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Redlemon · 08-18-2005, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by ngdawg

A couple at a NJ restaurant were appalled to receive their check with the words 'jew couple' scrawled on the bottom. The phrase also showed up on their credit card statement showing the restaurant's charge. The manager stated that the waitstaff, rather than use table numbers, used descriptives of the patrons, but it was supposed to be things such as 'blue cap and black shirt'...the waitress has since been fired.

ATTORNEY GENERAL PROBES 'JEW COUPLE' EATERY (requires registration, so here's the text)

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August 18, 2005 -- Amid spreading outrage, New Jersey's attorney general yesterday opened a probe of a posh eatery that referred to a pair of diners as "Jew Couple" on their check.

"It's extremely troubling," Attorney General Peter Harvey told The Post. "I have two investigators from the Division on Civil Rights in my office right now. We are taking this very seriously.

"It stands to reason if the [restaurant] is labeling someone by religion, they are also labeling someone by race."

On July 8, diner Elliot Stein of Brooklyn went to Parkhill's Waterfront Grill in Loch Arbour with his girlfriend, Jennifer Cassin. When the waitress handed them the bill, "Jew Couple" was printed in large letters.

"I would like to know how they describe other couples," Stein said. "How do they identify gay people, black couples? It could be anything.

"I think they have it programmed on their register. I don't want to hear it was a mistake. All I got was a 'no comment.' If this was in New York, these people would be penalized," he said yesterday.

He added, "I would like to know how they knew I was a Jew."

The still-stunned Stein, a shoe buyer, said his wish now is to see Malia Wells, the restaurant's manager, get the boot.

"She is the person I am most furious with. She was the one that was telling us we were creating a fuss in the restaurant and wanted us to leave," he said.

"They told me the waitress got fired. She happens to be a very sweet girl. She apologized. I want the waitress to get her job back."

Wells said she had no comment.