I took my girlfriend to a fancy dinner for our anniversary.

us with no menu between us.

“I watched your girlfriend speak,” she said to me. “And I watched my staff listen. That told me more about the restaurant than any consultant has.”

Ava looked uncomfortable, but Eleanor turned to her.

“I am sorry,” she said. “Not as a business owner trying to keep a customer. As a woman who saw another woman shrink in my restaurant continue reading …