A man is accused of hitting an employee at a Mexican restaurant in Southeast Austin with a cookie baking pan as he was being thrown out, court documents say.

A witness and the injured employee at Rosita’s al Pastor told Austin police that the man, identified in an arrest affidavit as 59-year-old Tony Aldaco, entered the restaurant on New Year’s Day with the 15-by-8-inch aluminum baking pan and was insulting customers when they refused to give him money.

According to the affidavit, the employee tried to get Aldaco to leave but he pushed her away. She pushed him back as she escorted him out of the restaurant with the help of another woman, the affidavit said.

Outside the restaurant, Aldaco swung the pan at the employee, hitting her just above her left eye and causing "bruising and ... considerable swelling," the affidavit said.

Police officers were flagged down by the women, who were struggling with Aldaco, according to the affidavit.

Aldaco faces a misdemeanor charge of assault causing bodily injury. He remained in the Travis County Correctional Complex on Thursday the with bail set at $5,500.