Sometimes no matter who you are, you can’t get any preferential treatment. A Milwaukee restaurant issued a public apology on Sunday night after a social media post revealed it did not accommodate Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo in time.
BelAir Cantina, a chain of six Mexican restaurants in the Milwaukee area, said in a statement on its Twitter and Facebook pages that it was sorry it wasn’t able to seat the “Greek Freak” right away
At @BelAirCantina on water street and just watched @Giannis_An34 wait for a table for 10 minutes and no one helped him so he left… Dude just won Milwaukee a playoff game! Get him some service pic.twitter.com/hcjsJfThiA
— Morgan (@MoSokanhe) April 22, 2018
Instead the Greek Freak opted for pizza, and found another spot right around the corner, with no wait. He even posed for a picture.
The Mexican restaurant that shut him out, apologized profusely, and are even offering free tacos, so all’s well that ends well. Free tacos forthcoming, and they can thank the Greek Freak.
We are very sorry we weren’t able to seat Giannis Antetokounmpo in as timely of a manner as we would have hoped. The Milwaukee Bucks big win, thanks to his tip in and the team’s great play, combined with today’s… https://t.co/DTUaBH7hwY
— BelAir Cantina (@BelAirCantina) April 23, 2018
win the series Thursday night in Milwaukee, we will provide all @Bucks fans with a free taco with any purchase all day Friday at all our locations! #GoBucks #BucksIn6
— BelAir Cantina (@BelAirCantina) April 23, 2018
We were honored @Giannis_An34 came in for a celebratory meal, and wish we could have accommodated him right away. We welcome him back Thursday after another @Bucks win and will hold open a table. And to turn this into a positive for everyone, we are pledging that if the @Bucks
— BelAir Cantina (@BelAirCantina) April 23, 2018
