North Carolina Restaurant Gets Backlash for Insisting Customers Mask Up or Show Proof of Vaccination

A mask is placed on a table at the White House on May 20, 2020. Doug Mills/Pool/Getty Images

The owner of Alpha Dawgs, a restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina, said he has been facing mounting backlash for demanding customers either show their proof of vaccination or mask up—or be denied service.

Last Friday, Hisine McNeill, owner of Alpha Dawgs, posted a message on the restaurant’s Facebook page that made clear his establishment’s policy on COVID-19 vaccines and masks.