Brook Songy Anastasiadis' Facebook post was a short one, but it was to the point: Her restaurant, a franchise of Wow Cafe and Wingery in Chalmette, would not be showing the New Orleans Saints game. Why? Because some players had chosen to sit during the National Anthem.
Anastasiadis' PR representative called the post "a risk," but response to it was immediate and almost overwhelming.
In the days since the Facebook post went online Sunday (Sept. 24), the restaurant has received thousands of messages and posts, emails, phone calls and even flower deliveries sent by people as far away as Alaska, said Ray Sutherland, the PR representative.