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People enjoying beer and burgers at a restaurant. Photo by Prostock Studio / iStock /Getty Images Article content A St. Louis restaurant is facing controversy after implementing a long list of new rules for patrons, Britain’s Daily Mail is reporting.
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The Social Bar and Grill Soulard — located in downtown St. Louis, Mo. — has a new dress code that bans masks, hoodies, saggy pants, backpacks, men’s sleeveless tank tops, and overly revealing outfits.
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The rules were implemented even though the eatery’s staff wear skimpy uniforms.
Many customers are angered by the new rules, and more than 600 have taken to social media to say so.
Some said the rules were racist or anti-LGBTQ, while others noteds the establishment once had their servers dress topless
One person said on social media: ”No revealing outfits…. ‘from the place that used to have their female staff PAINT their torsos.”
The bar’s new rules also stipulate that customers can no longer return their food and ask for a refund.
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As for tipping, a 20% gratuity will be added to the bill.
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The new rules also state, “Guests who emit marijuana odors, vape indoors, or exhibit loud and disrespectful behavior will be asked to leave.”
One Reddit user said: “A long list of arbitrary rules, like we’re back in middle school.”
While others questioned if they were being singled out.
“It’s a thinly veiled ‘no LGBT allowed’,” insisted one Reddit user.
‘Yeah, this would immediately tell me to leave,’ another poster added.
Social Bar and Grill Soulard did not return the Daily Mail’s request for comment.
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