(Updated Below) Dining at a restaurant en femme is an enjoyable way to crossdress in public. Besides attending support group meetings, dining was how I went out en femme for the first time and I recommend it as a relatively easy way for the newbie to go out en femme. In all my years dining out en femme, rarely have I had issues with the restaurant staff and only occasionally have I noticed other diners acting in an untoward manner. Below is a list of restaurants where I have In some cases, the restaurant staff made a special effort to treat me like a lady, i.e., they addressed me as "Miss" or "Ma'am." Asterisks (***) follow those restaurants that made an extra effort. Connecticut Bertucci's Brick Oven Ristorante, 330 N. Main St., West Hartford City Steam Brewery Café, 942 Main St., Hartford Coyote Flaco, 635 New Britain Ave, Hartford *** Delaney's Grille & Taproom, 864 Whalley Ave, New Haven *** Elbow Room, 986 Farmington Ave, West Hartford Gold Roc Diner, 61 Kane St, West Hartford Pond House Café, 1555 Asylum Ave., West Hartford Ruby Tuesday, 500 Westfarms Mall Farmington Simsbury 1820 House, 731 Hopmeadow St, Simsbury Tuscany Grill, 100 College St, Middletown Vito's by the Park, 26 Trumbull St., Hartford Massachusetts Legal Seafoods, 1400 Worcester St, Natick Ohio Uno Chicago Grill, 126 North Main St, Dayton *** UPDATE: Things have changed for the better since I originally wrote this piece. I now go everywhere and anywhere to dine en femme without thinking twice (unless motorcycles surround the eating establishment). It has been a awhile since I had to deal with any issues concerning dining en femme. Maybe society is more open and accepting, but I think the primary "change for the better" has occurred in me. I am now very confident going out en femme and that has a positive influence on how civilians react to me. And, if an issue does occur, I know how to deal with it. |