February 22, 2004

Reading Glasses

Clark Wolf, a New York-based restaurant consultant, noticed more glasses coming out after the latest economic downturn. “When 25-year-olds were making billions in the dotcom boom, you didn’t see it as much,” he says. “After the economy turned, the only people who could afford to eat in some of these places were in their 50s. Restaurants were doing everything they could to make it comfortable for them. I was afraid they were going to offer laser surgery at the door.”