Huck Finn Restaurant — Restaurant in Lake Township

Was there Thursday night , 9-6- 2018, around 9pm. A couple men were reading in the paper about transgender Dejanay Stanton being murdered in a Southside Chicago alley. The two men, stated the didn't understand why she lived her life the way she did, but that didn't mean she should be killed. The issue I have is with the white, heavier, high foreheaded manager who put his own 2 cents into the conversation. He purposely misgendered Dejanay by using male pronouns and a couple derogatory antiphobic remarks. I slowly fumed over this as I ate my meal. When I got up to pay he took my payment, asking if everything was okay. I told him the food and the service was fine. But asked him to not misgender transgender people. I stated it's rude and disrespectful to transgender people like myself as well as inappropriate to do to someone who was murdered. He apologized saying he didn't mean to offend me. I said it was offensive and no different than him asking for the respect due to him as manager but calling him "the dumb idiot white guy down the street." I asked him if he deserved that and he said no. So I emphasized that's what misgendering trans people is like. He then said, "no one should force pronouns on others." I became so upset I left, forgetting to tip my server, Cynthia. I kept thinking about the interaction and returned to talk more to the manager and leave my tip for the server. I gave the tip and asked if I could talk to him for a moment. I apologized for my comparison of him to the idiot, but asked him if he knew why not misgendering people was import other than for respect. His response was "no." I told him, because if he did and someone violent heard it puts me at risk for that violent person to follow me and hurt or kill me, and he'd be ethically responsible and asked if he wanted my harm on his head. His response was, "no." I then told him that's why you don't misgender people. He doesn't need to understand nor accept but he does need to tolerate and give at least that respect, especially as a manager. Now, please don't boycot this place, because what the manager does is not necessarily a reflection of the employees or the owners. In fact, do go there. And if you see him, again the heavier, white, balding-high foreheaded manage, start calling him, "ma'am," "miss", etc and using pronouns she, her, hers, or it, or its in reference to him. Do it to his face. If he challenges you, say, "You can't force pronouns or honorifics on anyone." Then watch his head explode. Otherwise treat the servers well and...

Good food, but the guy that was cashiering was (slow) and either couldn't comprehend what was being said or something. When my partner and I was paying for the food, my partner gave him the cash for the balance due. I didn't have any cash and before he rang out the sale and opened the register, I asked him if I could leave a tip with my card, he said no, I had to pay for it when checking out. I said okay then, give me the cash and I will use my card to pay and I can leave a tip. He says, no he couldn't do that. 🤔 I was like, you have the cash my friend gave you for our food and I can leave a cash tip and pay for the bill or leave a tip with my credit card instead. Can you simply give me the cash and I pay for the food, so I can tip the waitress? His response was no again, he couldn't do that. At this point the lady waiting was laughing at him as I was as well... He was not reasonable and had a disconnect in understanding, so I walked away and the waitress couldn't get her tip. I hope they have English comprehending people at the counter...

I went in to buy a Banana split because I’ve been a fan of their ice cream for years! Unfortunately the service and what they gave me was definitely not what I was expecting. As I walked in the guy that was at the register rudely asked me what I wanted. As I went on to kindly ask for a banana split. He went in to grab the plate and serve my ice cream in a bad mood. A female went on to ask him what I wanted and he very rudely said a banana split! He gave me a banana split with almost no whip cream and no toppings at all!! Basically I just paid for ice cream. My daughter had gone weeks prior to me as well and told me to make sure I didn’t get a rude person because they didn’t give her any toppings or whipped cream, pretty much just ice cream but they charged her price of a banana split! And the male server gave her attitude as well! I loved going to Huck Fins all the time for our family breakfast Sundays but sadly service and attitude has been a big part in why I haven’t gone in a while, decided to give it a try again for them to fail...