by Erin Conlon Sippy Cafe (200 Franklin St.) which opened in January 2021 by Cerina Shao and Judy Zhu, reported an incident last week with a barber and alleged owner of their neighboring shop, Musk Ox, which devolved into racial remarks.
According to Sippy Cafe, the incident began when employees reported that the next-door tenant — allegedly Musk Ox’s Master Barber and owner, Gabriele (though…
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I believe that the owner of Antidote which was previously to the right of Musk Ox (in the current UPS location) also mentioned that the Ox owners made her life challenging as one of the reasons for leaving that space, but I never heard any specifics. Unsurprising and this behavior is gross.
I can co-sign that the former owner of Antidote was also harassed by Musk Ox and that is why they had to leave. It was insufferable, the level of harassment they were receiving.