A popular Cape Cod restaurant has been inundated by online threats and harassment, even a hoax 911 call resulting in a massive emergency response, in retaliation for hosting a fundraiser for two Massachusetts Republican political candidates.<\/p>\n
Montano\u2019s Restaurant hosted Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Minogue and a GOP congressional candidate last week for a fundraising event as the November general election draws closer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been getting all kinds of hate mail, and I mean hate. A lot of responses on social media saying, \u2018hope your building burns down,\u2019 and other threats directed at me. It\u2019s ridiculous,\u201d Montano\u2019s owner Ed Medeiros told the Herald over the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t understand it, these people down here, you know? I tolerate a lot of outbursts at the restaurant from different people and everybody who comes in. My restaurant is welcome to everyone. I don\u2019t discriminate. I don\u2019t do any of that. And for this to [happen], it just shows that it\u2019s (society) become if you don\u2019t share my opinion then you need to go,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The harassment began almost immediately, with a hoax 911 call being placed just two days later reporting a pregnant woman in labor lost in the woods behind the restaurant. The subsequent law enforcement response saw scores of emergency vehicles and even a Massachusetts State Police helicopter respond to search for the supposed victim.<\/p>\n
Medeiros tells the Herald he was at his home in Seekonk when the head chef at Montano\u2019s called to inform him of the massive emergency response. It was at 3:30 p.m., just a half hour before the restaurant opens.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we lost probably maybe $1,500, $2,000 (in business), or who knows how many people didn\u2019t come because of that,\u201d Medeiros said.<\/p>\n
The online harassment began even sooner. Just one day following the political fundraiser, Montano\u2019s responded to a flurry of derogatory or flat-out threatening comments on a its Facebook post\u00a0promoting the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cMontano\u2019s rents our private event spaces to many different groups and members of our community. We believe in being welcoming and accepting of all, and we do not discriminate based on personal beliefs, sexual orientation, political views, or other differences. Hosting a private event is not an endorsement of the views or beliefs of the individuals or organizations who reserve our space,\u201d Medeiros wrote in a comment on the original post.<\/p>\n
But he says the more he tried to respond, the worse it got.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I don\u2019t agree with you, it means that you want my restaurant destroyed? You want to show up at my restaurant to see me? I\u2019m there all the time. You can\u2019t threaten me and bully me into not hosting people. It\u2019s not going to work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Minogue-MacAllister-Montanos-fundraiser-promo-flyer-screenshot.jpg\")
The flyer posted to Facebook by Montano\u2019s Restaurant promoting a fundraiser for Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Minogue and GOP congressional candidate Tyler MacAllister earlier this month. Screenshot: Facebook\/Montano’s Restaurant<\/p>\n
Some comments were blatantly hostile while others were more subtle.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have been here many times but I won\u2019t be back. I would think you would be more careful considering your location. You can rent to who ever you want, but choices have consequences,\u201d commented one user to the Facebook post.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe new management might as well have burned that place down.. Most of this community will not respect supporting a Trump acolyte.. What a truly unwise and arrogant decision to take this position,\u201d said a different user.<\/p>\n
Others chimed in with calls to boycott the restaurant and express their desire to see the business shut down as a result.<\/p>\n
\u201cGoogle reviews, people! Yelp! Make sure that all visitors know about these MAGA-scum little pigs!\u201d commented one user.<\/p>\n
\u201cLove that you chose to publicize your event with a blue wave! Your place was a frequent summer stop for us, but no more,\u201d another user wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cBs you only believe in straight white national christian people. Hope you lose all your business and close,\u201d added yet another user.<\/p>\n
The derogatory comments didn\u2019t stop there, with locals continuing to harass the restaurant on unrelated posts to its Facebook page promoting newly-available menu items.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll never go there since they gave refuge to a vile millionaire who supports 1930\u2019s Germany style government policies here in America in 2026,\u201d said one commenter.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhoever decided to do what they did needs to be fired. Either way the place is going to go down the tubes,\u201d said another commenter.<\/p>\n
Minogue tells the Herald that this type of outrage over opposing political views, a growing trend, is the result of establishment politicians seeking to divide voters.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Massachusetts, this is not who we are. This is a result of the politicians wanting us to hate each other. Our opponents have chosen division. We are choosing to come together to solve problems. We are neighbors, not political enemies,\u201d Minogue said.<\/p>\n
MacAllister, during an appearance on the Howie Carr Show, said he and Minogue even reached out to other restaurants in town to host the event, but were turned away.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd one of them in particular, and I\u2019m not going to name them, but they said, \u2018no, we don\u2019t hold political events.\u2019 But actually, in August of last year, they held a very large political event for the sitting state senator,\u201d MacAllister said. \u201cIt was actually open to anybody that wanted to sign up. So, it\u2019s not like we were not inviting other people to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police have not yet been able to track down the source of the hoax 911 call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A popular Cape Cod restaurant has been inundated by online threats and harassment, even a hoax 911 call resulting in a massive emergency response, in retaliation for hosting a fundraiser for two Massachusetts Republican political candidates. Montano\u2019s Restaurant hosted Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Minogue and a GOP congressional candidate last week for a fundraising event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[21034,8976,6341,28362,2550,5011,28369,12700,3335,3333,3331,3334,3332,9711,28366,28363,28365,434,2694,12696,28368,24879,28364,28367],"class_list":["post-33156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-massachusetts","tag-2026-election","tag-cape-cod","tag-democrats","tag-ed-medeiros","tag-facebook","tag-fundraiser","tag-howie-carr-show","tag-maga","tag-massachusetts","tag-massachusetts-dining","tag-massachusetts-food","tag-massachusetts-grocery-stores","tag-massachusetts-restaurant","tag-massachusetts-state-police","tag-mike-minogue","tag-montanos-restaurant","tag-msp","tag-politics","tag-president-donald-trump","tag-republicans","tag-state-house","tag-truro","tag-truro-police-department","tag-tyler-macallister"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@dc\/117340097961477996","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}