The story
Home to the 'world's rudest waiter' who called patrons 'retarded' and changed their orders—people lined up to be insulted.
Everything that was here
- 1912–2012
Sam Wo RestaurantRestaurant
Home to the 'world's rudest waiter' who called patrons 'retarded' and changed their orders—people lined up to be insulted.
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