Former Cook Accuses Stratford Restaurant Owner of Threatening Him with a Knife

A former kitchen worker at Off the Hook Bar and Grill in Stratford filed a federal lawsuit Monday, alleging that the restaurant’s owner stole wages, shouted insults and profanities at him, and threatened him with knives, according to FoxCT.com.

FoxCT reports that former prep cook Marvin Mendoza and Unidad Latina en Acción, Latinos United in Action – ULA, will hold a press conference at Off the Hook in Stratford Monday at 5 p.m. and deliver the lawsuit to the restaurant’s owner.

Mendoza claims in the lawsuit that he was promised $12 an hour in a well-staffed kitchen, but everything changed when four other kitchen employees were fired and Mendoza claims he was forced to perform the work of five people and earned approximately $3 per hour, according to FoxCT.

The lawsuit states that for many weeks Mendoza was paid nothing, according to FoxCT.

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