‘None of Whom Looked Like Me’: Ex-Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Allegedly Denied Seating at Restaurant for Violating Dress Code While Nonblack Patrons Dined In Flip Flops and Shorts

For the second time in as many years, former Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said she was denied service at an Atlanta area restaurant because she was dressed in “yoga pants,” violating what the hostess called a strictly enforced business casual policy. But Bottoms, who served one term as Atlanta’s mayor starting in 2018, tweeted Wednesday she witnessed other patrons, “none of whom looked like me” dressed in shorts, baseball caps and flip flops. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was called the n-word in a text message after she refused to reopen her city, despite Gov. Brian Kemp’s decision. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Bottoms, a senior advisor to the Kamala Harris/Tim Walz presidential ticket, did not disclose the name of the restaurant because she didn’t want the staff threatened. That’s what happened in 2022 after the former mayor went public following a similar incident at Capital Grille, a restaurant located at Perimeter Mall in the Atlanta suburb of Dunwoody. She said she was denied seating because she wore leggings, violating the eatery’s dress code. Bottoms said she found it “odd” that she couldn’t wear what she described as mall attire at a restaurant inside a mall. “Rules...