It’s Friday night (almost!), and you got a hot date. And a hot date deserves to be treated well, especially one that whispers sweetly in your ear, “Where are you taking me tonight?”

Don’t worry baby,” you reply, “I have plans. I always do.”No, you don’t. And the restaurants (except Pinky’s Pizza palace down the road) all look a tad bit busy this evening.

Does that mean it’s game over?

Not so, according to Bruce Feiler. In Pocketful of dough, an article he originally wrote for Gourmet 2000, he shares the art of, er, tipping up front.

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