Old Gender Roles With Your Dinner?

...Although the goal in many public places and in much of public life is to treat men and women equally, most upscale restaurants haven't reached that point.

Then again they haven't really tried all that hard. They've learned that ignoring gender is risky, and often foolish, because men and women approach and respond to restaurants in different ways, looking for different things.

A broad generalization? Absolutely. It's also nowhere near as true as it once was.