Family-owned California restaurant closes after gender discrimination lawsuit for ‘ladies night’ promotion

The family-run Peruvian Lima restaurant in Concord, California served its final meals on New Year's Eve after being financially crushed by the weight of a recent lawsuit.

Lima found itself in the national spotlight for hosting a weekly ladies' night promotion. This promotion was a once-common and highly lucrative practice of offering discounted drinks to attract women to the establishment. However, Chef/owner John Marquez told the New York Post that a gender-discrimination lawsuit filed last year has cost his restaurant tens of thousands of dollars as a result. ---More...