By no ounce of exaggeration, the staff's attitude seemed to be stuck in 18th century racial mentality.

Despite being a Professional Engineer, on one night out with another black friend of mine in town, we got very hostile stares from the staff the minute we walked in, and we both noticed it at the same time and smiled at each other.

We first went into the washroom, and by the time we made back to the bar, we were refused to be served on the accusation that we have been "to another bar before we got here" Basically seeming like an arbitrary made up reason to serve as a tool for discrimination.

Actually they were right! We were in another bar before we got there; we each had two drinks on the previous bar, before we walked in very soberly behaved and calm, and there is no way they should have known (or relevant) that we were in another bar, just being honest with my tale here.

Here is now the big beautiful coincidental surprise that motivated me to write this all up online! Two white guys from the bar we were at just timely walked in as we were walking out (this is a small town, and we were obviously not the only ones bar hoping the night before Halloween), they were loud and very clearly drunk. I clearly recall leaving them at the previous bar, and remembering how we were drunk but cool and having fun...we were understanding of their behavior, they were not harming anyone.

So as we were walking out and they walking in...I shouted to my buddy...wait wait! Noticing an opportunity for clear comparison! Let us see if they are going to be refused service? We waited outside across the street expecting them to come out, and after only few minutes we could see them holding drinks inside the bar!

Honestly! Yup such overt racism does not exist in Canada? Really?