Kung Fu Saloon

[GeneChing]

Kung Fu Saloon (http://kungfusaloon.com/) in Austin, TX, no less.


Monday, January 25, 2010, 12:30pm CST
Kung Fu Saloon, Haiti fundraising that's fun (http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2010/01/25/daily10.html)
Austin Business Journal

West 6th Street entertainment venue Kung Fu Saloon will donate 25 cents to Haiti for every game played between Jan. 22 and Feb. 1, officials said recently.

The bar at 510 Rio Grande St. operates 19 vintage arcade games that cost a quarter per play. For the rest of the month, 100 percent of game proceeds will benefit the American Red Cross, which is leading several earthquake relief initiatives in Haiti.

“This is the least we can do to help those that have been affected by this unimaginable tragedy in Haiti,” Kung Fu co-owner Nick Adams said.

Kung Fu is also collecting new or used shoes that will be donated to Karavel Shoes and passed to Haiti earthquake survivors.

[GeneChing]

A bar, not a restaurant. Now that's what I'm talking about.


Kung Fu Hustle (http://www.houstonpress.com/2011-10-13/music/kung-fu-hustle/)
Video games are only part of this Washington corridor adult arcade's appeal.
By Shea Serrano Wednesday, Oct 12 2011

The apple cider sake bombs at Kung Fu Saloon (5317 Washington) are far more useful than Jonathon Cidersake, or whoever it was that invented them, could have reasonably anticipated.

Kung Fu Saloon
5317 Washington
Houston, TX 77007

Category: Bars/Clubs
Region: Heights

They can cure ugliness, known as the "Apple Cider Sake Bomb Pretty, Pretty Princess Phenomenon." They can make you think you're exceptionally tough, as per the "ACSB Law of Conservation of Getting Your Ass Kicked." Shoot, drink enough of them, and you might be able to experience the ultra-rare "ACSB Wait, Wait, Wait, I Punched a Cow Last Night?!" theory of relativity.

And they can also, as Cindy Segovia will tell you, help dull the pain of losing a world-class visionary you never officially met.

Segovia is a manager at an Apple store (computers, not fruit). For the past few weeks, she says, her customers have been telling her about Kung Fu Saloon, this sleek do-everything bar on Washington.

When Segovia heard about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs's death last Wednesday, she and her wife, also an Apple store employee, decided to check Kung Fu out.

"We really like this place," says Segovia, glancing around. She is sitting inside the venue that same Wednesday evening. It's the middle of an otherwise uneventful week, but the 100 or so smiling people wandering in and out of Kung Fu's patio area seem to agree with her, at least in spirit.

"Parking is a little steep [average $10 for the area], but at least it feels safe, so it's worth it," Segovia continues. "Every drink is $5 and under. It's been a lot of fun."

Kung Fu Saloon was basically built up from a dead lot five months ago, assembled to mimic the bar's Austin location. If you've been to the original, you will instantly recognize the new one.

The doors are watched by large, handsome men with nice hair who are obliquely intimidating. They've garnered a reputation for not letting minorities, specifically Asians, enter without a hassle. Tonight, though, the crowd is generally young and professional, and appears to be a fair mix of races.

Kung Fu's interior is open, clean and attractive. High ceilings, polished concrete floors, real wood accents, and a bushel of HD TVs and video games work in unison to hold your attention. The games are mostly retro or almost-retro machines like Big Buck Hunter.

The saloon plays music, an impressive, mostly enjoyable blend of '90s hip-hop and classic-rock dinosaurs, but the tunes are supplemental. It may look like a dance club from outside, but people don't come here to dance – they come here to come here.

Kung Fu wants to be a good, big, nice neighborhood bar rather than a high-profile nightclub, according to a manager who asked not to be directly quoted. That's a big reason why it's easy to enjoy yourself here. The bar is as attractive as almost any venue on the strip – the stand-alone king is still Hughes Hangar (2811 Washington) – but it has replaced glitz with Blitz 2000.

The most obvious line to draw is to Midtown's Barcadia (2600 Travis #103), the only other true video-game bar in the city. But cathode-ray gameplay is the only likeness these two seem to share.

Barcadia serves food, and Kung Fu only serves drinks. Kung Fu is prettier than Barcadia. Barcadia offers free games; Kung Fu only does so on Sundays. Both have crafted their own, distinctly different atmospheres.

Whichever one you connect with is the one that's best. Like an Android and iPhone.

"Tonight we came here to sort of get away from the sadness of Steve Jobs's death today," explains Segovia. "You work for this company and get to know and love the product and you see all the positive ways the products affect the customers and you really start to feel a connection to the company.

"It's like losing a friend."
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LAST CALL

First, Blitz 2000 is just about the best, most underappreciated football video game of all time. Forget Madden 2012 or whatever, bro. Video games are supposed to be fun. If we wanted to run the Power I six times in a row for three-yard gains at a time, we'd play real football. Give us a game where every play is for 60 yards and the players are 10 feet tall and allowed to break each other's legs after the whistle.

Second, Kung Fu serves that drink that mixes liquor and pickle juice. It ain't pretty but it's effective. Try it.

Third, it's a bummer that the games aren't always set to free play at Kung Fu, but they are in better condition for it. That seems like a fair enough trade-off, although no guy has ever looked cool approaching a female with a pocket full of quarters jangling around. Cool Hand Luke couldn't pull that **** off.

[GeneChing]

For more on KF Saloon, see posts 35 (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showpost.php?p=986475&postcount=35) & 66 (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1137111#post1137111). :(

Man Accuses Kung Fu Saloon of Racist Policy (http://houston.eater.com/archives/2012/10/12/man-accuses-kung-fu-saloon-of-racist-policy.php)
Friday, October 12, 2012, by Eric Sandler
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On his Facebook page, Doogie Roux, an industrial software engineer and bicycle enthusiast, accuses Washington Avenue bar Kung Fu Saloon of employing policies that prevent African Americans from patronizing the establishment after a doorman at the club refused to allow him to enter it on Sunday. The employee told Roux that his shoes, pictured above, were the reason he couldn't come inside.

Eater reached out to Kung Fu for comment; a manager named Steven admitted he was aware of Roux's post and denied the club refuses to admit people based on race. He referred further questions to the club's GM, who was unavailable. Eater called a second time and was still unable to reach the GM. Rather than respond to Roux's complaints, he wrote on twitter that Kung Fu blocked him from posting on its Facebook page.

On the other hand, Roux had no problem telling his story. He said he'd been to Kung Fu at least two times before and enjoyed himself, but that on his previous visits he wore a button down shirt. Although he refers to them as "less flashy," he says the shoes he wore on those previous visits were of a similar style, but his pant legs covered them.

Thinking that a club that features vintage arcade games and skee ball wouldn't have a stringent dress code, he rode his bike there on Sunday. Since it was cold, Roux wore a hooded sweatshirt instead of a button down. To prevent his pants from catching on the bike's chain, he rolled the legs up, revealing his high top sneakers.

"I'm really upset, cause I kinda like the place," Roux said. Asked about his previous experiences at the club, he commented that "On previous visits, I didn't notice many African Americans in there. There were a few and a few Latinos, but the majority was white. A few people looked at me funny, but for the most part the interaction was positive. There were a few moments, but I won't let that keep me from having a good time."

Roux's complaints are not unique. On Kung Fu's Google plus page, other uses complain about being denied entry because of their race. User "Prissy Missy" writes that "Unfortunately the rumors are true. If you're a minority, there's not a chance you're getting in."

Without word from Kung Fu's management, it's difficult to know whether the whole incident is a simple case of "flashy" shoes and hoodies being unacceptable attire or something that's more sinister. Local activist Kyle Nielsen told Eater that he spent time on Wednesday evening observing people wearing various kinds of shoes being admitted to Kung Fu, but that could be the difference between a weeknight versus a weekend. For now, no one's talking.

[GeneChing]

...but not in a good way...

Past KFS posts here: 1 (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?p=986475#post986475), 2 (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1137111#post1137111), 3 (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1191729#post1191729)


Kung Fu Saloon snafu ingnites racially charged social media fury (http://austin.culturemap.com/news/food_drink/08-13-13-kung-fu-saloon-racial-discrimination-social-media/)
By Katie Friel
8.13.13 | 5:03 pm

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Kung Fu Saloon in Austin is at the center of a social media storm.
Stephen Robinson and Michael Frey, West Sixth Street, Kung Fu Austin

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Michael Frey of Houston (left) and Stephen Robinson of College Station pose on West Sixth Street after Robinson was allegedly refused entry to Kung Fu Saloon. Photo courtesy of Scott Hudnall

UPDATE: After this article was published, Kung Fu released an official statement regarding the incident. It has been added to the original story.

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Two friends walk into a bar, and they're both wearing basketball shorts. Which one doesn't get in? The African-American guy.

According to Scott Hudnall, that's what happened on the afternoon of August 11, at Kung Fu Saloon on Rio Grande Street in Austin. And those actions set off a social media firestorm, with people leaving enraged comments about the bar on Facebook, Twitter and Yelp.

Hudnall says that two of his friends, Michael Frey and Stephen Robinson, tried to enter Kung Fu to join a group of friends, including Hudnall, who were already inside. Frey and Robinson approached the bouncer together. Both were wearing shorts that ended below the knee, a violation of Kung Fu's dress code.

Frey, who is white, was allowed to enter. Robinson, who is black and sported the same basketball shorts as his buddy, was not.

"The bouncer let some of the party in," Hudnall says. "And then he got to Stephen." Hudnall alleges that even after members of their party pointed out "four or five" additional patrons allowed in the bar who were wearing similar mesh shorts, the bouncer still refused entry.

"[The bouncer] said nothing about his T-shirt, hat or flip flops. This was just about shorts," Hudnall claims.

Another patron went to get a manager. "We pointed out that someone else was wearing the same shorts [as Robinson]," Hudnall says. "The manager just didn't seem to have anything to say."

Hudnall alleges the bouncer then said, "We just don't want to get a big ghetto population in this bar."

In the United States, any business can deny entrance or service to a potential patron, as long as that reason doesn't violate federal law (hence those "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service" signs). But, according to the Department of Justice website, businesses cannot discriminate based on "race, color, religion or national origin," as protected under Title II of the Federal Civil Rights Act.

After Hudnall posted a photograph of Frey and Robinson on Facebook and Twitter, the social media controversy erupted on Kung Fu's social media pages. People chastised the arcade-themed bar for its treatment of Robinson. Some commenters, mostly young black men, have also commented with similar stories of being refused entry at Kung Fu and other West Sixth Street bars.

One Yelper, Drew N. voiced his disapproval, saying,

As if charges of systematic racial discrimination aren't enough, this bar's unwillingness to address those charges makes it worse. Its Facebook page is littered with accusations of discriminatory door policies. However, with a new charge going viral in the last 24 hours and a bunch of complaints about it on its Facebook wall, what did Kung Fu do with its social media? It posted a 'Mondays' joke.

Almost immediately after the storm erupted, the bar removed any negative statements from its Facebook page, including the "Monday joke."

On August 14, after this article was published, Kung Fu released this statement:

Management of Kung Fu Saloon is currently investigating a claim that an employee of the company made an inappropriate comment to a customer trying to gain entrance to the bar wearing unacceptable attire. Management will determine whether the comment was racially motivated and if so, appropriate disciplinary action will be taken.

Kung Fu Saloon is home to one of the most diverse crowds in the Austin bar scene – a reputation that we value and cultivate. It is not the policy of Kung Fu Saloon to deny any customer entry based on race or ethnicity. Our aim, as always, is to continue to provide a fun, safe and welcoming atmosphere to anyone, in keeping with Kung Fu Saloon policies.

[GeneChing]

What is up with this place (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?51971-Kung-Fu-Restaurant&p=1245013#post1245013)?

#NoKungFuDallas :rolleyes:


Kung Fu Saloon once again slammed by allegations of racist policies (http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/05-19-14-kung-fu-saloon-uptown-social-media-outrage-allegations-racist-dress-code-enforcement/)
BY CLAIRE ST. AMANT 5.19.14 | 11:56 am

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Kung Fu Saloon bills itself as a casual arcade bar. Kung Fu Saloon/Facebook

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DeAndre Upshaw, center, was told his footwear was unacceptable for Kung Fu Saloon. Courtesy Photo

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Bar games draw a young crowd to Kung Fu Saloon in Uptown. Courtesy of Kung Fu Saloon

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Kung Fu Saloon
Get Directions - 2911 Routh St. Dallas

When DeAndre Upshaw was first denied entry to Kung Fu Saloon in Uptown Dallas on Sunday afternoon, he thought the bouncer was just making a joke. "I've been going to bars all my adult life, and I've never heard of a policy against high-top shoes," says Upshaw, a 26-year-old black man.

But the bouncer at the casual arcade bar was serious. Upshaw says he was told his high-top Converse sneakers were "against the dress code." This statement was especially puzzling, because several members of Upshaw's party were wearing similar shoes. The only difference? They were white.

"This is setting yourself up for failure when you have a dress code that only applies to a subset of society," Upshaw says. The issue becomes even murkier considering the dress code isn't publicly posted. "They are not having issues. They are just trying to keep out people of color."

​​"It's pretty funny when we live in a society where being called racist is the thing we are upset about and not the policies that are discriminating," DeAndre Upshaw says.
Upshaw is a marketing professional with thousands of contacts on social media, including this reporter. When he posted his account of the incident on Facebook, it generated nearly 100 comments, several of which detailed similar reports of racist dress code enforcement. The incident has even spawned its own hashtag, #NoKungFuDallas.

Calls and emails requesting comment from Kung Fu Saloon were not immediately returned. Upshaw says after he was turned away, he left a message about the incident with the general manager, who called him back and was upset about the allegations of racism.

"It's pretty funny when we live in a society where being called racist is the thing we are upset about and not the policies that are discriminating," Upshaw says.

The May 18 incident is far from the first allegation of racist door policies at Kung Fu Saloon, which also operates in Houston and Austin. Last summer, an African-American man reported that he was denied entry to the arcade bar in Austin because he was wearing basketball shorts. His white friend who was clad in similar attire was allowed inside.

Online reviews of Kung Fu Saloon reveal numerous allegations of selective dress code enforcement, including a Dallas man who was barred from entry due to wearing loafers without socks in May 2013.

Upshaw says he tried to be reasonable about the ever-evolving dress code, but it was clear he wasn't going to be allowed in. "It was my friend's birthday," he says. "I was trying to figure out a way to make it work."

He says the general manager offered to let his group into Kung Fu Saloon on another night, but it was too little too late for Upshaw: "I'm not coming back — ever," he says.

UPDATES:

Around 2 pm, Kung Fu Saloon emailed the following statement:

Management of Kung Fu Saloon is currently investigating a claim that an employee of the company made an inappropriate comment to a customer trying to gain entrance to the bar wearing unacceptable attire. Management will determine whether the comment was racially motivated and if so, appropriate disciplinary action will be taken. Kung Fu Saloon is home to one of the most diverse crowds in the Dallas bar scene – a reputation that we value and cultivate. It is not the policy of Kung Fu Saloon to deny any customer entry based on race or ethnicity. Our aim, as always, is to continue to provide a fun, safe and welcoming atmosphere to anyone, in keeping with Kung Fu Saloon policies.

On May 19, one of Upshaw's Twitter followers sent along the following video from St. Patrick's Day, when a group of black men were reportedly turned away for not wearing socks.

[GeneChing]

It certainly lives up to its name. :rolleyes:


Kung Fu Saloon employee charged with assault (http://kxan.com/2014/11/25/kung-fu-saloon-employee-charged-with-assault/)

By Patrick Tolbert
Published: November 25, 2014, 10:19 am

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AUSTIN (KXAN) – An arrest warrant has been issued for a employee at Austin’s Kung Fu Saloon after officers allege he assaulted a customer so severely the man had to have metal plates put in his head.

Robert Camillone, 24, faces a second degree felony charge of aggravated assault following the Nov. 11 incident at the bar.

According to the affidavit for his arrest, the bar’s security cameras show Camillone grabbing Joseph Ohare and wraps his arms around Ohare’s neck. The affidavit says Ohare goes limp, indicating he’s unconscious and “dropped on his face by Robert Camillone.”

Ohare suffered a fractured frontal bone, orbital and a broken nose. Officers noted that “the injuries to his brain are so severe that in order to reduce the swelling he is cut from right ear to left ear on top of his head opening up his skull.”

[GeneChing]

What is it with TX Kung Fu joints? :rolleyes:

Kung Fu Saloon agreed to pay small fine over dress code, racism claims (http://popcultureblog.dallasnews.com/2015/02/kung-fu-saloon-uptown-dallas-fined-dress-code-racism-claims.html/)
Sarah Blaskovich Follow sblaskovich Email sblaskovich@dallasnews.com
Published: February 9, 2015 12:38 pm

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Kung Fu Saloon is a bar with arcade games located on a bustling corner of Uptown Dallas.
After complaints of racism surfaced against Uptown Dallas bar Kung Fu Saloon in mid-2014, the case is now closed.

Kung Fu reps entered two “no contest” pleas on Jan. 26 related, in part, to allegations from Dallas resident DeAndre Upshaw, who said he was turned away at the bar in May because a bouncer said his Converse sneakers violated the bar’s dress code. Upshaw, a black man, told The Dallas Morning News in May that his white, female friend was wearing the same Converse sneakers and was granted admittance into the bar that night.

The bar did not have a dress code posted publicly at the time of Upshaw’s incident. Upshaw believes he was turned away because he’s black. Kung Fu said it does not deny entry “based upon race, ethnicity, gender, religion or any other status,” according to a statement from the bar on May 20.

Upshaw and others filed formal complaints against the bar, and City Manager A.C. Gonzales promised to investigate Kung Fu Saloon “very aggressively.” The investigation considered Kung Fu’s potential violation of Section 3l-3(b)(2) of the Dallas City Code, which relates to unlawfully refusing admission to an establishment because of dress or grooming.

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The city has concluded its investigation with Kung Fu Saloon, a city spokeswoman confirmed Monday morning.

At the time of the incident, Upshaw launched a social media campaign urging others to share #NoKungFuDallas. The city reiterated its commitment to the investigation: “Discrimination is unacceptable,” said Beverly Davis, assistant director of fair housing and human rights, before the investigation began.

Kung Fu in Dallas has since posted its dress code, which prohibits baggy clothing, gang-associated clothing and obscene emblems, among other things.

In a Feb. 9 statement, the bar hopes it can move on. “We made this decision in order to move forward without further proceedings, and in hopes of refocusing our full attention on providing a welcoming entertainment experience to the community,” the statement reads.

Kung Fu is required to pay two fees of $400 and receive deferred adjudication for 90 days, according to a city of Dallas memo. (Hat tip to the Dallas Observer for reporting the news first.)

Kung Fu reps have also agreed to write letters of apology to Upshaw and Jesse Okiror, according to the city memo. At press time, Upshaw had not received his letter yet.

Upshaw feels like the case ended well, he told The Dallas Morning News. “From the very beginning, my entire goal was that I wanted them to acknowledge that what they were doing was in violation of the law,” he says.

“Anytime you can bring about change … it’s worth it,” he said. “It took a lot of time and effort. I believe it was worth it.”

The Department of Justice is operating a separate investigation.

[GeneChing]

Too bad Tiger Claw's (https://www.tigerclaw.com/home.php) TN office is in Knoxville. That's the other side of the state of TN from Nashville.


Kung Fu Saloon headed for Nashville Midtown (http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2016/02/16/kung-fu-saloon-headed-nashville-midtown/80452196/)
Lizzy Alfs, lalfs@tennessean.com 4:39 p.m. CST February 16, 2016

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Bar and arcade Kung Fu Saloon is headed for Nashville’s Midtown this summer in the company’s first expansion outside of Texas.

The bar plans to open at 1921 Division St. in a building purchased for $3.5 million last year by Michael Lohmann, one of the directors of ABC’s “Nashville” TV series. The 5,800-square-foot building sits on roughly a third of an acre and is steps away from popular Midtown bars Rebar, Winners and Losers.

Kung Fu Saloon was founded in 2009 in downtown Austin and the company has since expanded to Dallas and Houston. A second Austin location is slated to open at the end of February, said Kung Fu Saloon co-owner Chris Horne.

“(We opened) the kind of place we thought we could enjoy hanging out at and it was much more successful than we ever could have imagined,” Horne said.

Horne said the ownership group was drawn to Nashville for its music scene, nightlife, colleges and young professional population. The group looked at real estate for about a year, working with broker John Maxwell of Baker Storey McDonald Properties. Horne said they also considered a location in the Lower Broadway area.

“One of the things we always look for is cohesive bar districts, which is exactly what Midtown/Division Street is. … We will be close to other good, popular operators and we really believe in the synergy that is created in that environment,” Horne said.

The Nashville bar will have a large outdoor patio, skee-ball lanes, semi-private karaoke rooms and about 20 vintage arcade games, from NBA Jam to Ms. Pac-Man and Centipede.

Horne said the bar will serve Asian fusion pub food, including its signature cheeseburger egg rolls with spicy Sriracha ranch.

There will be 24 beers on draft with a mix of local, regional and national brews. A full sake bomb menu will pair different beers with sake.

Horne said the Nashville location will have similarities to the Texas Kung Fu Saloons but the design has been “completely rethought.”

“It’s important to us to keep it fresh so every time we design a new location we really go back to the drawing board and start over. We’re very excited about the design theme of this location,” Horne said.

The Nashville bar will employ about 40 to 50 people.

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A rendering shows the interior of Kung Fu Saloon, slated for Midtown in late summer. (Photo: Courtesy of Kung Fu Saloon)

Kung Fu Saloon’s expansion has not come without growing pains. In June 2015, the company reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice following allegations of racial discrimination against patrons. The legal flap centered around the bar’s enforcement of dress code policies in Texas.

The settlement required Kung Fu Saloon to implement changes to policies and practices, including posting and enforcing a non-discriminatory dress code policy and monitoring bar employees for signs of discriminatory behavior.

Kung Fu Saloon’s arrival in Nashville comes while several other out-of-town bars are preparing to open in Music City, including Chicago-based Headquarters Beercade and San Diego-based Moonshine Flats.

Reach Lizzy Alfs at 615-726-5948 and on Twitter @lizzyalfs.



Hope the TN bouncers (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?51971-Kung-Fu-Restaurant&p=1280700#post1280700) are better. :o

[GeneChing]

I poached all the posts above off the Kung Fu Restaurant thread (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?51971-Kung-Fu-Restaurant).


APD: Man suffers massive bleeding in head after fight at Domain (http://www.kvue.com/news/local/apd-man-suffers-massive-bleeding-in-head-after-fight-at-domain/214755984)
KVUE 11:33 AM. CDT May 25, 2016

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AUSTIN - Police have accused a 27-year-old of punching another man to the ground in a parking garage at The Domain, causing massive bleeding around the brain in the man's head.

A witness told police the victim was leaving Kung Fu Saloon Rock Rose April 15 when a man named Bobby Griffin was staring at the victim and his friends. The witness said he then asked Griffin what he was looking at.

Police said Griffin then immediately got out of his truck and started circling them. Griffin allegedly punched the victim, who got back up. Griffin allegedly punched the victim again, knocking him to the ground once more. The victim did not get up this time.

Griffin and his friend then allegedly started swinging at the witness before someone in the parking garage swiped at Griffin's truck with a pool stick and yelled at them.

The witness said his friend inside the bar told him Griffin's name.

After two days of the victim vomiting and complaining about headaches, the victim's father called EMS. Medics took the man to Round Rock Medical Center where doctors discovered that his brain was partially covered with blood. He was admitted to the intensive care unit.

Griffin is not in custody as of Wednesday morning.