Love, Life and Lipstick. Smart Girl in a Smart Restaurant - 1958

<B>From the Good Housekeeping Magazine, December 1958, we are given advice on how to behave at a restaurant. A lot of this can be summed up with "..grin and bear it".</B> <br><a href="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/MoreBlogging/GoodHouseKeepingDec1958-1.jpg"><img src="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/MoreBlogging/GoodHouseKeepingDec1958-1.jpg" width="400"></a><p><B>It's lots nicer than eating at Joe's diner, and no harder, if you know the ropes.<p> Do you have to check your coat?<br><br> Boys must; girls usually don't, unless it's a restaurant where there's dancing.<p> Does a girl give her order to her date or to the waiter?<br><br> It's more gracious to give it to your date; but not all boys-and not all waiters-have been briefed on this convention. If your date seems uncertain, or if the waiter looks at you expectantly, speak directly to him.<p> What do you do if the order's wrong?<br><br> That depends. If the waiter actually brings the wrong food, tell your date, and he'll have the waiter change it. If something's not cooked as you like it -too rare or too well done-our advice is: grin and bear it. Sending things back to the kitchen is tricky business, and you're likely to end by embarrassing yourself and/or your escort.<p> What if you want to visit the ladies' room?<br><br> It couldn't be simpler. Just say to your date, "Please excuse me for a minute." Don't make any coy references to the "little girls' room." If you don't know where it is, ask a waiter. (He answers this question roughly fifty times a night and is not at all dismayed by it.)<p> Should you tip a ladies' room maid?<br><br> Yes. Give her fifteen cents unless you've asked for some special service. Don't let the display quarters in her coin dish fool you. They're usually come-ons.<p> What about table-hopping?<br><br> The less, the better. If you see someone you know, smile and nod inconspicuously. Or stop for a second on the way in or out to say, "Hi." But don't stand around-somebody's food is bound to get cold. And don't suggest making foursomes of twosomes. Restaurant tables aren't elastic, and it's a fair assumption that people are together because they want to be together, not part of a mob.<br></B>

Love, Life and Lipstick. Smart Girl in a Smart Restaurant - 1958

From the Good Housekeeping Magazine, December 1958, we are given advice on how to behave at a restaurant. A lot of this can be summed up wit...

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