Bar co-owner Gerry Sheerin, that night's on-duty manager, said employees only check ID's at the door when customers plan to order drinks.
"Normally, the waitress checks ID's at the table if they'll be ordering food," he said.
Another reason Temple checked ID's of new patrons closely that night, according to co-owner Patrick M. Lee, was that the bar was sponsoring an event for Harvard undergraduates.
APALSA members said they could not recall whether or not they told hostess they intended to have dinner before being asked to wait.
But after the IDs were checked, Perng said, she told the hostess that members of the group had decided they wanted dinner, in addition to their drinks.
A member of the group pointed to an empty table in the back of the restaurant and asked to be seated there.
Sheerin said that the hostess told the group that the table in question only seated eight people--and so they'd have to wait for one that could accommodate a dozen.
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