Austin, Texas / USA - November 8th 2020: Make America great again hat at Austin Trump Protests and Biden Celebrations in Austin , Texas at the Texas State Capitol. a backwards Maga Cap. (Photo credit: Roschetzky Photography / Shutterstock)
An Australian cafe that opened in Sydney with a Donald Trump theme is closing its doors after mere weeks.
According to the New York Post, "Mark Da Costa opened Bueno Eatery in St. Peter’s in March after closing down his Waterloo cafe, Hale and Hearty, in 2020 after being involved in a series of internet controversies, in which he called a community member a homophobic slur. He also declared his cafe a 'Donald Trump safe zone,' which served pancakes with a 'side of racism.'"
When the restaurant first opened, Da Costa told news.com.au "about how he had grown up and had hoped to 'move on' from his Trump-laden controversies with his latest venue, situated at the end of Newtown’s renowned King Street."
However, after just six weeks, Da Costa announced the closure of the cafe, posting a photo of himself "in his Trump shirt, posting a photo of himself in a MAGA shirt and giving the finger to the camera."
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Da Costa, who previously competed on Australian Idol, blamed "snowflakes" for the failure of his restaurant, which echoes how, after the failure of Hale and Hearty, he blamed the “left-wing fake vegan community” and told his critics to "go f--- yourself."
He has vowed to release a "song" about Bueno's failure, and told news.com.au that Newtown is “infested with rats and hairy men.”
While this Australian pro-Trump venture failed, in the United States, some other people have tried with varying degrees of success to create Trump themed foodservice.
In Punta Gorda, Florida, one local business owner named Tom Watson dressed up his establishment into the "MAGA Cafe" in 2020, which he said was to attract "positive energy." And in Texas, the Trump Burger restaurant chain has created effectively a shrine to the president out of the building.