New York restaurant refuses entry to Sikh youth for wearing ‘patka’

A Sikh youth was refused entry in a restaurant here for wearing a turban when he went there to meet friends after midnight, leaving him "hurt and embarrassed," according to a media report. However, the manager at the Harbor Grill did not allow him inside, citing a new policy introduced at the bar that enforces a dress code after 10 pm on Friday and Saturday nights, restricting all head wear, the report said. “ wearing what would be more widely perceived as the slang term ‘dew rag’ or a ‘stocking cap’ and not a traditional turban,” the restaurant wrote in a Facebook post after residents expressed outrage. “We do not allow hats or head wear in order to more capably identify people inside the establishment,” the restaurant said. Clarifying their stand, the restaurant said that Harbor Grill “embraces people of all races and religions,” and does not discriminate against anyone for their creed or colour.