Restaurant faces potential discrimination case

WILMINGTON — Thursday night Billy Brown went to the Dragon Garden restaurant on College Road. He says he came in alone and was asked to pay for his meal before going to the buffet.

But while he was eating, he saw several white people come in who did not pay before eating.

We spoke over the phone with Dragon Garden’s manager Ling Ung. He told us his policy is to normally require customers to pay after they’ve eaten.

We asked him why he asked brown to pay before. He said it’s because he’s recently had several customers, both black and white, who have not been able to pay for their meals once finished.

He said he asks only certain customers to pay in advance. He said he determines their ability to pay based on their appearance and his gut feeling about them.