Article: `Cada Vez' controversy marked by masked racism.(C)(Metropolitan)(Metropolitan Life)

Byline: Adrienne T. Washington

Ernest and Kathy Simo, owners of the embattled Cada Vez Restaurant and Conference Center located on the changing "New U" Street corridor, have said, "We came here looking to build a business; we didn't come looking for a fight."

But oh, brother, did they ever find themselves in the midst of the virtual food fight of their lives.

With all the greenbacks and good will the Simos have expended in the revitalizing community as they battled back their few but frenetic detractors who blocked the opening of their upscale cyber-cafe and conference center this past year, I'd have packed up my digital delicacies by now and ...

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