(tw: rape, rape culture) ‘Date Grape Koolaid’ at new Spokane bar sparks controversy

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A new daiquiri-and-deejay nightclub in downtown Spokane sparked heated online discussion Friday surrounding the name of one of its cocktails.

The $6 “Date Grape Koolaid” is one of the alcoholic beverages on the menu at Daiquiri Factory, a hip-hop bar and dance club slated to open tonight. According to the “February Sneak Preview” menu posted on the

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[aerdran]

I hate seeing my city be in the news with crap like this. One of the local TV stations that I liked on Facebook has put up at least a couple of links to stories about it, and it just boggles my mind how many people, women included, think people should stop protesting because it's just a drink and people are being too oversensitive, yadda yadda. I don't know where it's going to go, but I really hope they stop offering the drink. It certainly hasn't hurt their business, at least as far as I've noticed. In fact, some people are going there (which I'm sure is no surprise) just because people are protesting it.

So glad Kraft is taking action, though. I hope they follow through.

[chimbleysweep]

God love Spokane.

[sio]

the FB page is a train wreck....whoever runs it is either using "grape" in every other post and comment, bragging about how packed the place is (with videos showing maybe a dozen people in them LOL) or whining about parking tickets he ended up with saying that no one cared that he parked illegally until they were exposed with this incident.

[naomily07]

Well done to Kraft, hopefully they follow through!

[robintheshrew]

Go, Kraft! Fix this!