Dylan Murray
One Missouri restaurant has split the internet in two after it revealed it's age restrictions.
If you’ve recently turned 18 or 21 and are now legally allowed to enter bars and clubs, then you may think you no longer have anything stopping you from checking out your local spots.
However, despite this, certain spots can still not allow you to enter for a number of reasons - or 10 specific reasons in one restaurant's case.
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However, one restaurant located in Florissant, Missouri, a town near St. Louis, has restrictions that some online have called a bit 'random'.
Bliss is a restaurant that serves food from West Africa and the Caribbean.
Restaurant co-owner, Marvin Pate, who opened Bliss with his wife, called the establishment 'pure happiness and pure utopia', telling KSDK in an interview: “It’s a home away from home. You can come here and feel like you’re actually on a resort. People will feel like they're on a vacation.”
However, if any potential customers want to come in, then they need to be of a certain age.
For women, they must be 30-years-old at the least to dine there, while for men, the minimum age is 35.
This restriction has left many shocked and irritated, with people discussing their view of the policy online.
“I guarantee there are plenty of young adults with enough maturity to not cause drama in a restaurant,” said one commenter on X.
While another questioned the merit of the age limits, saying: “I get wanting a certain vibe, but those age limits seem kinda random.”
However, some were all for it, as someone else wrote: "Love this cuz not only it’s for the mature crowd but it makes you wanna go out again without the nonsense."
While a fourth said they 'loved the concept'.
The restaurant’s assistant manager, Erica Rhodes, further explained why the decision was made.
Rhodes said: “The restaurant is just something for the older people to come do, have a happy hour, come get some good food and not have to worry about some of the young folks who bring some of that drama."
Nevertheless, the restaurant expects some level of pushback for their policy, with Pate saying he’s completely fine with it.
“Of course, we have been getting a little backlash because of our policy, but that's OK, we're sticking to our code." he said.
And while some people online may not like it, Bliss's patrons are pretty happy with it.
“[Pate] has a policy that suits the clientele that he’s trying to draw in. I think he’s on the right track,” one customer said.
Plus anyone who wants to wait a few years to enter are more than welcome to stop by - as Rhodes says the business will be 'be here for a while'.