Restaurant's attempt to honor 9/11 victims angers some customers
The menu included 'First Responder Flatbread' and 'Remember-tinis'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Virginia restaurant’s attempt to honor the victims of 9/11 backfired when some slammed the restaurant's 9/11-themed seafood menu as offensive.
"My intention was to bring attention to that horrific day 21 years ago," George White, a manager at The Clubhouse at Aquia Harbour in Stafford County, wrote in a Facebook post apologizing for the menu, ABC 7 reported. "To honor those who lost so much as well as those who gave everything that day."
"I apologize for those I offended with the 9/11 seafood Sunday post," the post added.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Clubhouse at Aquia Harbour, which is located about an hour outside of Washington, D.C., released the 9/11-themed seafood menu last week, which included meals titled "First Responder Flatbread," "9-11 Oysters" and "Flight 93 Redirect" crab dip. The menu also included chocolate silk "Pentagon Pie," a key lime-flavored "Remember-tini" and a "Never Forget" sampler, WTOP reported.
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The menu was taken down, but screenshots of the menu remain on social media.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Some voiced shock over the theme of the menu.
"I’m just kind of shocked that someone would, you know, use that as a way of getting I guess customers to come in? I don’t know," Jackie Adams told Fox 5.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"It’s a time for remembrance and reflection, and I don’t know if that menu depicted that type of situation," Jeff Gibson added.
Exterior photo of The Clubhouse at Aquia Harbour in Stafford, Virginia. (FOX 5 DC) (FOX 5 DC)
Others said they’re not sure why there’s outrage over the menu.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"I just don’t see why people would want to call it disrespectful," a person at a nearby grocery store, Chris Campbell, told Fox 5.
A large American flag is unfurled at the Pentagon ahead of ceremonies at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial to honor the 184 people killed in the 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon, in Washington, Friday Sept. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
The menu was replaced by a "Seafood Sunday" menu, with football-themed meals, such as "Offense Oysters," "Fumble Flounder" and "Field Gold Flatbread."
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The restaurant did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for additional comment on Sunday.