I was one of the audience members who were at the J Lounge & Restaurant to see the Tina Kim comedy show on July 26, 2007 but the show was canceled about one hour before it was supposed to open. As we were standing on the sidewalk before going inside, Tina came out and told us the owner Sergio Dovarro had just canceled the show on her after being rude and disrespectful to her. J Lounge & Restaurant overbooked the space (letting other people sit in the space that was supposed to be reserved for the paying show audience -- who would have otherwise spent a lot on the drinks and food from which the restaurant would have profited.) That was very disappointing since I know Tina would never cancel her own show no matter what. I was so offended by the way the restaurant owner treated her and also because of the fact that he didn't have any respect for the audience members (who planned on seeing the show for weeks in advance and drove hours to get there) either. I would never go to the J Lounge & Restaurant again. They don't deserve my business as well as the business of about 200 other people who were there to see the Tina Kim show.
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