Food fight leads to 30-person brawl at Bloomington TGI Friday's

By Aaron Rupar Mon., Feb. 13 2012 at 12:57 PM

The epic food fight from Animal House

Folks stopping by the Bloomington T.G.I. Friday's last night for a late-night bite were treated to a scene right out of Vince McMahon's imagination.

A little before 1 a.m. (who knew T.G.I.'s stayed open that late!), a huge melee broke out involving as many as 30 patrons. Seven were arrested for rioting and five were treated for injuries.

When officers arrived, there were people fighting both inside and outside the building in what has to be the craziest fight ever at an establishment known for... wait, what is T.G.I. Friday's known for?

The food fight to end all food fights broke out last night in Bloomington.

According to Bloomington police, the brawl began with two tables of customers giving each other "lipservice." That led to what must've been one of the most epic food fights in Minnesota history, which ultimately culminated in the patrons hitting each other with things that can do a lot more damage than breadsticks.

Nobody was seriously injured, but T.G.I.'s estimates it suffered about $1,500 in damages. That's a lot of salads.

We'll be sure to update if any video of the WWE-style rumble becomes available.

Tags:

Bloomington, food fight, T.G.I. Friday's

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Fast cash

Awesome ......

Lancel

QADKKFJEEEE I like it very much!

Todd Smith

I wish I could have seen this unfolding before my eyes...

Guest

Having eaten at Friday's, I can understand the desire to assault people with many of their menu choices rather then consume them.

Jacalyn_19

This is terribly written, it was not a food fight and people were seriously hurt. Get your facts straight.

atrupar

From Fox 9 -- "Items were thrown, including menus and food, which eventually led to the fight." Later in the same report -- "no one was seriously hurt."

Where are you getting your "facts"?

Rodneymtpleasant

Rupar we are ready for update

NaiveLibtards

Sounds like negroes to me.

Clashedminds

Natives. From the Rochester Knighthawks professional lacrosse team. 5 of the 7 arrested play for them. Here is a youtube link of the fight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Lizzie

According to the Hennepin County jail roster, the individuals arrested have Ethiopian or Somali-sounding names. I'm not being racist. I'm stating an observation based on real evidence, and not an urge to say something racist.

White Libtards are NAIVE

Of course they are black.

The only people who couldn't tell that the violence was caused by blacks (just by reading the headline alone) are naive white-guilt do-gooder "progressive" libtards.

Sam I am.

The problem is the light rail.....the light rail brings the niggers to blomington...and when then when the niggers arrive, they start shit.

Ezak

who are you white boy!!! I will show you nigger wrath!! Probaly some little bitch ass who got his ass whopped!! We will find you Whitey you can't hide! Im coming for you!

Justin VanReese

It was a Pro LaCrosse Players from Rochester New York. So, snobby rich kids who learned how to carry a ball in a basket.

Zeroisanumber

Light rail doesn't go down to Highway 100, dipshit.

Fishface

Why can't this ever happen when I am eating out?

tbot

You can't even go out of the house these days.

Jwindle2010

I heard the fight involved professional lacrosse players from the Rochester Knighthawks. Anybody know anything about that?

B6087731

It was members of the Rochester Knighthawks. The players involved were Cody Jamieson, Sid Smith, Travis Hill, Jordan Hall and Tyler Burton.

Jeff Turner

HA- there were no athletes involved just a bunch of labourers fresh off their shift, on the piss and looking for trouble.

Sam I am.

Well, we know it wasn't "diversity" because guns and drugs weren't found at the scene.......

Leesryde

Mind your own business. Your from Canada. Jim

grammarnazi

his what is from canada?

adarc

Last time I went to Fridays, they "forgot" to cook my chilcken all the way through. Maybe I should have registered my complaint by hucking the food at the manager.

HurdyGurdy

God, I first read "chilcken" as children.

Sam I am.

I wonder if the fight broke out over rumors that Lil' Wayne might have been there.

Thomas

This is terribly written and includes misinformation. Sadly we have to put up with reporting like this to get to the gems in the pages.

CarrieAnne Johnson

I believe it happened, but it feels like advertising to me...

thx1183

Someone doesn't know what "lip service" means.

jpalm

TGIF does not have a Salad Bar...Ruby Tuesday yes - but not TGIF.

atrupar

I rewrote to downplay the salad angle. Ruby Tuesday, for some reason, was on the brain. Got my mediocre suburban chains mixed up!

Thomas Norman

Friday's has a salad bar?

Cleanteampimp

Undoubtedly, wait staff from next door Chevy's Fresh Mex were involved.

Mark

Are you thinking of Ruby Tuesday?

atrupar

Actually, I WAS thinking of Ruby Tuesday, but it does appear TGI Friday's has a salad bar, at least some of them. Do a Google search if curious (I'd link but comments w/links need to be reviewed by our moderator).