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Row over restaurant ‘wealth screening’ boils over in French resort of St-Tropez

www.theguardian.com Row over restaurant ‘wealth screening’ boils over in French resort of St-Tropez

Mayor threatens sanctions over reported practices of large minimum spends and selecting diners by size of previous bills

Row over restaurant ‘wealth screening’ boils over in French resort of St-Tropez

The Nice Matin newspaper quoted unnamed insiders as saying that some restaurants in St-Tropez, a favoured summer haunt of celebrities and the international jet set for more than half a century, had taken to checking customers’ names against their database and refusing reservations if a previous visit was not felt to have resulted in a big enough bill – or tip.

An increasingly common technique was to say there was availability, but at a price. “They’ll say: ‘Sure, we have a table at €5,000. Is that OK?’” a customer said. Another cited a minimum spend of €1,500 a head.

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