Restaurant
Kicks
Out
Lesbian
Couple
•
Couple
demand
an
apology,
restaurant
says
it
unlikely
•
Couple
plan
kissing
protest
for
today
Bar
Chelles,
a
classic
restaurant
in
the
heart
of
San
José,
is
being
asked
for
an
apolofgy
by a
lesbian
couple
after
being
thrown
out
for
sharing
a
kiss.
The
downtown
restaurant
and
bar
makes
up
for
its
lack
of
ambience
with
plenty
of
tradition
and
a
diverse
and
colorful
clientele.
With
its
bright
lights
and
Formica-topped
card
tables
and
mirrors
adorn
most
of
the
walls,
it
has
been
a
San
José
trademark
for
a
century.
Paulina
Torres
told
Radio
ADN
90.7
FM
that
she
and
nine
other
female
friends,
including
her
girlfriend,
arrived
last
Saturday
night.
Torres
said
they
were
told
they
could
not
kiss
in
the
restaurant.
The
women
complained,
saying
the
restaurant
was
being
discriminatory.
A
waitress
responded
by
saying
that
it
was
company
policy.
Torres
is a
coordinator
for
the
Beso
Diverso
(Diverse
Kiss),
an
event
where
gay
and
straight
couples
kiss
in
public
in
support
of
gay
rights.
Today,
Saturday
at
5:30PM
members
of
Beso
Diverso
will
march
from
the
Plaza
de
La
Cultura
to
Bar
Chelles
to
protest
the
restaurant's
policy.
Marjorie
Blanco
of
Bar
Chelles
told
the
press
that
the
women
should
not
expect
an
apology.
“What
they
did
is
extremely
forbidden,
this
is a
decent
place,”
she
said.
“Apologies
for
nothing,
if I
see
a
pair
of
women
kissing
each
other,
then
I'm
telling
them
to
go
elsewhere.
The
Lord
rebukes
the
devil.”
