The outspoken Boston Pizzeria owner, who stood up against Dave Portnoy, the founder of Basuur Sports, who was underrepresented, kicked out his family to “disregard” his shop.
Charlie Red, who owns Dragon Pizza in Summerville, Massachusetts, revealed that he would have to “request a group of negligent parents” to leave the store on March 14th due to the actions of the children in the group.
He claims that children are confused other customers and “disregarding” the dining area and staff.
“Our restaurant, or any restaurant, is not a place for unsupervised kids to play. It's here where you can share your dining experience.” Dragon Pizza wrote on social media Posted on March 16th.
Red, who has a child, said boston.com It was the first time in over six years that he had to ask his family to leave his shop.
Portnoy was at odds with Redd's decision to launch a patron as he expressed his thoughts during an expletive-filled rant x Wednesday.
“This really created quite a bit of (confusing) for you as he's absolutely spewing this guy (Charlie) Red.
“Just an absolute dirt bag. I love the attention of the controversy. No one knew that he put it on his Facebook page and tried to lock all the comments without acting like a badass, and then kicked out this family,” he added.
During the lengthy talk about the Pi Day event, Dragon Pizza included the store's policy regarding younger customers.
- 1- Welcome all children who eat in the restaurant with their arms crossed.
- 2-We do not welcome parents who don't want to share their dining experience with their children.
- 3-We love sharing games with our kids. Who wouldn't do it?
- 4-We hate parents who use our games as babysitters while ignoring their children and causing them to damage and misuse our games.
- 5-I think our pizza is the best, respectful and we value the kids who agree.
- 6-We don't appreciate parents who treat our pizza as a cheap and simple option to feed their kids until they can get their own dinner.
Portnoy, who admitted that he didn't like being around children, denounced Red for amplifying the incident on social media.
“I'm like agreeing with this guy. Again, there's no need to post about it. Maybe these kids weren't doing anything.
“He probably blew this out of balance because this guy likes to be an A-Hole. This guy is a professional A-Hole. There's no other pizza place that keeps ending in the news,” he added.
Portnoy compared the customer to a customer complaining about their children at Chuck E. Cheese and to a customer complaining about their children at Redd.
Dragon Pizza has a room next to a restaurant called Dragon's Rare, with a bar and game room, advertised as “one of the coolest hangouts in Davis Square.”
“Buddy, you own a small pizza place in Davis Square with shitty pizza. I know you're against this guy. That's a pizza place, Portnoy said.
Posts from both Redd and Portnoy created a discussion of who was responsible for the insanity.
“Many parents these days don't understand that they actually need to raise their children to their parents. It's good for you to stick to your staff and other patrons,” commented under the Pizzeria post.
“Good Treated! Bravo!” Someone else added.
“He won't last long,” commented reading Portnoy's post.
“And more, pizza places are a heaven for kids' food. If you don't want kids in your place, don't serve pizza,” another insisted.
The 47-year-old media mogul first alienated the pizzeria and its owner when he stopped by a restaurant in 2023.
Portnoy visited the store for an episode of his popular “One Bite” series, where he reviewed the pizzeria by taking a bite out of the slice.
The “Super Floppy” slice was given 6.4 out of 10 due to its strong “Palmidiana” flavor, but Portonoi left a little more desire after facing annoyed red.
The owner called Portnoy to “see the business in one bite.”
The unprovoked conflict sparked a nearly two-minute heated debate between two men in front of the business.
“This pizza is trash,” exclaimed Portnoy.
In a subsequent episode shared on YouTube, it was called “One Part-time Job” and “The Worst Pizza Place in America.”
