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Dining Solo
after getting such service, the
next time she comes in, she
gets waited on but nothing
extra. I wouldn't encourage
her to come back and sit in
my station."
Dimitri Syros, owner of
Dimitri's of Southfield, is an-
other restaurateur who
claims he treats everyone the
same from a solo diner to a
party of eight.
"It's first come, first serve,"
he says. "We take the name
and that person gets seated
next. We have a lot of room
and we can do this. In all the
years I've been in this famil)
business, it's always been my
policy to do this.
"If a waiter or waitress
didn't want a single person in
their station, they'd be out
the door. I have a public
place and single or n,ot,
everyone must be treated
alike. In the 20 years I've
owned restaurants, I've never
had difficulty seating singles.
As far as tipping is con-
cerned, waiters and waitres-
ses must take the bad with
the good."
Carolyn G. says she feels
discriminated against when
she goes to restaurants alone.
"I'm often placed near the
kitchen and I'm not served
promptly," she says. "I get
the impression that if I don't
order a drink, the waiter fig-
ures I'm a poor spender and
won't leave a decent tip."
Sheila M. say when she
was first living alone, there
were times she got a craving
for a nice steak dinner. But
dining out alone was consid-
ered pretty much taboo.
"After I passed up several
of those cravings, I consid-
ered going to a good restau-
rant on my own," she says.
To be honest, it took a lot of
courage and when I walked
in and asked for a table for
one, I felt awkward and self-
conscious.
"But my waiter was
friendly and polite and when
my steak arrived, I began
savoring every bite. My tre-
pidations melted away. I had
broken a taboo. I went back
to the restaurant and made
sure I got the same waiter. I
felt comfortable and people
were congenial."
Ken Walters of Panache in
Birmingham says he tries to
make singles feel as comfort-
able as possible. Tables for
two are situated all around
the restaurant.
"Our kitchen is open until
2:30 a.m. and singles can
drop in anytime and meet
other singles," he says. "Our
people are trained. If some-
one is sitting alone at the
bar, the bartender will intro-
duce him or her to others. T'q
nice to go to a place where
singles are welcome.
"We market for singles and
that's a bigger incentive to
the management and em-
ployees. We always make
sure a single is seated by a
light or window if the diner
is reading a book or a news-
Danny Raskin
paper. A lot of women are
good tippers as well as men.
But whether they are or not,
they should be treated
equally."
Some single women get
into the habit of carrying
reading material with them
when they go to a restaurant.
For some, it provides com-
pany and helps them relax.
Others admit they like some-
thing to side behind.
Liz T. doesn't like to tote
newspapers or a hefty book,
however, when she's eating
out alone.
"Those are fine for coffee
shops and smaller places but
they won't do in restaurants
which sport white table li-
nens and fine china."
"I like to carry a small
notebook to tally my expense
account. It seems natural to
see people going over notes
and you don't have to feel
conspicuous about it."
Many women business
travelers go to fancy restau-
rants alone. In a hotel dining
room recently, a well-dressed
businesswoman ordered wine,
appetizers, an expensive
entree and dessert. She was
good to herself, left a gener-
ous tip and was treated like a
queen.
Judge Jessica Cooper tells
of an out-of-town experience
when she was seated in back
of the restaurant and re-
ceived very poor service from
the waitress. In spite of that,
she left a more than adequate
tip.
She was treated much bet-
ter on her second visit to the
restaurant but was still sea-
ted in the back.
Pam Smith says singles are
either ignored or rushed and
always put at a bad table,
usually by the kitchen or in
the extreme front or rear.
She says she can tell wait-
persons believe they're not
making enough money from
the table.
She's never seen a restau-
rant offer special menus or
other incentives to attract
singles. But the trend among
single diners appears to be
that they're braver, she says.
"I've had restaurant mana-
gers tell me that it was okay
for the men next to me to get
better service because they
tip better," she says. "But
this isn't true."
If you're afraid of the cold
shoulder, it makes more
sense to go to fancy restau-
rants alone at a time when
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