Overview

• Leva Bonaparte, co-owner of Charleston’s Republic Garden & Lounge and star of Bravo's 'Southern Hospitality', fired two servers for drinking on the job during the season 2 premiere.
• Lucía Peña, a veteran server and season 1 star, was let go before filming resumed. She claimed she was 'terminated via text message' and that she was not given proper warning before the termination.
• Mia Alario, another server, confronted Bonaparte about Peña's termination, calling it 'hypocrisy'. When Alario admitted she had also drank on shift, Bonaparte fired her on the spot.
• Bonaparte reminded her staff that drinking on the job was a fireable offense, leaving the staff reeling.
• Peña, a single mother, is shown throughout the new season trying to get her job back.