While it is true that none of the GC restaurants will refuse service or even comment on customers who wear very casual atire, our experiences are that if we dress in what I'll arbitrarily call "evening casual" clothes we do seem to get a sense of appreciation from the staff for showing up in kakhi long pants and a nice, collared, short sleeve sport shirt for me and a nice summer sun dress for Linda as our subtle way of showing respect for the fine dining experience we are about to enjoy...

But even more appreciated than the way we dress is our honoring the French tradition of politeness by engaging in simple pleasantries when we first walk in ... like "Good Evening...How are you this evening?...we look forward to enjoying our dinner here this evening..."etc...before getting "down to business".

If I can dredge up some of these polite pleasantries in French from my ancient high school French classes, so much the better.

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