I am proud of the Burkhart’s team and the loyal patrons. I am honored to have such a high level of complete trust, but this is not what I signed up for. Palmer and Mary Marsh have been retired since I arrived as GM and have had no active participation in the operations. In the meantime, I will maintain the daily operations and will happily deliver any and all purchase offers. I have an immediate obligation to those dedicated souls and once their lives are stabilized I will seek new opportunities. Hunnewell said he would quit immediately were it not for his obligations to the hardworking staff who need to earn a living and have nothing to do with Marsh’s racism. “A decision that I did not support due to the fact that Burkharts is a racist bar it condones racism and uses the N-word predominately.” Palmer marsh / facebookĭon Hunnewell, the General Manager of Burkhart’s, responded to the controversy in a message to the Georgia Voice.
“Just so you’ll know the group has decided to leave the Hideaway and go back to Burkharts,” Divine wrote. Amber Divine, a former member of Atlanta’s oldest drag troupe, The Armorettes, took to Facebook last year to publicly express her feelings about Burkhart’s.
