Lot45 — Restaurant in New York

I WAS PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED BY THEIR WHITE BOUNCER WHILE THE BLACK BOUNCERS STOOD AROUND AND DID NOTHING.

Would be a no star rating if I could have left one. DO NOT PATRONIZE THIS BUSINESS.

A group of friends and I went to this bar to enjoy the rest of our Saturday and as we pulled up to the establishment one of my friends was being berated by the WHITE security guard/ door man or whatever he is. This white man told my friend who was black that his outfit did not fit into the "image" they want to portray in Brooklyn. They didn't want him to wear his champion branded trendy gym shorts inside.

(Now we all know the image of Brooklyn is hipster, gentrified, distressed, rips, holes and tears in your clothes.)

So we already knew that was a micro aggression. But my friend decided he was going to go change and come back, assuming they were just following the establishments rules for a dress code. Then, as the rest of my friends walk in, we literally see a white man sitting in right in front of the bar in GYM SHORTS!

We proceed to ask the black bouncer why our friend had to go change since gym shorts are clearly allowed and he was rude and aggressive and would not answer our question. At that point we should have gone home, but we were already inside.

There was NO ONE in there, so there was no point in them doing the most, and yet that's what they did. Once we realized they were just being racist and discriminative, we decided to leave the establishment. On our way out, we once again tried to get the real reason why our friend was not allowed in. I pulled out my phone to record them because I can't believe that in Brooklyn NY, racism is still running rampant in 2019.

As I am recording the white bouncer trying to get some answers, he hits my phone out of my hand, physically assaulting me and completely shattering my cell phone screen. I was so shocked. I could not believe he put his hands on me and my property.

Needless to say, I will not be supporting this business ever again, and I will spread the word in the black community about their racist antics.

Dope BBQ and any other black owned party series will also know about this. They don't need to get another...

If I could leave negative stars for this place, I would as this place doesn't deserve 1 star.

I, and a group of friends came to this bar for a party that was being thrown there on Saturday 7/9. Upon arrival, to an empty line by the way, we were immediately turned away because of one of our friends (a black man) apparently didn't have the proper attire for entrance. We understand dress codes, and the need to enforce them but the way this particular security guard went about it was all wrong. We were told our friend didn't portray the image they were trying to give out and under no circumstances was he going to be allowed in. Mind you, there were two men sitting at tables inside the seemingly empty establishment wearing the same style of clothing our black friend was turned away for.

If that isn't bad enough, when confronted about the prejudicial discrimination the security guards were dismissive, intolerant and one in particular assaulted a friend who was only trying to record the egregious and embarrassing encounter. He placed his hands on HER knocking her phone out of her hand and cracking her screen. Never in my life have I been so humiliated.

From the reviews below, it seems like this place needs some re-staffing, diversity training and new management to avoid situations like this. If you are going to be in a minority community, catering to black people and other people of color, the establishment needs to reflect that and work better at communicating with its patrons. I was in from out of town visiting, but this place will NEVER get a dime out of me and I will do my best to make sure no one I...

MY FRIEND WAS PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED!!! DO NOT GO HERE!!!!

On 7/6/19 my friend's and I were profiled upon entry. My friend was denied entry into Lot45 because he was wearing athletic shorts. We were told that was not the "image" they were trying to portray at their establishment. We had no problems with them having a dress code, my friend even went home to change, but as we were waiting on him to come back we saw there was a white gentleman with the exact same shorts on. As we were trying to explain to the bouncer that his choice of words was offensive and asked why it was ok for the white man to wear athletic shorts but not my friend who is a black man. He grew angry and even boasted about how they can refuse entry to whoever they want. As we walked out my friend was recording our interaction and the white bouncer knocked her phone out of her hand. cracked her screen and laughed about it. The other bouncers, who were all black men, stood around and did nothing. We posted the incident on our social media and commented on their Instagram page, instead of apologizing they deleted our comments and blocked us. Lot45 is a racist establishment who employs bigots. As a three year resident of Bushwick, I'm disgusted that this place is in my neighborhood. Supporting Lot45 means you support racist and do not support black men and women. I urge you never to go here! If I could give zero...