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Many Five Points bars are filled throughout the week with various patrons, most of whom are unaware of the dress codes established by some of their favorite haunts.
Pour House is one of a few places in Five Points with set rules concerning dress.
Andrew Copper, manager of the Pour House diner, said the bar has several regulations for clothing.
"We do not allow any athletic shorts, any sports jerseys, most plain white T-shirts, any do-rags and no excessively baggy clothes," he said.
Copper said the main reason for the dress code is to have presentable customers.
"We don't want people to come in looking like scrubs. We want people coming in actually wearing nice clothes," Copper said.
Jason Belk, a second-year broadcast journalism student, said he was not allowed into Pour House one night because of his clothing.
"I had just come from Strom after my intramural dodge ball game, and I went downtown to celebrate our victory," Belk said. "They would not let me in at the door because I was still wearing gym shorts and my Hakeem Olajuwon jersey."
Copper said the nix on excessively baggy clothing is to keeping customers safe.
"We don't want people wearing really baggy clothes when they come in because once someone came in with a gun," Copper said. "It's hard to tell if someone has a weapon because baggy clothes can easily conceal it."
Sammi's Deli, which serves food as well as drinks, takes a different approach.
John Miller, an assistant at Sammi's, said the dress code for customers is the same as the workers.
"We are not too strict here. We require shoes, pants and a shirt," Miller said. "And of course, we require a smile."
Miller said they do not feel the need to enforce a dress code.
"Sammi's Deli is a pretty laid back place. Also, we do mostly deliveries so we don't really need a dress code. We don't like to discriminate our clientele," Miller said.
Margaret Weinges, a bartender at Pavlov's, said she is unsure if they have a dress code.
"If we do have one, I would not know about it because it has not been broken in so long," Weinges said.
Ben Whitmire, a bartender at Dr. Rocco's, said they do not have a dress code.
"It is simple. We do not have a dress code because we do not really need one here at Dr. Rocco's," Whitmire said.
Delaney's Irish Pub doesn't maintain a dress code.
Abby Kent, the manager of Delaney's, said they have never really had a problem with what people wear.
"We do not have a dress code that is set in stone, just the usual clothing. We do allow shorts, jerseys or really whatever a person wants to wear," Kent said.
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