![]() “He has been in over two dozen payment plans and has defaulted on all of them. Agency spokesman William Gaston told CNN: This is not the first time Hankerson has been in hot water over taxes. Hankerson was reportedly in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Tuesday when the raid occurred and authorities negotiated terms of his surrender to Georgia authorities. Revenue officials seized Hankerson’s bank accounts and three luxury vehicles. “The department further alleges that Hankerson used these funds for personal use.”Īll 3 Chicken and Waffles restaurant locations in Atlanta were raided by Department of Revenue agents a few days ago as they executed search warrants.Īccording to the agency statement, they also executed search warrants on the corporate office in Riverdale, Georgia, and “unsuccessfully attempted to serve arrest warrants on Shanga Hankerson … at his home.” “After penalties and interest the total exceeds $1 million,” the department said. Knight’s son, Shanga Hankerson, is the owner of the three Atlanta-area restaurants and he’s been accused of stealing over $650,000 in sales taxes and withholding taxes owed to the state of Georgia.Īccording to CNN, the agency released a statement detailing the accusations, stating: Now, all 3 ‘Chicken and Waffles’ locations were shut down and raided by the feds after Georgia’s Department of Revenue accused Knight’s son, Shanga Hankerson, of theft and tax evasion.įor the record, ‘Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles’, an Atlanta dining institution that features Southern favorites, is named after the famed singer but she’s not actually the owner of the business. Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles is just barely recovering from it’s last media pounding after it’s downtown location failed health inspections ealier this year ( click here if you missed that). You may have better luck with other locations.A popular Atlanta area eatery is facing more bad news in the press this week. Overall, the food was disappointing and I wouldn't recommend this location. I'm not sure if that's normal, but it was unprofessional. It needs to be updated.Īs we were waiting for our food, there were tables that set dirty for at least 30 minutes. One of the ladies restroom stalls was out of order. The back of the restaurant looked like no one cleaned the tables the night before. The waffle was a little crispy on one side. The chicken wings were fresh out of the grease, but lacked flavor. My waitress replaced my food with a waffle that also took forever to come to the table. I sent the smothered chicken back because it was old and covered with gravy over very dry rice. The restaurant wasn't crowded so we were confused on why the food took so long. An hour passed and we finally got our food. We ordered smothered chicken and chicken and waffles. There were torn seat cushions at several tables. My first impression was the place didn't look like I thought it was going to look. Well, I wished I'd gone to the Atlanta Breakfast Club instead. I will not be eating at this location again. We still left her a tip but, she didn't earn as my as she could've. She acted stunned when I told her but, she agreed to fix our checks. I let her know that the gratuity policy on the wall states gratuity is automatically added to parties of 5 or more and we only had 4. I then informed her that while I stood in line for 30 mins waiting to be seated, I had nothing to do so i looked/read things on their wall. I asked how she calculated everything and she responded telling me that's their new policy. The hostess/waitress had added gratuity to our checks herself. We look at our checks and they are slightly higher than expected. I let the waitress/hostess know that the checks will be in 3 separate transactions. My cousin said the greens and candied yams were tasty. The chicken was way underseasoned (bland□), some parts of the chicken was bruised, the hostess/waitress brought syrup to our table and it was the publix(grocery store) brand. reasons ppl gave while calling out of work). (The waitress/hostess informed us that they were short staffed due to various. The waiter turned out to also be the cook. ![]() Wait(I didn't mind that) The hostess turned out to be the waitress as well. So DISAPPOINTED□ DONT believe the hype! There was a 30min.
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