H Street Northeast bar the Pug will no longer serve a drink called “Marion Berry’s Dirty Asian Summer Punch,” after a D.C. commission called the drink’s name “racially offensive” and requested it be removed from the menu. The drink, however misspelled, was named after Washington, D.C., Councilmember Marion Barry criticized Ward 8 Asian business owners for running “dirty shops” and later said hospitals employ too many Filipino nurses. Tony Tomelden, owner of the Pug, said he came up with the drink to draw attention to Barry’s comments this year. (more…)
