JDCJJ
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Post by JDCJJ on May 30, 2024 11:19:11 GMT -6
"We're excited to offer a new venue for the older crowd. I'm not worried about the backlash from the age restrictions," the owner said.Two weeks ago, 36-year-old Marvin Pate and his wife opened their new, upscale restaurant in north St. Louis County. Bliss Restaurant is located at 11836 West Florissant Ave., near New Halls Ferry Road in Florissant. "I think Bliss is a home away from home. You can come here and actually feel like you're at a resort. People will feel like they're on a vacation," Pate said. "We offer delicious oxtails, fresh snapper, jerk lambchops, wonderful cabbage, fresh snapper and more. All of it is delicious and Jamaican-style," Chef Alex Dixon said. All of the restaurant's chefs are actually from Jamaica. The restaurant's popular West African and Caribbean cuisine isn't the only hot topic simmering on social media. People are chattering about the age restrictions at Bliss.
Women must be at least 30 years old and men must be 35 to enter the business.
"The restaurant is just something for the older people to come do, have a happy hour, come get some good food and not have to worry about some of the young folks who bring some of that drama," Assistant Manager Erica Rhodes said. "Of course, we have been getting a little backlash because of our policy, but that's OK, we're sticking to our code," Pate said. Customers who appear to be younger than 30 will have to show their ID to a hostess at the front door or a St. Louis County police officer after 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/new-north-st-louis-county-restaurants-age-restrictions/63-5b9e0d0b-c06d-4e16-9611-93c2146df50e
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Post by Red Deathy on May 31, 2024 11:16:23 GMT -6
I trust his judgement, he knows his customer base.
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Post by karmaftmfw on May 31, 2024 13:06:56 GMT -6
This restaurant must cater to whites only because minorities don’t have id’s and don’t have access to them. According to Democrats.
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Post by Bighorn66 on Jun 1, 2024 5:59:19 GMT -6
It’s a much higher age restriction than I was anticipating.
One of the things that was always difficult for me to get used to in Europe was the young legal drinking age.
On my first trip, my first culture shock was walking in to the men’s restroom and seeing a woman cleaning the urinals. My first thought was, oh shit! I walked into the women’s restroom. My second thought was, surely Swiss women don’t pee standing up. The restrooms were cleaned by men and women without closing them. I got used to that.
What I couldn’t quite get used to was going to a bar and having to share it with a bunch of kids—and having them drink stupid. One of the nice things about bars was no children allowed. I soon learned to find the over 25 bars, of which there were quite a few, and go there instead.
But 35 and 30 seems like a rather old age minimum. And a tad sexist.
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Post by Red Deathy on Jun 1, 2024 10:41:01 GMT -6
It’s a much higher age restriction than I was anticipating. One of the things that was always difficult for me to get used to in Europe was the young legal drinking age. On my first trip, my first culture shock was walking in to the men’s restroom and seeing a woman cleaning the urinals. My first thought was, oh shit! I walked into the women’s restroom. My second thought was, surely Swiss women don’t pee standing up. The restrooms were cleaned by men and women without closing them. I got used to that. What I couldn’t quite get used to was going to a bar and having to share it with a bunch of kids—and having them drink stupid. One of the nice things about bars was no children allowed. I soon learned to find the over 25 bars, of which there were quite a few, and go there instead. But 35 and 30 seems like a rather old age minimum. And a tad sexist. Speaking of the legal drinking age, until 1980 in Illinois it used to be 18 for females and 19 for males, beer and wine only. I grew up in N. County and every Friday night we would make a pilgrimage to the Land of Drink'in. Once you crossed the 270 bridge there was no shortage of liquor stores, beer joints and live music venues. Off of route 3 there was a drive thru liquor store, order and pay at a side window, drive around back and someone would load the beer in the trunk of your car. For some reason the beer had to go in the trunk...  They never carded anyone and we suspected the local cops were getting paid off. The IL liquor stores were also open on Sundays and sold 5% beer. Not the case in MO, only crappy 3.2 beer could be sold on Sunday and few places were open or bothered to sell it. If I recall that MO law was on the books until the mid 80's. |
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Post by wb on Jun 15, 2024 11:40:41 GMT -6
It’s a much higher age restriction than I was anticipating. One of the things that was always difficult for me to get used to in Europe was the young legal drinking age. On my first trip, my first culture shock was walking in to the men’s restroom and seeing a woman cleaning the urinals. My first thought was, oh shit! I walked into the women’s restroom. My second thought was, surely Swiss women don’t pee standing up. The restrooms were cleaned by men and women without closing them. I got used to that. What I couldn’t quite get used to was going to a bar and having to share it with a bunch of kids—and having them drink stupid. One of the nice things about bars was no children allowed. I soon learned to find the over 25 bars, of which there were quite a few, and go there instead. But 35 and 30 seems like a rather old age minimum. And a tad sexist. Speaking of the legal drinking age, until 1980 in Illinois it used to be 18 for females and 19 for males, beer and wine only. I grew up in N. County and every Friday night we would make a pilgrimage to the Land of Drink'in. Once you crossed the 270 bridge there was no shortage of liquor stores, beer joints and live music venues. Off of route 3 there was a drive thru liquor store, order and pay at a side window, drive around back and someone would load the beer in the trunk of your car. For some reason the beer had to go in the trunk... They never carded anyone and we suspected the local cops were getting paid off. The IL liquor stores were also open on Sundays and sold 5% beer. Not the case in MO, only crappy 3.2 beer could be sold on Sunday and few places were open or bothered to sell it. If I recall that MO law was on the books until the mid 80's. Damn, RD, thanks for the trip down memory lane! I too was raised in north county and made those same beer runs you mentioned, including the drive through place. IIRC, one of the places had a name with the word "acres in it, like "13 acres" or something like that. As you mentioned there were several right off the bridge. It was such a different time than now, there was practically no such thing as a DWI, the worst thing you could expect if caught with beer was to have it confiscated, or the ultimate punishment, they'd make you poor it on the ground. When my kids reached that age I warned them that it was a totally different game now, and that they needed to be very careful, fortunately they got through it with no DWI's. |
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Post by Red Deathy on Jun 15, 2024 23:03:31 GMT -6
You jogged my memory, I think that place was called 15 Acres. Yep, the police were usually pretty lenient with kids back then as long as you weren't a smart ass. When they took your beer they would always say if you want it back come down to the station with your parents tomorrow and you can pick it up. Hahaha, as if that ever happened.
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They never carded anyone and we suspected the local cops were getting paid off. The IL liquor stores were also open on Sundays and sold 5% beer. Not the case in MO, only crappy 3.2 beer could be sold on Sunday and few places were open or bothered to sell it. If I recall that MO law was on the books until the mid 80's.