User:Slizhow/All Saints Cafe

All Saints Cafe is a coffee house located in Tallahassee, Florida at 903 Railroad Avenue.

The cafe is known for being open "24/7/359," its vegan fare, hosting small music shows, being a mecca for people watching, and for controversy surrounding the arrest of Tom Gabel, frontman of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against_Me! Against Me!].

Controversy

In August 2007, Tom Gabel was arrested on a battery charge after he allegedly smashed a Tallahassee man's head against the wooden counter of All Saints Cafe, according to the Tallahassee Police Department. According to the Tallahassee Democrat, Gabel walked into the cafe with his girlfriend, Heather Hannoura, to get some tea. After he ordered a lemon ginger tea, he headed to the bathroom and saw an article about his band on the wall, which was clipped from the Tallahassee Democrat. Someone had drawn over the article. Gabel told police it had obscene words scribbled on it which made him mad. He grabbed the article, crumpled it up and threw it in the trash. Michael Hurley, 22, who was at the cafe with friends, said his friend Jared Smith, 22, asked Gabel why he tore down the article. "(Jared) wasn't trying to provoke him or fight him at all," Hurley said. Gabel started yelling at Smith, who sat down to drink some water. "Jared said, 'This conversation is over.' Tom said 'I don't think it is,'" said Cody Cook, 21, a barista at the cafe and a friend of Smith. Gabel then knocked Smith's cup out of his hand. Smith told police Gabel grabbed the back of his head by his neck and forced his head into the wooden counter. A man came into the cafe, put Gabel in a headlock and headbutted him, Cook said. That man left soon after. While Gabel admitted to police he purposely knocked over the cup, he denied hitting Smith. Smith did not suffer any injuries, the report said. He told police he was more upset and scared than hurt. Police arrested Gabel after the show was over, Cook said. Gabel was taken to the Leon County Jail at midnight. He was released early this morning on $500 bail.