Hello Restaurant Owners,

We have received a warning from fellow restaurant operators that there is a scam artist going around Charlottesville trying to extort money from restaurant owners.

His operation is simple: he shows up at a restaurant and claims that he found something in his food, got sick or was harmed by food poisoning.  He tells a story about the product, cost and time and asks for money.  He is lying.

To our knowledge, he’s hit Shebeen, Revolution Soup (both locations), Cafe Cubano, Bizou, Escafe and Christain’s.  If anyone can confirm these locations, that would be great.

He was described as a 35 to 45 tall skinny African-American wearing rose colored glasses.  He also rides a bike around.

Let us know if you snap a pictures! Tell him you are doing it, so you can tell your waitstaff to treat him extra-special next time he comes in.  Let us know if you have more details.

Thanks,

cVillains & The Birdies Who Let Us Know!

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