Many places still have dress codes especially on the higher end the problem is It's very risky to actually enforce it especially if it's not just a white male you're enforcing it on.
It's only seen this one time so it's probably pretty rare but been too a restaurant that is business casual seen A black couple come in very under dressed and called it racist If they did not sit them. This is the problem you actually run into when you try to enforce these rules.
If restaurants want to do that, then they would need to display large signs on the doors like:
Minimum Attire Required For Entry
Men: Suit Jackets, Slacks & Ties; Women: Dresses or Blouse & Skirt.
Or something along those lines.
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A club I used to frequent had two price structures. Cover fee is $40.00 if you are not dressed appropriately $5.00 if you are. The message was clear. They also posted their rules very clearly on their website "we want everyone to feel comfortable here, not dressing appropriately makes it loook like your a tourist. Rather then part of the clientele. As a tourist you are being charged a fee... Etc." The problem is that scruffy people may make the clients you want there feel that they are overdressed.
I went to the Opera right before the Pandemic and dressed up because "it's the Opera" and was shocked to find that it was okay for apparently just about everyone to saunter in, in cutoffs, crop tops, and sneakers. To me it ruined part of the experience of the grandeur of it all, so what hope do restaurants have?
Given the horrid year restaurants have had, with many folding in 2020, they literally cannot afford to turn people away. They are at a state of, if you can pay, you can stay and I suspect it will remain that way especially given that most people haven't had to dress up for at least a year and a few months, so the whole of society has dipped into this vast wasteland of 24/7 casual wear. I'm not nose to the air. I mean I definitely feel like there are plenty of places that should forever and always be casual, but so too should their be places where formal wear or a dress code is not only expected, but enforced.
If kids complain and groan that they have to have dress codes in school then why do you think people will agree to a dress code in a restaurant? They would just go elsewhere and the bar/restaurant would have no business. Besides, aren't bars where people go to pick up some flop-haired floozy for the evening?
Nope. Society is devolving like a giant trashcan tumbling down a mountain. Trying to put some new paint on the can isn't going to fix the real problems.
The Titantic is going down. Time to get a lifeboat, buddy.
I hope not. My clothing style is relaxed, sneakers, jeans and t-shirt or sweaters, and I want to eat in a relaxed way, in comfortable clothes.
Fancy restaurants do have a dress code. I think it's justified if they want to keep their business in a certain level, but I just prefer laid-back places.
I voted no but I'm not opposed to a private business doing whatever they want. But it would defeat the purpose for Macdonalds to require dresses and tuxedos
Some already do, they don't have to be that upper scale to have a dress code. Like Lawry's in Los Angeles isn't exactly top-tier fine dining but they do require people to have a look that isn't like Taggedy Anne came off the street. It's a place where the bill isn't exactly cheap, so they do it to attract better clientele
I can remember when a few restaurants in the city had dress codes. I think the last one just went out of business before the pandemic hit. I would rather be comfortable.
I still support "No Shirt, No shoes, No Service".
Yes, bring them back, and while we're at it, we should outlaw skinny jeans, clothing with holes in it, 'hoodies', the wearing of gym clothes outside gymnasiums, and socks with sandals. Yoga pants too.
Erm places still have dress codes.
even my local country pub has dress codes.
Some still technically do
The gentlemans club, i go to on occasion, is exactly that, a gentlemans club. they don't allow certain things in there... mainly hats. It's a strip club, yes, but, still
Lol. Imagine that "Black Tie" was required at McDonalds.
No. Let people dress as they see fit as long it isn't clothing exposing private parts.
Dress codes are still enforced at many restaurants.
i think it should be up to them if they want one or not, perfectly reasonable for a fine dining restaurant to have a dress code
Absolutely not. I especially hate when restaurants want you dressed up instead of casual
They are free to do what the fuck they want and I will stop eating out as often as I have been
Up to them to make that choice
No, are you dumb bro?
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