Another day, another heavy blow to our confidence in local humanity.
Not long after 2 PM on Monday afternoon, a manager at Redondo Beach’s celebrated, seven-year-old Ragin Cajun Cafe & Moonshine Bar was struck by a car driven by two diners skipping out on their $90 check.
Parking lot security cameras show a dark reddish, older-model Chrysler barreling directly into the unnamed manager, who was standing in front of the ride trying to confront or stop the couple, launching him about ten yards onto the sidewalk. Fortunately, he survived with only a few small injuries.
Now owners Lisa Briton Hodges and Steve Hodges are hoping someone can identify this dining-and-dashing, hitting-and-running duo. Lisa tells KCAL9/CBS, “Who could do this to anybody? It was very intentional. All of our crew is like family.”
Grainy security footage shows the suspects–a masked man and woman—walking through the restaurant on the way to the bathroom amid their $90 patio feast, which included crab, steak, and lobster. Also known as things they won’t be eating once they’re sharing a 6x9 concrete space and bunk with a stranger and a combination toilet-and-sink.