Oh dear.

It’s cool when restaurants have funny little signs on a board outside their restaurants. You know the ones – ‘our soup of the day is whiskey’, ‘stressed is desserts spelt backwards’ – they make you laugh, you spend your money.

Then there’s the sign outside Kloof Street restaurant Liquorice & Lime, where someone has had themselves a real shocker.

Turns out this is actually from earlier in the year, although it’s only now that the sign has been doing the rounds on social media. This has led to the SA Human Rights Commission receiving a complaint, one which they are busy processing.

That sign, for your enjoyment:

Nothing like some rampant Islamophobia to leave a bad taste in the mouth. Yes that’s different to being ‘racist’, but I’m sure you get the drift.

IOL with the latest:

Liquorice & Lime owner Dylan Pritchard was not available for comment and the manager said he would not comment on the matter.

Pritchard responded with an apology to a post by Caitlin Cloete, who shared a picture of the board.

“Please accept my sincere apologies for any offence. This particular board was displayed in February and removed within the hour as we acknowledged that was a very poor attempt at satire – it was meant to be taken with a pinch of salt and a healthy dose of humour. We seriously have no intent to align ourself [sic] with any particular group or alienate ourselves from any other. It was definitely insensitive and misguided.”

Yes indeed, that it was. What’s next, a bowl of Skittles at the front door (HERE)?

My favourite ‘observation’ comes from a certain Juan Pieterse, who offered this:

“Interesting observation, why do most people see this sign as anti-Muslim instead of anti-vegan?

“People immediately assumed that this poster takes a stab at Muslims even though it never even mentions religion. Does one not have to have a tiny bit of prejudice to make this leap? There are various types of suicide bombers over the world blowing themselves up for different causes.”

Yeah, 10 points for effort though Juan.

A note to all restaurants wanting to be edgy – maybe get someone who knows it’s 2016 to read over your chalk scrawlings before you’re left with (bacon and) egg on the face.

[source:iol]