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| - I have been to Tequila Cowboy several times, and I enjoyed the experience! Last night was a night that entirely shifted my perception of this establishment. I'm patiently waiting in line just like everyone else. I have my ID in my hand ready to give to the bouncer. I am a 22-year-old biracial woman from MD. The bouncer somehow immediately begins questioning my age after he attempts to break my REAL ID. He was a meathead so naturally he could bend anyone's ID with his bare hands. My REAL ID does not break despite his efforts. I tried to reassure him of my age and told him I did not appreciate him trying to break my real ID that I paid $50 for at the MVA and obviously need to drive around. I was slightly annoyed as anyone would be. Here I am, a college graduate with her own apartment, and I'm still being questioned about my age. I told the bouncer I had every right to be there just like everyone else. He then proceeded to tell me I had an "attitude" and I wouldn't be allowed in with my "fake" ID. He became very aggressive and angry when he spoke to me saying I shouldn't be talking to him any kind of way. All I could think of was what way was I supposed to be talking to someone that was rudely trying to tell me my age and destroy my property in front of me.
I ask him to speak with the manager politely. Before the manager even approaches me, he speaks with the bouncer. He fails to really listen or hear me out when I tell him what happened. I explained I was there for a friend's birthday, which I unfortunately missed, and that I had been there several times before. I asked him what more I had to do to prove my age. The bouncer then grabs a MD ID from a woman in the crowd. He doesn't bend her ID nearly as hard as he bent mine so he deems mine fake. What's worse?! He tells me people like me are a "problem" so I can't be allowed in. The manager then explains that people have been using fake MD IDs to get in and they questioned the line in the middle of my ID. Disclaimer: If this bar has been letting MD IDs in without the line down the center, then those IDs are fake. MD recently added the line down the center to make it easy to identify real IDs from fake IDs. Anyways, I am told to leave.
I proceed to find a police officer to verify my age. The officer took my ID and confirms that I am 22 years old. He walks over to the bouncer and lets him know that I am 22 years old and I have every right to get in that bar. The bouncer told the police officer that he still wouldn't be letting me in because I had an "attitude." All I could think then was this was what being a black woman with curly hair and asserting yourself to a pompous asshole gets you in this life. The police officer kindly apologized and told me they wouldn't be letting me in. He even agreed that other women they were letting in looked younger than me, but said the business had the right to deny me service. I thanked the police officer, but I couldn't believe what I heard. This business discriminated against me.
As I'm leaving and on the phone explaining to my friend how I wouldn't make it to her birthday, I see a young woman intoxicated beyond all recognition being brought out of the bar by 4 men yet I'm the PROBLEM! All I can say is that Tequila Cowboy needs to train their bouncers to not carry biased notions about people and to respect their patrons and their patrons' property. They also need a class on how to tell a fake ID from a real ID. What happened to me last night was unacceptable and unethical on their part! I would not suggest going to this bar! My whole perception of this place changed last night! I most likely will never be returning and I will definitely be sharing this story with my friends and family. I am well connected with restaurant owners and bartenders here in Pittsburgh as well so I'm going to be sure to tell this story to my contacts. Unethical business here! I have never been treated the way I was treated last night at Tequila Cowboy by any bar in Pittsburgh. Based on the Yelp and Facebook reviews, the bouncers are violent and aggressive and management is piss poor. My experience can be added to the long list of individuals that were mistreated and abused by the staff at this bar.
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