Legal Question in Business Law in Pennsylvania

Restaurant Law

I was in a restaurant last night and ordered a beer. The server asked for identification. I don't currently have a driver's license, so I showed her my valid US Passport. She said the restaurant had a policy that they don't accept passports as valid id's unless you are from another country. Is there any legal recourse that would force the restaurant to accept a US Passport as proof of age? In order to get a Passport you need at least two forms of valid identification, so it seems that a Passport would be the most acceptable form of id. I'm 29 years old, for the record.


Asked on 11/01/07, 10:19 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Daniel Cevallos Cevallos & Wong, LLP

Re: Restaurant Law

The restaurant doesn't have to do anything. They don't have to serve you at all. They can use whatever policy they want to serve drinks: fingerprinting, trivia questions, field sobriety tests, whatever. So no, there is no law requiring a restaurant to accept a passport in lieu of other ID.

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Answered on 11/01/07, 10:24 am


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