Dress code resolution approved

Dress code resolution approved

AN EFFORT TO GET RID OF THEDRESS CODE AT A LOCALRESTAURANT GROUP PASSESBALTIMORE CITY COUNCIL MONDAYNIGHT.

ATLAS RESTAURANTS' HASGAINED ATTENTION OVER THE PASTYEAR FOR THE DRESS CODE AT ITSRESTAURANTS.

MOST RECENTLY━FOR A VIRAL VIDEO OF A BLACKFAMILY BEING TURNED AWAY ATITS OUZO BAY RESTAURANT INHARBOR EAST FOR NOT MEETINGTHE DRESS CODE.

WMAR 2 NEWS'MARK ROPER IS LIVE AT THEINNER HARBOR.

MARK━ DOES THERESOLUTION PUT A BAN TO DRESSCODES AT ALL RESTAURANTSACROSS THE CITY?NO━ THE RESOLUTIONSPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT THEATLAS RESTAURANT GROUP.

ANDTHE MEASURE ONLY MAKES ANEFFORT TO END THE DRESS CODEAT THE 15 ATLAS RESTAURANTS INBALTIMORE CITY.

A VIDEO WENTVIRAL LAST MONTH SHOWING ABLACK MOTHER AND HER SON BEINGDENIED SERVICE AT THE ATLASGROUP RESTAURANT━ OUZO BA━LAST MONTH BECAUSE HE WASDRESSED IN ATHLETIC CLOTHES━WHILE A WHITE CHILD WAS SEENIN THE BACKGROUND OF THE VIDEOWEARING SIMILAR CLOTHING ATTHE RESTAURANT━ YET HE HADALREADY BEEN SERVED.

DISTRICT14 COUNCILWOMAN MARY PATCLARKE INTRODUCED THERESOLUTION WHICH IS CALLEDDROP THE DRESS CODE.

AND ITSPELLS OUT ITS PURPOSE IS TOCALL ON THE ATLAS RESTAURANTGROUP AS A COMMUNITY PARTNERWITH A LARGE FOOTPRINT ALONGTHE BALTIMORE WATERFRONT TOSET AN EXAMPLE AND BE A LEADERIN RACIAL SENSITIVITY ANDSOCIAL JUSTICE BY ELIMINATEDITS DRESS CODE ENTIRELY.

THERESOLUTION CALLS IT NO━INCLUSIVE━ DIVISIVE━ ANDOUT OF STEP WITH THE VALUES OFTHE CITY.

THE RESTAURANT WHICHINSPIRED THE RESOLUTION DOESNOT SIT IN THE SAME DISTRICTAS MARY PAT CLARKE━ THECOUNCILWOMAN WHO INTRODUCEDTHE RESOLUTION.

CLARKE'SDISTRICT━ DISTRICT 14━ ISIN NORTH BALTIMORE WHILE OUZOBAY SITS IN HARBOR EAST━ INCITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.

BUTSHE EXPLAINS HER REASONS WHYSHE BELIEVES THE RESOLUTIONWAS NEEDED.

"it leaves andestablishment and it's workerstoo open for interpretationand implied intended or notfor discrimination i wasn'tput in the situation that themother and son were in but asa black man i would rathershow them what we think of thedress code by by notpatronizing any of theibusiness.

THAT WAS NORTHWEBALTIMORE DISTRICT 7COUNCILMAN LEON PINKETT AND HEWAS THE ONLY COUNCILMEMBER TOVOTE AGAINST THE RESOLUTION.LIVE AT THE INNER HARBOR MAR