Ted Kefalinos, the proprietor of a bakery in Greenwich Village (a neighborhood in New York City), can’t understand why the media is having such a field day over his Drunken Negro Head cookies. They’re fun! Nobody complained about his dead geese cookies last week! He’s got a Cuban brother-in-law! We’d be more willing to believe it was just a bad marketing decision if it weren’t for the follow-up comments a customer alleged he made.

A shocked customer tells My Fox NY that Ted Kefalinos, proprietor of Lafayette French Pastry, asked her, “Would you like some drunken negro heads to go with your coffee? They’re in honor of our new president. He’s following in the same path of Abraham Lincoln; he will get his.”

The local community board is now calling for a boycott, and Kefalinos seems both confused and contrite:

“I’m sorry they feel that way because I was trying to do a nice thing.” Not seeming to grasp in any way the degree of outrage he’s sparked, he added, “I did it and that’s the end of it and it’s over.”

Well, they do look kind of tasty, but I don’t want to eat a Drunken Any-ethnicity Head no matter how much chocolate is on it.

“‘Dunken Negro Face’ Cookies On Sale at Greenwich Village Bakery” [Gothamist] (Thanks to Grace!)
(Photo: Gothamist)

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