At a place where managers, employees and patrons pride themselves on acceptance and love, a message of hate was left before the sun came up Saturday. "We just have a lot of fun here on this property so to read those words on our window, it really made me upset," said Melvin Theriault, the director of operations at Cocktail, a gay bar on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg. Theriault said a customer noticed the vandalism on the front window the following day. A homophobic phrase, including a derogatory slur, was written in what appeared to be a permanent marker. Managers at the bar contacted police and handed over the images caught on surveillance video. For more: https://bit.ly/3LoKhJ7 ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay