Taqueria La Ventana on Cedar Springs Road and, inset, Firebird Restaurant Group owner Mike KarnA report published online Thursday morning, Oct. 11, by the Dallas Business Journal detailing donations by North Texas business and community leaders to Donald Trump has prompted calls for a boycott against restaurants in the Firebird Restaurant Groups. Mike Karns is the owner and CEO of Firebird Restaurant Group, which includes more than 50 locations for El Fenix, Snuffers, Village Burger Bar, Meso Maya, Tortaco and Taqueria La Ventana — including the Taqueria La Ventana that recently opened on Cedar Springs Road, in the heart of the gayborhood. Also, full disclosure here, Taqueria La Ventana on Cedar Springs Road has advertised in Dallas Voice.) “I did pay a fee to go watch him speak,” Karns said, “but that was not a political donation. He said he and his wife contribute to a number of LGBT and HIV/AIDS organizations and events, including DIFFA/Dallas.