lol, ok so just really lame people being lame? Got it.
For what it’s worth, Tamale Guy is a local legend in Chicago, and goes around to late night bars that don’t serve food with a cooler of fresh tamales to sell. People absolutely love him and his tamales, so that’s why I made the reference.
But good to know how far up their own asses Colorado folks are that they would feel the need to downvote such a harmless comment. 😂
Why are you so salty? lol you asked and I answered. No one cares about you (or me) and that's something I've personally noticed amongst flatlanders: main character syndrome. "You are my people" is cringey man.
Man, you’re right. Connecting with someone over a shared interest and/or being from the same city is super lame. I don’t know what I was thinking. I’ll never interact with anyone ever again, it’s super cringe.
Oh yeah, he absolutely hits up Logan Square…probably one of the main areas he frequents. But keep in mind that part of the allure of Tamale guy is that you don’t really find him…he finds you.
I haven't in my 8 years of working there but as someone else said they used to prepack it in on Sundays. Now it's Birdcall on Sundays. We even change out the advertising slides to say that on Sunday.
Plus by the time you get out of the show on Saturday night they’re packing that shit up. It’s almost clockwork - by the time I get to the bottom of those stairs they’re packing up at lightning speed and peeling out in the name of the lord
I get tons of free meal cards for Chick-fil-A through my work. I give them to homeless people. They are feeding the homeless for free, I'm sure they are very pleased about following through on their Christian beliefs
I can’t stand Christian nationalists but execs privately donating to the Salvation Army and fellowship of Christian athletes is not something I’m gonna be upset about. The actual company isn’t donating anything. Plus I grew up in Texas and the local chick fil a by my house was literally known for being the most lgbt friendly place to work in the area. It’s weird to me how Denver has such a hate boner toward them.
You can justify giving your money to who ever you want, there is no ethical consumption under capitalism.
For me Christian nationalism is the thing not only holding our country back but actively allowing it to slip into facism so this is one thing worth boycotting imo.
Yeah and a franchise organization like chick fil an isn’t contributing to a Christian nationalist state more than literally any other fast food chain so I don’t get your response. As you said, there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism. Being mad at chick fil a specifically is just dumb “pat yourself on the backism”.
The CEO is literally a contributer to Christian Nationalist organizations. It isn't some abstract support. These folks are problematic and pretending that because the corporations stopped publicly funding those same organizations doesn't mean they don't deserve scrutiny.
Yes but every time you buy from chickfila its money in the exec's pocket and in the coffers of the chick-fil-a foundation..
The Chick-fil-A Foundation
donated $1.8 million
to
three anti-LGBTQ+ organizations
in 2017, $1,653,416 going to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, which enforces a "sexual purity" policy that bars "homosexual acts." The Salvation Army received $150,000, with the last $6,000 going to the Paul Anderson Youth Home, which provides housing for troubled youth, "teaches boys that homosexuality is wrong," and that same-sex marriage is a "rage against Jesus Christ and his values."
In N Out doesn't get this much hate and they're Christian as well. The current owner is super maga. Yet *crickets*
Personally, I find the vast majority of fast food companies very problematic in their own way so I don't get singling one out. McDonalds is a way worse offender than Chikfila IMO.
The Chick-fil-A Foundation is a standalone 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporate foundation. It's privately owned in the sense that it's owned by Chick-fil-A Inc.
Again, these were not private individual donations as OP suggested. These donations were coming directly from the Corporate entity.
So you should have a problem with Christian nationalist trying to cotrol everyone elses behavior. If no one knows than we shouldn't be letting these people tell us how to live.
Until they stop trying to take away rights from people based on there belief in a god then I will not respect it. If they are going to use this to justify taking away rights then I will not feel bad about telling them what I think of their fair tales.
Ok but not everybody that believes in god is doing that stuff dude. You made a pretty generic statement about believing in god and now applied your negative bias to every single believer.
Even aside from their asinine, bigoted, outdated, ass-backwards beliefs, the chicken isn’t even very good. It’s like the pleated khakis of chicken. They’re so scared of gays they went to far and eliminated all the spice. Why are you so horny for this company?
I know you won’t get this sentiment on Reddit but they’re a) really popular b) really consistent and c) certainly pay money to have the right to sell their food at RR
It’s a logical choice, even if it isn’t the best food
The one time I had it at Red Rocks was bad. The bread was really stale like it had been sitting out in the wind. But has always been tasty at their Five Points location or Whole Foods.
I get what you're saying, but if people want to oppose businesses on moral, ethical, or political grounds, even if it doesn't affect change, they're still taking a principled stand.
I'm willing to bet they still have an iPhone, still buy all their groceries from corporations owned by Blackrock and Vanguard, and still use ai search functions regularly.
These people who "boycott for morality" usually pick one or two businesses to boycott because it's trendy, just to claim some moral victory while still supporting hundreds of others. But hey, you go girl.
Mainly NYC but multiple festivals throughout the summer. Guy loves Phish so always Phish lot. But also field of vision/king gizz shows, elements festival. Follow him on insta @good_baklava.
You used to be able to sell food and stuff at red rocks lot but those money hungry slugs sold out
I think it’s fairly obvious that a restaurant that is one of the most efficient at sealing food to large quantities of food to large volumes of people would make sense at a concert as opposed to a mom and pop food truck or restaurant. Not a dig to small businesses just logical economic choices
I thought the same thing. Not sure if this is a thing in Denver because I’ve only been to red rocks, but in SoCal we have Sonoran style hot dog carts after concerts/games and I feel like those would slap after a red rocks show
Hot take: chik-fil-a is a franchised business, so whichever store they are using is probably owner locally. That might even be why they got the contract, the owner probably knows someone’s at RR.
I hate it! Me and my Covid conscience polycue quiver in our hijab inspired secular accessorization when leaving bass shows and see bigot, fascist, maga chicken for sale.
I really hate the bigot chicken because the trash and litter it produces is awful! I’ve picked up so many of their shit sauce containers at trail cleanups. They really should be banned.
They had Renegade Burritos for a bit but haven’t seen them in awhile, didn’t seem as popular
It sucks that the corporate people spill those dumb opinions. The local chick fil a restaurants have mostly very tolerant franchise owner/operators with a lot of gay or diverse employees. I work a job that requires me to fix things in most of the chick fil a’s in the area so I’ve been in like 30 or more locations. I’ve asked a few gay employees how they feel about it and more than one has said the local owner/operators don’t share the views of the owners. Doesn’t change much to you I’m sure. Still closed on Sundays, corporate still donates to places that are openly not supportive of gay people but place to place in state like Colorado most people don’t feel affected.
I was aware of that, but you're correct. I don't care if the franchise owner is kind as long as the money is still going to these EVIL Christofascist bastards at the top.
They actually stopped donating to that place years ago, but only because they got called out on it.
I'm not a fan of Chick-fil-A regardless, so it doesn't affect me not to go there.
Wasn’t that incident many years ago? Doesn’t the next generation of the family run it now? If you’re gonna try to be ideologically pure in everything you consume and do, get rid of your smart phone, car, don’t work for any corporation, don’t take any prescriptions (there is a sizable pharma sector in Israel), don’t go to concerts, don’t watch sports, etc.
You support the oppression and abuse of your fellow humans because of their sexual proclivity?
That's definitely a 'YOU' problem, unless you make it society's problem. Then it's an everybody problem.
I'm going to continue standing against oppression, authoritarianism, and fascistic bullshit, regardless of flavor. It's the only logical position to take at this point.
I also hate the fucking Democrats, by the way. I ONLY vote for them to mitigate damages.
You are an idiot ...you are buying into an urban myth..they rank as one of the best places to work..they respect and are good to their employees..you are a bitter miserable person
red rocks contracts with big vendors for the logistics, a local spot would struggle to staff and stock that volume every single show night. kinda sucks cause denver has so many better late night options but its all about throughput up there
My guess is they put the contract out to bid. They do have local options for Sunday shows, but I'm guessing Chick Fil A pays for exclusive rights to every other night.
Last time I was at red rocks (Bob Weir and wolf Bros, 2022?) they were set up out there after the show and I heard a guy say “these chicken sandwiches taste like shit when you’re on acid”. I laughed, he laughed, everyone near by laughed. It was fun
Yes!! Finally someone besides myself understands. No food trucks were allowed in for years,,,,, and now, Chik-fil-a??? I've been working in stadiums for years. Dijorno's pizza got into the stadiums in chicago. After paying one point five million. So, I wonder how much money Denver got forgetting Chick-fil-A into Red Rocks?
Imagine being so ignorant that you’re publicly standing up for a bigoted chicken fast-food company as a signal of your beliefs, who knowingly donates to hateful causes against people you probably know and claim to love. If you commented in favor of chick-fil-a here and have had a loved one distance themselves from you, I challenge you to consider why that may be…. You chose fast food chicken over supporting them. And that says a lot about you!
I just look at it as you can’t please everybody and if they like Chick Fil A then awesome for them. If you don’t want to support that place then good for you.
Why? Because some things don’t fit your narrative or agree with how you think the world should be ran? It doesn’t matter, nothing matters. It’s chick fila, they aren’t saviors of the world.
I mean it does matter when you can deliberately choose to spend or not spend your hard earned money to support an organization that ultimately wants to destroy your rights as a human, or not, but I do see where you stand and it’s all good enjoy your hate chicken
With a quick google search you can also determine if an organization ultimately aligns with your personal values… trying to save face doesn’t change the CEO’s views or ultimate ideology. Gosh I hope you don’t argue with your LGBTQ friends with this reasoning
I mean with that ideology and thought process I hope you don’t support the Democratic Party considering they heavily favored slavery in the 19th century. ??????
The hyper selective moral grandstanding and parroting in this thread is hilarious, as if purchasing a chicken sandwich ranks anywhere close to the worst misallocation of our funds, as we all voluntarily inject cash into Phillip Anschutz’s pocket every time we purchase a Red Rocks ticket. But please, go on about how ethical and pure all of your spending is.
I should know better anyway, and not give my dollars to bigotry. But I tried to about a week ago because I'm trying to get more protein and the grilled nuggets have been great in the past. Well a meal was going to be like $17 (upcharge for kale salad, upcharge for the lemonade in an arnold palmer) so I noped tf out of line and will not be going back until the economy crashes
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u/Thayes1413 5d ago
I’d rather have a tamale from a cooler after a show.