Coffee Chain Settles EEOC Suit Over Muslim Barista's Firing

By Grace Elletson · September 29, 2026, 5:57 PM EDT

A New York coffee shop chain has agreed to pay $22,500 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it fired a Muslim barista who wanted earlier shifts to...

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Case Information

Case Title

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Hungry Ghost Tribeca, LLC

Case Number

1:26-cv-08533

Court

New York Southern

Nature of Suit

Civil Rights: Jobs

Date Filed

September 29, 2026