Steph Curry should take it as a compliment, but I am sure it can be annoying as well. Curry, who is 26 years old does look very young. He learned a valuable lesson that just because you are a star pro athlete, not everyone is going to know who you are. He tells a story of how recently he tried to get a drink at a restaurant but didn’t have his ID on him and the waitress refused to serve him. Steph had to get the manager involved who luckily knew who he was and allowed the staff to serve him.
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Curry: It happened at California Pizza Kitchen in the Bay Area like 15 minutes from my house. We went, I tried to get a drink after the season, that’s exactly what happened.
Me and my wife went to dinner, and we didn’t have our daughter with us, and she was with the babysitter. So I ordered a beer, and I didn’t have my ID with me, ‘cause I left it in the car and I thought she’d recognize me.
So the waitress asks, and I was like, ‘Uh, is your manager here,’ and I took my chances with him knowing who I was, and … he knew.
But she basically, yeah, she wouldn’t give me the benefit of the doubt, knowing that I didn’t look like I was over 21 and not knowing who I was.
Dime Magazine: Did she apologize at all after the manager came over?
Curry: Not really. I don’t think she knew basketball at all, so I don’t think it registered.
Dime Magazine: Her manager was probably like, ‘Good, so she’s not serving anyone under 21.’
Curry: [Laughs] Exactly, ‘We’re doing our job.’
There aren’t many places in the Bay Area where Curry could go without being recognized. In fact, many people around the country would recognize him. He just happened to pick a bad time to leave his wallet in the car.
At least the waitress was doing her job correctly.
