Take that, racists: Eat at Joe's (formerly Chink's Steaks).

We recently learned that Joe's Steaks & Soda Shop, the Philadelphia eatery formerly known as Chink's Steaks, has been hit with declining business in the last few months since owner Joe Groh's decision to change the racially-charged name and logo. I guess racist cheesesteaks taste better, or the old racist name was the only thing that kept racist customers coming for all those years.

What's up with that? Groh finally gets around to doing the right thing and he gets punished for it. Realizing how much that sucks, folks are organizing an "eat-in" this Saturday at the steak shop. If you're in the Northeast Philadelphia area this weekend, why not show a little appreciation and chow down on a steak served without racism. Here's the Facebook event:

Chink's Steaks: Is this what happens when you do the right thing and change the racist name of your restaurant?

After years -- decades -- of complaints from the Asian American community about its racially-charged name, the Philadelphia neighborhood eatery Chink's Steaks finally got around to doing the right thing and finally changed its name to Joe's Steaks & Soda Shop last April. It only took six decades.

The local sandwich institution was first named for its original owner, Sam "Chink" Sherman, who was given the neighborhood childhood nickname by elementary school classmates, circa 1930, because of the "almond" shape of his eyes. Ah, the good old days, when racism was just a part of the schoolyard fun.

Current owner and operator Joe Groh, who took over the business in 1997, says he decided to change the name to do the right thing and get with the times. But in the four months since changing the name, business has dropped dramatically. And he's been slapped with backlash from customers who hate the name change: Good deed punished? Controversial name changed but business drops off.

It's so hard to say goodbye to Chink's Steaks

Damn. Some people have a hell of a hard time letting go of that old school racism... As we reported last week, Philadelphia eatery Chink's Steaks finally got around to changing its name, which was inspired by the original owner's racist childhood nickname. Now owned and operated by Joe Groh, who took over the business in 1997, the restaurant became Joe's Steaks & Soda Shop starting Monday, with a new logo and everything.

It only took six decades for Mr. Groh to admit that maaaaaaybe "Chink's" could be kind of sort of possibly associated with a racial slur. Thus, the name change. However, the decision is not sitting well among some folks in the neighborhood, who are indignant about the name change and yearn for a simpler time when they could freely utter a racial slur like nobody's business: No offense: They prefer original Chink's.

This article is downright hilarious. Here's my favorite part:

Chink's Steaks is finally changing its name

I've written a lot about Chink's Steaks here over the years. The landmark Philadelphia eatery, which has been the target of a decades of controversy because of its name, has announced that it will be operating under a new name and logo starting next month: Landmark Philadelphia Cheesesteak Shop Changing Its Name.

Chink's will now be known as Joe's Steaks & Soda Shop. The local sandwich institution was first named for its original owner, Sam "Chink" Sherman, who was given the neighborhood childhood nickname by elementary school classmates, circa 1930. because of the shape of his eyes. Talk about some seriously racist kids.

The current owner, Joe Groh, who took over the business in 1997, says he didn't originally associate the name with a racial slur. But Groh says times have changed:

no new chink's in south philly

An update on the Chink's Steaks situation... A few weeks back, we heard that the historic Philadelphia eatery, unfortunately named after a racial slur (the original owner apparently had "chinky" eyes that got him the nickname as a kid), would be opening an additional location in South Philly. It looks like this apparently won't be happening after all. I got the following message from Tsiwen Law, of OCA's Greater Philadelphia Chapter: