 Few spoke up and were just thankful to have a job during the pandemic. The owner's paying over $260,000 to over 70 workers as part of a wage theft lawsuit that D.C.'s Attorney General filed last year. That includes pay their road and damages. I wish I could have been accounted for back then when I needed it through COVID, but everything happens for a reason. Scott Gelman, WTOP News. And WTOP has reached out to the restaurant for comment. Thus far, we haven't heard back.