Restricted Clientele
 

Is this still posted in advertisements?

What is "this"?

Never seen it before...

I found this term defined in an official document from Canada. It refers to the clientele of an office that provides service to a specific group (the complete definition is long and technical).

I have not seen this term used in any service industry in the US.

In the past, an establishment could legally post that it did not serve Jews, Negroes, Actors, Women, etc. This practice is no illegal.

It's probably still legal to refuse to provide service to actors! (they aren't protected by any nondiscrimination laws that I know of LOL)

In the US it is illegal for public facilities (private clubs are exempted) to discriminate against people based on a whole host of things, including gender, race, ethnicity, religion etc.

However, that said, any proprietor of a public facility (restaurant, store, etc) is allowed to refuse service to individuals for specific standards. One of them is attire - ranging from shirt and shoes at beach shacks to jacket and tie at very upscale restaurants. Another is behavior. Guests that are loud, obnoxious or unruly (for whatever reason can be excluded).

And this doesn't require that they exhibit the behavior. merely that they seem likely to. For instance, restaurants can refuse to admit a patron who is drunk - even if they're quiet at the moment, on the basis that the proprietor believes they will become unruly. This is the reason that they're allowed to bar people of an inappropriate age (whether small children at an upscale restaurant Broadway show or teenagers at a cocktail lounge.)

Actually, nyt, they're allowed to bar anyone for any reason that isn't prohibited. You can't bar people based on race or religion, gender, in some states marital status, age. If it isn't prohibited, it's allowed. So bar people you think might turn rowdy, or redheads if you want, or people with blue eyes, bar actors or doctors or kindergarten teachers, doesn't matter -- if it's not a group that's protected by law from discrimination, you can discriminate to your heart's content.