The backlash follows the circulation early this week of a screenshot that appears to show Marsh using a racial slur about former President Barack Obama. Popular Atlanta drag queens took to social media to say that all entertainers quit the venue. Palmer Marsh, 70, had owned the gay and drag bar in Atlanta's Ansley Square for decades.
A week after controversial Facebook posts surfaced on the account of the owner of Burkhart's Pub, a manger said the bar had been sold to new owners.