Florida Restaurant Dubbed Racists for Offensive Menu Item Names ‘Wetback Willie’

A Florida Mexican restaurant called one of its burritos the "Wetback Willie". (Source: Creative Commons)

The owners of Lola's Burrito Joint in Jacksonville, Fla. say they were just trying to be funny when they dubbed one of their massive burritos the "Wetback Willie," First Coast News reported.

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Carlos Ramirez and Robert Kapuschanski said they named the dish after one of their employees who suggested the controversial name.

"Somebody said something, we immediately answered, we immediately changed, and it's the right thing to do as a human being," Kapuschanski said.

There are other names that diners also find offensive, like "Dirty Sanchez Crab" and "No Papers Shrimp" that were still on the menu.

"It's a crab burrito, and crabs usually eat from the bottom of the sea," Ramirez told First Coast News, explaining the reasoning behind the name.

"Racial slurs are not a joke and I don't believe can ever be used in complete innocence or good fun," Sophia Bejarano wrote on the restaurant's Facebook page.