A group member asked Natalie, a bar hostess, to seat them. Natalie said the restaurant had a policy of reserving its tables for dinner customers only before 10:30 p.m. It was just past 9--so the new arrivals would have to wait.

The large group then waited fifteen minutes in the small foyer. According to interviews with several group members, bar employees checked the identification of the group's members.

Perng, the former co-chair of APALSA, said a "rude" male employee of the bar checked the IDs of some of her friends twice.

The hostess did not explain delay, group members said. When they asked her about it, Natalie rolled her eyes, turned and left, Perng said.

While the APALSA group waited for a table, Perng said, other customers arrived and were seated promptly.

Perng said that several law school students were seated without having to show identification and without specifying whether they'd be eating or drinking.

Christina A. Voros '00, a Temple waitress on duty that night, said the law school students were regular patrons and employees knew their ages.

Another couple entering after the APALSA party was "obviously" over 35 years old. A third small group wanted dinner, which would not require employees to check identification at the door, she said.