Styleforum › Forums › Lifestyle › Social Life, Food & Drink, Travel › "Jacket required" - a relic of the past?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

"Jacket required" - a relic of the past?

post #1 of 99
10/12/10 at 3:51pm
Thread Starter 
I just ate at Mastro's steakhouse recently for my birthday (amazzzzinggg food) and I noticed that I was the only one wearing a suit (or even a sport coat for that matter) besides the waiters and the manager. There was even a guy in shorts and a ratty hawaiian shirt. I was under the impression that there was a jacket policy, and have heard stories of people being denied for not having one.

It might be a stupid gripe, but I felt awkward having the staff dressed better than the clientele. This was at the Beverly Hills location.

What are your opinions on "jacket required"?
Reply
Reply
post #2 of 99
10/12/10 at 3:55pm
Something like that has to be supported bottom-up. A business will have a tough time surviving trying to enforce a dress code that is not widely supported by its patrons.
Reply
Reply
post #3 of 99
10/12/10 at 3:56pm
The requirement still exists in many fine dining establishments, but it has been relaxed in lot of the restaurants that used to have it.
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 99
10/12/10 at 4:08pm
Did the guy in shorts ask for RANCH dressing?
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 99
10/12/10 at 4:11pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Piobaire View Post
Did the guy in shorts ask for RANCH dressing?

And a "to-go coke"?
Reply
Reply
post #6 of 99
10/12/10 at 5:04pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Piobaire View Post
Did the guy in shorts ask for RANCH dressing?

Quote:
Originally Posted by harvey_birdman View Post
And a "to-go coke"?

Apparently he was some type of rocker :\\
Reply
Reply
post #7 of 99
10/12/10 at 5:15pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Piobaire View Post
Did the guy in shorts ask for RANCH dressing?

Quote:
Originally Posted by harvey_birdman View Post
And a "to-go coke"?

I wonder if he protested the corkage fee charged for his box of wine.
Reply
Reply
post #8 of 99
10/12/10 at 5:17pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Piobaire View Post
Did the guy in shorts ask for RANCH dressing?

That was me. I asked for Ketchup.
Reply
Reply
post #9 of 99
10/12/10 at 5:20pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by MrG View Post
I wonder if he protested the corkage fee charged for his box of wine.

Well durr, they don't have a cork.
Reply
Reply
post #10 of 99
10/12/10 at 5:25pm
Well, you're in California.
Reply
Reply
post #11 of 99
10/12/10 at 5:32pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by RedLantern View Post
Something like that has to be supported bottom-up. A business will have a tough time surviving trying to enforce a dress code that is not widely supported by its patrons.

True that. I have been to too many restaurants that list the policy but do not try to enforce it. I try to adhere in the, admittedly pointless, hope that there will be some impact on other diners.
Reply
Reply
post #12 of 99
10/12/10 at 6:48pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Saltricks View Post
I just ate at Mastro's steakhouse recently for my birthday (amazzzzinggg food) and I noticed that I was the only one wearing a suit (or even a sport coat for that matter) besides the waiters and the manager. There was even a guy in shorts and a ratty hawaiian shirt. I was under the impression that there was a jacket policy, and have heard stories of people being denied for not having one.

It might be a stupid gripe, but I felt awkward having the staff dressed better than the clientele. This was at the Beverly Hills location.

What are your opinions on "jacket required"?

Staff are usually dressed more formally but more incorrectly than the clientele, last I heard. Which makes the "black suit black shirt no tie" uniform common to mid level waiters actually historically incorrectly correct.
Reply
Reply
post #13 of 99
10/12/10 at 7:53pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by marc237 View Post
I try to adhere in the, admittedly pointless, hope that there will be some impact on other diners.

Good for you. I do the same in the hope that the other customers feel a twinge of "uh-oh, maybe I should have worn shoes."

I have a picture of my grandfather mowing the lawn in a tie. Mowing the lawn. In a tie.
Reply
Reply
post #14 of 99
10/12/10 at 7:58pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sazerac View Post
Good for you. I do the same in the hope that the other customers feel a twinge of "uh-oh, maybe I should have worn shoes."

I have a picture of my grandfather mowing the lawn in a tie. Mowing the lawn. In a tie.

This is great
Reply
Reply
post #15 of 99
10/12/10 at 8:01pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sazerac View Post
Good for you. I do the same in the hope that the other customers feel a twinge of "uh-oh, maybe I should have worn shoes."

I have a picture of my grandfather mowing the lawn in a tie. Mowing the lawn. In a tie.

3 homeless bums, circa 1930



how far we have fallen
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
Styleforum › Forums › Lifestyle › Social Life, Food & Drink, Travel › "Jacket required" - a relic of the past?