Black couple refused entry to Umi Sushi in Buckhead over their sneakers - WSB Atlanta

According to Colbert, her husband was refused service because he was wearing Nike Air Force 1 shoes, which is apparently against the restaurant’s dress code.

You telling me those are good?” Colbert’s husband said in the video.

Channel 2′s Lori Wilson spoke with the restaurant owner, Farshid Arshid, who regretted the way the incident was handled.

“I should have probably been more calm and spoke to the gentleman and if he would have asked me well there’s a lady with shoes I should have gone in, I should have looked, and I would have said you are a hundred percent right please come in and dine with us,” Arshid explained.

Colbert told Channel 2′s Lori Wilson she’s overwhelmed by how much attention the video has gotten and Arshid says he just wants to make this right.