A new upscale restaurant in Florissant, Missouri, called Bliss has quite the age restriction.
  • thesmokingman@programming.devEnglish
    24·
    5 months ago

    I don’t see the age restriction as too far different from senior clubs (minus the gender split; do nonbinary folks get in at 30 or 35?) so that doesn’t bother me. IDs being verified by a St Louis County officer instead of an employee of the restaurant does. Why are taxpayers of all ages footing the bill for a private business?

    • ryathal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      5 months ago

      The cop isn’t likely officially on duty, it’s likely a detail shift that’s little more than bonus income for cops. Many police forces require private business that may be dangerous to hire off duty police.

    • tsonfeir@lemmy.worldEnglish
      181·
      5 months ago

      I think they’re trying to say that men take longer to mature than women.

    • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      Their marketing scam wasn’t edgy enough without it.

      This whole thing is designed to generate a lot of buzz about the restaurant. Once the buzz dies down, they’ll either quietly drop the restrictions. Or declare bankruptcy and find a new angle.

  • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
    206·
    5 months ago

    Kinda sounds like illegal discrimination given two protected classes.

  • sudo42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    5 months ago

    Don’t know about where this restaurant is, but in my corner of the world, restaurants are hurting. They’re happy to get any paying customers they can. Write back in 2 years and see if this place is still open and still uses this Facebook-headline marketing strategy.

  • ParabolicMotion@lemmy.worldEnglish
    102·
    5 months ago

    I’d rather have a restaurant that catered to a certain decade of births. Perhaps a restaurant called, “80’s babies”, and then decorate it in pop culture pieces from the 90’s and 2000’s. Decorate it with pieces from movies that were released in the 90’s and 2000’s. Place memorabilia from bands and musicians that played during those years. Put up posters from popular TV shows. I would have areas of the restaurant dedicated to certain trends and styles. For example, one area could be for the pop fans of the late 90’s, another could be for the rock scene fans of the early 2000’s, …etc. Another area could be a bar that has the most memorable baseball, football, soccer, or other games from those years, being replayed on a big screen. Another area could be an eating area where guests can watch famous news and political clips from those years. Something similar to Reeling in the Years could be playing on screens near their booths.

    The whole place could be like a time capsule from the late 80’s to about 2010. If you want a certain age group to patronize a place, make it appeal to them specifically. That’s just my opinion. It will probably be downvoted.

    • oleorunOPMAEnglish
      10·
      5 months ago

      This is a great idea.

      I’ve seen plenty of places that try this concept. In the end the walls look like decade vomit, the songs are the same one-hit wonders, and the wait staff are not enjoying it one bit. If done wrong, this is less Jack Rabbit Slims and more Hard Rock.

      I’d like to see this executed tastefully somehow. That said, I am no means a designer so I hope someone more talented than me could flesh this idea.

    • itsnotits@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      5 months ago
      • '80s* babies
      • the '90s* and 2000s*
      • the late '90s*
      • the early 2000s*
      • the late '80s*
  • TAG@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    5 months ago

    Sounds like a great marketing gimmick. Look at how many people are talking about it.

  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    5 months ago

    What about the staff?

    A 30 or 35 year old line cook is fucking ancient and 30 and 35 for wait staff is definitely almost ready for the diner gig.

  • cro_magnon_gilf@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    63·
    5 months ago

    And he’s 36… lol. Someone just had their first kid and had their accompanying testostorone dip. Now all younger men are bad!

    What do uou wanna bet the wife is 30-35?

  • Mikufan@ani.socialEnglish
    1737·
    5 months ago

    Sounds like a place that won’t get many customers. Why not just make it 35 in general? Woman are the one that make annoying tiktoks and take 20k pictures of food.