Atlanta restaurant apologizes for denying service to NBA legend Dominique Wilkins over dress code
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As a member of the class of 2006, former NBA basketball player Dominique Wilkins adresses members of the media during a news conference at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., Friday morning, Sept. 8, 2006. The Class of 2006 is to be enshrined during festivities in Springfield, Sept. 8 and 9. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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An upscale restaurant in Atlanta has issued an apology after it denied service to basketball Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins.
The controversy started on Saturday when Wilkins tweeted that he had been denied service at Le Bilboquet, an upscale French restaurant in Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood.