Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders are reportedly joining a boycott of elite Washington, D.C., restaurants. (Getty Images)
The owner of the second business, Knightsbridge Restaurant Group, took a shot at the lawmakers more directly.
"How many of these congress members even know themselves that they're signing?" he told Axios.
STARR owns Osteria Mozza, The Occidental and Le Diplomate – the latter of which has been a mainstay among the Washington, D.C., elite for years, including former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
Knightsbridge owns Rasika, Modena and Bombay Club.
Knightsbridge did not respond to a request for comment by Fox News Digital.
Former President Barack Obama was recently seen at another one of the Washington, D.C., restaurants. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
"D.C. Restaurant workers have been holding informational picket lines outside STARR and Knightsbridge Restaurants, including STARR’s Osteria Mozza, The Occidental and Le Diplomate, and Knightsbridge’s Rasika, Modena and Bombay Club. Now, workers are calling for D.C. customers to boycott these restaurants, asking the public not to eat, meet or drink at these locations."
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Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., are reportedly among the signatories.
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