“We were stupid in putting this up on our bar marquee without thinking twice about how it could offend. “We are f***ing idiots,” the apology reads. The marquee was also replaced with a message cheering on the Houston Astros. Shortly after Eater reached out to Truck Yard Monday afternoon for comment on the backlash, the bar posted an apology to its Facebook page, which has racked up more than 250 comments, some in support of the bar, some against. The bar eventually limited who could comment on its posts. Truck Yard sits just a few blocks from the Columbia Tap trail, one of the Greater East End’s most popular bike paths.Ĭommenters quickly flooded Truck Yard’s social accounts, demanding an apology and calling for a boycott of the establishment. It didn’t receive much attention until Monday afternoon, when the photo began making the rounds of local biking groups and bike shops on Facebook and Twitter. Truck Yard/FacebookĪ photo of the message, which read “Study shows 90% of bike accidents can be avoided by buying a car like normal people,” was posted to Truck Yard’s Instagram and Facebook accounts on Sunday.
Some local cyclists found the message on the marquee to be insensitive. Truck Yard, the open-air beer bar and live music venue in Houston’s EaDo neighborhood, is facing backlash after displaying a message on its marquee that some local cyclist groups viewed as insensitive and antagonistic, just weeks after cyclists were assaulted in a highly-publicized Waller County case.
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