On the heels of the employee claiming that a Versace store used code words for black customers a similar story is emerging claiming that an upscale New York French bistro did something similar.

On December 16th a lawsuit was filed in the Southern District Court of New York.

ATTN Reported:

Servers Renato Barreto and David Kant claim that Bagatelle, a French bistro in the Meatpacking District of New York City, engaged in customer service practices that are “reminiscent of restaurants in the 1950s that openly an egregiously promoted segregation and created rules to exclude minorities from their establishments.”

The lawsuit alleges that Bagatelle employees would put codes on reservation lists or bills when minorities showed up. “For example, ‘DNA’ was code for ‘Do Not Accommodate,’ which upon information and belief, was specifically for minorities so that they could be placed at the back of the restaurant where they would not be seen, or simply have their reservations canceled because of the color of their skin,” the complaint alleges.

src: attn.

It also says that other restaurant employees allegedly used the code “BO” for “patrons they believed to be ugly or unfit”!

And included in the suit was an “Employment Development Notice”. This listed a violation for looking “like a faggot” and dressing like a “gay porn star.”

A photo was also included that appears to show black customers sharing a seat, it can be seen below.