NYC coffee shop bars a Jewish congressman: ‘We don’t serve genocide enablers’

A cafe in Brooklyn says it has barred US Rep. Dan Goldman after Goldman stopped at the coffee shop.

Poetica Coffee, in the Williamsburg neighborhood, posts a photo of Goldman on social media, writing: “We see that you stopped by our shop today for a coffee. Do you see how it doesn’t taste like genocide juice?”

“We don’t serve racists, fascists, homophobes, genocide enablers,” the post says. “Too bad we didn’t recognize you right away, or we would have turned you away.”

The shop says it refunded Goldman’s $9.82 purchase.

“We don’t need your money (it’s probably coming from AIPAC anyways),” the post says. “Don’t ever come to Poetica.”

Goldman is a Jewish centrist who supports Israel’s existence, but has also been harshly critical of the Israeli government and the war in Gaza.

Last year, he said the war was a “humanitarian catastrophe” and called the Netanyahu coalition an “extremist government” that “unjustly hurts Palestinians.”

Goldman is facing a primary challenge from former New York City comptroller Brad Lander in tomorrow’s election.

Lander is also Jewish, and defines himself as a “liberal Zionist,” but is running to Goldman’s left when it comes to Israel.

Poetica is a chain with six locations around the city.

The chain’s website says that “whoever walks through the door is treated with unconditional dignity.”

“Not as a customer. Not as a transaction. As someone who arrived and deserves to be welcomed,” the website says.