Sanctuary Restaurants preach a basic message of “zero tolerance for sexism, racism, and xenophobia” among both customers and staff. These ideals, Feinberg said, that “should be a given … but I fear we’re becoming a world where that does need to be explicitly stated…. These are values we should all hold.”
For Feinberg, the Sanctuary Restaurants campaign feels like an extension of the way Bistro Campagne, 4518 N. Lincoln Ave., has always operated.
“People need a warm place to go, and bistros traditionally have been a place of conversation and comfort,” he said. “It’s about the conversation — ‘Why you think the way you do and why I think the way I do.’ We can find common ground.”