a side. For this reason, they remain on the boycott list.

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CBANS (Craft Brewers Association of Nova Scotia) Virtue Signallers:

Kirk Cox, the executive director of CBANS, dared to show support for local commercial fishermen. To his credit, he attempted to defend commercial fishermen that have been cruelly labeled as racists by the media, politicians, and many businesses in this boycott list. He has since faced backlash from many CBANS members (listed below).

A few of Cox's tweets and quotes from Huddle's coverage:

Replying to several Twitter users who were condemning that violence, Cox wrote: “From your den in HRM if you think all fishermen in LFA 34 are racists you should be ashamed.”

Replying to another user, who said they will only be eating lobster from Mi’kmaq fishers, Cox also wrote: “if you think you can lump a whole industry into one incident I have Lada to sell you.”

“Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders need to condemn violence not just when the other side does it, but when all sides do it,” Cox also tweeted.

Source: Huddle article

“My comment via my personal account was to express the fact that there are many fishers in the region who are not racists, want a peaceful resolution, and are working constructively with Indigenous people to do so. I was simply responding to an assertion on social media that the whole region was racist,” he wrote.

Source: Huddle article

Below are the breweries that seem to support the idea that all commercial fishermen are racist and choose to attack anyone who dares say otherwise:

North Brewing Company

Facebook

“We strongly condemn apologist points of view towards what [has rightly been] called domestic terrorism,” North Brewing tweeted Oct. 19 about Cox’s statements. “This is not a time to downplay violence [perpetrated] against Mi’kmaq fishers. We are making our position known to CBANS and will be leaving the association.”

Big Spruce Brewing Company

Facebook

Big Spruce co-owner Jeremy White says Cox’s statements also spurred his brewery’s decision to leave.

“The existence or not of non-racist, non-Indigenous fishers is not the issue and his statements clearly just completely miss that point,” White told Huddle in a phone interview. “I think he needs to realize the words he chose at the very least deflect from the core issue and that makes them wrong.”

Stillwell

Facebook

On Twitter, Stillwell also called Cox’s comments unacceptable.

“Kirk likely has friends or [family] in the fishery and dislikes seeing ‘good people’ called racists. Sure, but sit down. This isn’t about that [or] you! Treaty rights are being violated and violence is happening while the RCMP and our federal government are standing by idly.”

Non-Maritime Businesses:

Garde Manger & Le Bremner (Montreal, QC)

Garde Manger: Facebook - Google - TripAdvisor

Le Bremner: Facebook - Google - TripAdvisor

“Like everybody, we saw there's intimidation, there's violence. I'm not a fisherman and I'm not there in Nova Scotia, I don't know all the facts but I do know intimidation and violence and racism when I see it.” Chuck Hughes, owner of Garde Manger and Le Bremner

Source: iHeartRadio article