Backstreets Pub & Deli

Sign posted on front door calling potential customers douchebags and losers

Although I respect your right to the first amendment, how dare you restrict my right to the second and more importantly, call concealed weapon carriers ‘douchebags and losers’….. I would never patronize your business and I’m sure you’ll find yourself OUT of business soon.
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The service, is poor at best, the food taste rancid, when try to speak to the waitress about it, their reply was, " you can always eat somewhere else", and that’s exactly what we’ll do!

I cannot think of one good thing to say about this place except it’ll keep you dry in the rain.

I should have left as soon as I walked in and got a whiff of the place… Unfortunately I ordered and over 30 minutes later a rude waiter brought me the poorest excuse for food I have ever had. DO NOT EAT HERE!! The bathroom had bugs swarming around.

I am a legal, background checked & professionally trained CPW holder. I am a retired NYPD Cop. I am a woman. I will not recommend, to anyone, your establishment, nor will you find me or any of my fellow South Carolinian’s or Americans recommending your establishment.

1. - I am NOT a loser

2. - I object to be called a “Douchbag”

3. - Just 2 months ago, South Carolina State University was on lock down after a student was shot and killed on campus. I refer you to:
   http://www.wltx.com/story/news/info/2014/03/15/shootings-spark-lockdown-drills/6464273/

This is only one of many incidents that occur nationwide. Yes, guns, legally owned, have a place, not only, on university campuses, but throughout our society.

If you are so concerned about the safety of your patrons and local students, then why are you denying them the comfort of safety you, yourself enjoy in a CPW? Or does one set of rules apply to you and not to anyone else? Are you so elite and superior to anyone else that your safety is tantamount ,and the rest of us, we peons, are insignificant?

I am a 5’3" female and yes, I carry. When I carry, I do not drink. I do not know of a single responsible CPW holder who will drink or take medications that inhibit their thought processes or motor skills.

However, I do question your abilities, since you consciously took the time to think out and create that abhorrent sign. You took a step further when, you consciously posted them in your establishment in numerous locations. You added to the insult, when new signs, less obnoxious arrived and you deliberately left one of your offensive original signs posted.

You locked, loaded and fired across the bow of all legal gun owners. Now we are firing back at you. YOU feel insulted? Tough!

I too, live in a college town, Beaufort and have on several times had to flex my CPW muscles to protect myself. Simply because we are in a college town, does not mean the bad guys stay away.

Because you live in a city, does not mean a cop will be Johnny on the Spot within seconds of trouble starting. As a retired cop, I can honestly tell you, the precious seconds between my response to your call for help will vary, based upon time of day, number of active calls we respond to and the local we are responding from. Responses can be anywhere from 2 minutes (120 seconds) to never!

Now, to get an idea of the amount of time a 2 minute wait is, sit down, hold your breath, watch the second hand on your watch or clock and count down 120 seconds.

Seems a lot of things can happen in those 120 seconds. Have you turned blue yet?

While you took the time to dial 911, wait for an operator/dispatcher to respond, answered the dispatcher’s questions, how much time has passed? Long enough for a perpetrator to attack you? Stab you? Shoot you? Did that call take2 or 3 minutes of your precious time?

Now, you’re injured, possibly dying and you are waiting for law enforcement to respond, that is,if they took the call or got the address correct. How long will they take, another 2 minutes or far more?

See that pool of blood spreading on the floor? That’s yours. That is your life spilling out and 120 seconds have not passed yet.

But, wait, you’re a CPW holder, but to prove your sanctimonious point, you left it home, or locked in your cash draw. Time is slipping away and so is the perpetrator as they run out the door and away from the cops.

The seconds tick slowly down and now your mind drifts off to your family and what they will do without you.

This can easily happen to you and does happen to hundreds of innocent people each and everyday. What prevents these events is a legal and responsible CPW holder, which successfully deters criminals.

Ask yourself, how many lives are saved each and every day, because someone is a legal gun holder. You don’t see those stories in the news. Why, because they are not sexy or titillating enough. What you will see are those of criminals, as the media follows their golden rule of “If it bleeds, it leads”.

Three times while retired I faced down perpetrators. The fact that I am a CPW holder has saved me from disaster. So, you will not see me the next time I travel up to Clemson, your competitor will, as long as he or she welcomes CPW holders.

It seems your big mouth and lopsided mores has caused more damage than if you actually fired your weapon. Yes, words can be more powerful than he sword, or should I say gun!

I dont usually write reviews, but figured after what i read about the owner of this joint posting a sign on his front door calling a group of people “douchbags” that i would interject.

Dont bother going here, people, whether you carry a concealed firearm or not. The food is nothing to write home about, the staff is mediocre, and the owner is a bigot. There are tons of other places in Clemson to go, without having to deal with an idiot…

“I won’t be going back. The place feels unsafe. They blazenly invite criminals to rob the place by putting out a sign that says the legal gun owners aren’t welcome. That is not a place I want to go with my family.
Service is ok, food is hit and miss. But having to worry if some psycho is coming to take advantage of No Guns advertisement, I will go elsewhere.

Everything about this place is low class! The owner is a pretentious guy with an ego that calls his customers douche bags. Avoid this place. Food is terrible

The owner has no qualms about advertising his/her views of any patron that exercises his/her 2nd amend. They have done so in a very unprofessional manner (notices posted that plainly state any CWP holder is not welcome – while resorting to immature name-calling.) Further, the notices posted are not legally binding and will not stand in court. However, the mission of the notices were to discourage CWP holders from patronizing the establishment. I think it is safe to say the mission has been accomplished much to the owner’s dismay as public outrage is currently in full swing. At further detriment to the owner’s, the general public is now aware that this establishment will make a fine target for armed robbery as there will be no individual on hand to prevent such an occurrence. Congratulations, Backstreets. You’ve successfully alienated a large portion of the surrounding community and further painted a very visible target on your back for would be criminals.

Back street Pub and Deli is an amazing restaurant. I have been visiting this restaurant off and on with friends. kanadoll And I always got an appreciable taste from the delicious meals of the restaurant. They have good service too.

Amazing that you actually run a pub and you’re that stupid!

Insulting customers or the general public? What a loser moron!

Bad service and attitudes from all in restaurant.

Had a cheeseburger and wings there this past weekend and left with nuclear holocaust diarrhea. I’ve been to Mexico several times, inadvertently drank the water, and had less abdominal discomfort than I did after eating at Backstreets. Not only did they under cook my cheeseburger (ordered medium – served close to beef tartar) the staff was/is rude, and unprofessional. Saw many of them smoking cigarettes in front of customers. The wings were the cheap frozen kind fried in oil that probably hasn’t been filtered since Hitler was a Corporal. Rubbery and bland at best. Bathrooms are disgusting and full of drain flies. They do have a decent happy hour though. If we could contrive a foodie time machine, I’d rather go back in time and eat at a Jack in The Box of the 1990’s…

Hey Pete. I just saw the news story on your antigun sign. you said no one needs a gun in a bar full of children. LOL. so I take it you are serving underage? why so many children in an establishment that serves alcohol? and what do you plan to do when a criminal sees your sign and realizes you bar is an easy target with a bar full of unarmed drunk children? it is YOU who are the loser and douchebag. I promise you I will do my part from here in Loveland Co. to make everyone I know aware that you are a loser and a douchebag and to get as many people as possible to eat somewhere other than your criminal safe zone bar full of drunken children.

Nasty to customers! Horrible food!! EXTREMELY unsafe establishment……Douchebag/loser owner actually has a sign up WELCOMING criminals to enter!!! Plenty of other good places to eat/drink in the area.

Douchebag!? Your place sucks!

Wouldn’t feed my dog food from this place! Yuck!!!

Ate here awhile back while on a business trip and never thought of commenting till now. Ordered a burger MR and it was well done, dry and the staff had attitude when I asked for it done correctly, which I did very nicely. In SC often and won’t eat here again.

Only a douche bag of an owner would put up a sign so disrespectful. Hope your business goes under you prick.

Don’t waste your time. The glasses are dirty, spotty, and the beer that was warm.

I have been to both bars there. It’s a typical college joint. I don’t eat here since a friend has a steak house there.

Ignore all of the fake posted negative reviews from March 18th 2014 on. They are all because the owner posted a few signs telling the public guns are not allowed. This has out raged the idiots on the net that have never set foot in the place. (Ask one of them what color the floor is, they will never respond)

Backstreets is my favorite restaurant to visit when I am back home in South Carolina!! The wings are outstanding. The atmosphere is fun with many cool items to look at. When we have a trip planned the kids always want to go eat at Backstreets. The staff is great and always very attentive. Best dining experience ever. Always recommend it to my friends who will be visiting the area and they are always so full of compliments about this exceptional establishment. Also, the Swiss mushroom burger is perfect!