he says the company ’s social media accounts saturday amid growing backlash .
in turn , the restaurant posted a photo on facebook of sessions standing with chef - owner domenic laurenzo and a caption that read as houston — a houston culinary dynasty has come under fire after a photo with u.s. attorney general jeff sessions began circulating online .
laurenzo says the photo was taken with his son dominic at the el tiempo restaurant on navigation boulevard after sessions finished his dinner .
the chain appears to have deleted their social media accounts saturday amid growing ... more photo : el tiempo photo : el tiempo image 1 of 32 caption close el tiempo cantina shuts down social media accounts amid backlash over jeff sessions photo 1 32 back to gallery houston chain el tiempo cantina appears to have deleted its social media pages , a day after a photo of the restaurant 's owner with attorney general jeff sessions drew outrage and calls for a boycott .
less a photo of ag jeff sessions at the restaurant was posted on the now deleted social accounts of el tiempo cantina friday .
people are insulting us in such a dramatic fashion , and we feel like we do n't deserve it , " el tiempo did not immediately respond to a request for comment , but the update : since the publication of the post , all el tiempo social media accounts have been deactivated , according to culturemap content partner abc13 . "
sessions is pictured with el tiempo restaurant co - owner dominic laurenzo during a recent visit to houston .
sessions , in town on friday , august 10 , to address a meeting of federal prosecutors and law enforcement officials about the need to crackdown on violent crime and illegal immigration , dined at an el tiempo cantina in the inner loop after his speech .
--- attorney general jeff sessions ' visit to houston has put one local restaurant in the crosshairs of the national debate about how restaurants should treat members of the trump administration .