TGI Fridays Sent Its Own Exceedingly Friendly Cease-and-Desist Letter to a Chicago Bar

Moneygun had planned to dress as TGI for Halloween

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Look what Netflix started this time.

Just weeks after the streaming service sent a creative and charming cease-and-desist letter to an unauthorized Stranger Things bar in Chicago, TGI Fridays has attempted the same thing—in the same city.

A bar called Moneygun was planning a “TGI Moneygun” Halloween party, at which it planned to “dress up” as TGI Fridays:

This didn’t sit well with the restaurant chain, but the lawyers decided to be playful with their response. They sent a letter of warning to Moneygun’s Bruce Finkelman, along with a gift package filled with buttons and other pieces of Fridays flair, according to Eater.

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