by Kandiss Edwards
October 11, 2024
Keisha Lance Bottoms denied entry to restaurant as a consequence of apparel. For the second time.
Oct. 9, Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms claimed she was denied a seat at an Atlanta restaurant as a consequence of her informal apparel, which “violated” the institution’s gown code.
Bottoms posted concerning the encounter on her X account. The politician admitted that she was not within the specified “enterprise informal” gown code, however different patrons didn’t meet the requirement both. She noticed patrons in all types of informal clothes comparable to “shorts, baseball caps, and flip flops within the restaurant.”
I used to be AGAIN advised by a hostess that I couldn’t be seated in an Atlanta space restaurant (not the identical one as final time) as a result of I had on “yoga” pants, which was supposedly towards their “strictly enforced” enterprise informal coverage. After I identified that there have been patrons, none…
— Keisha Lance Bottoms (@KeishaBottoms) October 9, 2024
The previous Mayor noticed that different seated restaurant prospects didn’t appear to be her. Bottoms, seemingly, questioned her reoccurring expertise, “It could’t be simply me.”
The Georgia resident refused to call the “Atlanta space” restaurant to keep away from sending harassment its manner.
This isn’t the primary time Mayor Lance Bottoms allegedly skilled the sort of therapy by an Atlanta eatery. In April 2022, Bottoms was turned away from Capital Grille, positioned within the Perimeter Mall.
Keisha Lance Bottoms was turned away from Capital Grille for ‘sporting leggings’ pic.twitter.com/aUxDUcqXdY
— celebitchy (@celebitchy) April 18, 2022
Throughout that encounter, Bottoms’s chosen apparel was leggings, NBC reported. In a now-deleted X put up, Bottoms advised Capital Grille was selective in selecting the shoppers who entered the institution.
“Requested if I may sit within the bar space and was advised, ‘No.’ Guidelines are the foundations, simply marvel if the girl who got here in instantly after me, who I didn’t see come again out, was additionally denied service.”
This time round, Bottoms is hoping to talk with the proprietor of the institution to get a greater understanding of how the gown code is enforced.
Atlanta is thought and celebrated for its sturdy cultural scene. Nonetheless, town’s restaurant trade can’t appear to catch a break.
In October 2023, TikTok meals critic Kieth Lee went to Atlanta as part of his meals tour to pattern meals from native eating places. The tour didn’t finish properly. Whereas Lee doesn’t all the time discover scrumptious meals in all main cities, he is ready to discover meals. The previous MMA fighter made a couple of evaluate with out meals. He famous lengthy wait instances, inconsistent hours of operation, and unusual “guidelines” as the explanations for his lack of ability to order.
@keith_lee125 The Actual Milk & Honey style check 💕 would you attempt it ? 💕 #foodcritic ♬ authentic sound – Keith Lee
Lee’s Atlanta tour led to a slew of discourse on social media. Individuals from everywhere in the nation chimed in to share their experiences about eating in Atlanta.
The opinions are nonetheless out on the explanation for Bottoms’s Atlanta expertise. Hopefully, she will be able to associate with the restaurant proprietor to achieve readability on rule enforcement.
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