The Little Food Cafe — Restaurant in Bayonne

Very disheartened about my experience there today along with my daughter. I arrived early enough to dine outside given I’m a resident and I don’t live too far from the place. The manager (a woman with short hair and an accent) was very rude and dismissive to my daughter and I regarding an extra table and chairs that were connected to ours. She took the table for another patron (which was perfectly fine) but wouldn’t take the chairs assuming my daughter and I had sat on them and literally proceeded to get new chairs for the patrons. When I asked her if there was a reason she didn’t want to take the chairs that came with the table she replied “I have extra chairs to give to them.” I guess my daughter and I left germs on the iron cast chairs perhaps? Smh! I also took notice to the fact that everyone else was served water and their drinks in a glass but my daughter and I were given bottled orange and apple juice...germs perhaps? Smh. I stayed longer awaiting the food we’d ordered but by then I was so disgusted with the service that I asked the waitress to wrap our food to go. The young lady felt bad so she offered us free brownies that I gracefully declined.

The sad part about this is I’ve actually dined there pre-pandemic and the owner had a very beautiful presence along with the beautiful music they’d play whenever I’d patronize their establishment. This time felt very awkward and I left feeling disgusted.

I’ve told many people about their place prior to today because I love the decor and I assumed they were very nice people but I probably won’t be spending anymore of my hard earned dollars there.

Utterly Disappointed...

Stop going to Little Food on 10th St!!! I picked up my little sister and her friend from John.M Bailey School and we went to get food from Little Food. We were waiting for the food and my sister’s friend (for reference she is of color), was standing, eating her snack and the “owner” decided to go up to her and put her hand on her shoulder of my sister’s friend and made a remark along the lines of “honey and vinegar, and how she needs to stop coming in with vinegar and coming in with honey”. She is a 12 year old girl and me being there, I can agree that she was not doing anything. I do believe there was a racist intent behind it. Kids go to that restaurant all of the time and are typically loud, however the one time a girl of color is there it’s now an issue, especially because of the fact she wasn’t loud. She claimed that she had had poor behavior before, but for some reason it was an issue today. The way she had handled the situation was extremely unprofessional, disrespectful, and rude. I will never step into little food again or “support” an establishment that treats kids especially like this, especially those of color. The business is right around the corner from an elementary school, so I feel as though they should be more understanding of the age group that would be coming into their restaurant. It was never an issue when lighter colored children were “acting out” or being loud, but once it’s a black girl it’s now an issue. I am extremely...

They say we're supposed to support our locall businesses. Not very happy with this outcome. So my son and his friends go into little food cafe for a minor birthday party. About eleven people teenagers Mind you So So they ordered they were asked to pay in advance. The Waitress suggested it. The bill came out to about a 185 Dollars They pay in advance which is so disrespectful. Now kids wanted stuff like extra soda. Extra juice extra whatever. And the waitress turns around and says well since you Paid already it was her suggestion that they paid in advanyes you can't get any more soda or juice. I'll just have to give you water. This makes no sense to me. So my son's best friend, which is a very nice kid. But very shy did not want to say that his birthday was basically ruined because of this and he felt very embarrassed. It was a very confusing night for these Kids, and now they are discussing why this happened. They understand but it Should have not happened. Not happy with little food cafe at all How are we supposed to support our local businesses? If we act like this, you need to tell me. If 11 grown men or women came into the business and ordered food, they would be asked to pay for it in advance. I think not. It's sad that someone turns 17 and decides to go into your business. And gets treated like that. I'm sure it's something he will never forget. And I'm sure those 11 kids will not be going to little...