Asian restaurant vandalized with racist graffiti after owner speaks out about Texas ending mask mandate Noodle Tree s outdoor windows were covered in racist graffiti. (Source: TYLER PRINCE) By CHRISTOPHER BRITO | CBS News | March 17, 2021 at 12:34 PM EDT - Updated March 17 at 12:34 PM
(CBS News) - On Sunday morning, Mike Nguyen got a text alerting him that his Texas restaurant was spray-painted in red with racist messages. When he arrived at Noodle Tree in San Antonio, he told CBS News, he felt âhurt.â
âWhen you see pictures is one thing, but when I actually walked to the restaurant, physically saw with my own eyes, I was enraged,â Nguyen said Monday. âI was upset.â
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Texas restaurant covered in racist graffiti after owner continues requiring masks
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A Texas restaurant owner publicly opposed Governor Greg Abbott s decision to lift the state mask mandate and his place of business suffered for it.
Mike Nguyen, owner of The Noodle Tree ramen restaurant in San Antonio, called the governor s decision selfish during a CNN interview. I will say that the governor doesn t have us Texans [best] interest at play at this point, said Nguyen. I think it s more of a personal interest, I think the decision to drop the mask mandate is selfish and cowardly and there s no reason to do it. Dropping the mask mandate will not help the economy, it will not help us open and a lot of us feel that he s putting a lot of us in danger.
The graffiti appeared days after the restaurant's owner appeared on CNN to oppose Texas Governor Greg Abbott's decision to lift the state's mask mandate.