The co-owner of the popular downtown Tampa Bay restaurant-bar Franklin Manor resigned from his position with Nocturnal Hospitality after receiving backlash for comments he posted on Instagram.
Oh Monday, Instagram user @officialthebody posted about Lanfranco Pescante leaving the comment "just shoot them all" on one of her post.
![franklin-manor-coowner-racist-rants.png](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7136e4b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/845x563+78+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fewscripps.brightspotcdn.com%2F2a%2Fbf%2Fdd35745346fd9ddaf770a355a881%2Ffranklin-manor-coowner-racist-rants.png)
Immediately, Pescante received backlash for his comment, and users demanded everyone to not support the popular downtown Tampa restaurant-bar, along with the other restaurants he operates.
Aside from Franklin Manor, Pescante's company, Nocturnal Hospitality, operates Osteria Bar + Kitchen, Mole Y Abuela and Shibui Tampa.
"I gave this man over 11 HOURS to explain himself or remove the comment. He didn’t. He continued to comment on it." — @officialthebody
On Tuesday afternoon, Franklin manor shared the following on their Instagram account:
![franklin-manor-comment-on-racist-comments.png](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9a43d47/2147483647/strip/true/crop/845x563+78+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fewscripps.brightspotcdn.com%2F5e%2F16%2F08245be44a70b3ceecce43048c63%2Ffranklin-manor-comment-on-racist-comments.png)
Pescante's comments come nearly a week after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.