Normally,the gentleman is responsible to select a proper restaurant for dinner if the prom does not furnish a dinner as a part of the prom’s activities.You should discuss where you prefer to go for dinner with your date as well as the other couples you are traveling with.Traditionally,the gentleman pays for the dinner and the tip.Consider following matters when you chose a restaurant:

◇The cost of the dinner.

◇The distance of the restaurant from the prom location.

◇The type of food served.

◇Whether the restaurant accepts reservations.

It is particularly important to choose and reserve a restaurant on prom night.A reservation at a restaurant guarantee you a table at a certain time,rather than making you stand in a line waiting for the next available table.It is also important for you to arrive at the restaurant on time.Once you have made the reservations for 7:00 p.m.,for instance,you need to be at the restaurant by 7:00 p.m..It is very possible to lose your table even though you are just late for more than a couple of minutes.You should always ask if you take a group of couples to restaurant for dinner,because sometimes the restaurant allows reservation but not accepts that it will be for parties of eight or more.Remember your best table manners,and make your mother proud.No matter you take your date out for dinner ahead of the prom,or dinner is a part of the prom,do the following:

◇Gentleman should help his date to sit down at the table first.If there are a group,a gentleman helps the lady to the right of him when she sits or rises from her chair.

◇Once you have been seated,always put the napkin on your lap.Place it on your chair if you have to get up,and only when you have finish your meal you may put it on your table.

◇Ladies always order the meal before the gentlemen.

◇No phone call in the restaurant and especially during the meal.So keep cell phone off when you enter the restaurant.

◇Wait until everyone is served before eating.

◇At the table,start with the fork on the outside and work your way inside.The salad fork on the outside is used first,and then the dinner fork.

◇Never talk with your mouth full.

◇Place your salad fork upside down on the salad plate when you are finished.

◇If you do not want any coffee,turn your coffee cup upside down.

◇Never crunch on ice cubes.

Remember to tip the waiter/waitress after your dinner in a restaurant.Tip 15 percent of your consumption for good service,10 percent for moderate service and 20 percent for excellent service.

Even if you and your date are modern,and never think of opening doors for the lady,the gentleman should open the door for his date when entering and exiting the car,restaurant or prom location,because your prom is a special event deserving of special attention to manners.Also remember that the gentleman should seat his date first at table at the dance,to get up when she gets up,to pull out the chair,and,just as important,never forget to tell her how nice she looks.(And it is also necessary for the lady to compliment her date) It is customary and better for the gentleman to walk on the side closed to the street if the couple walk along a sidewalk.Your date deserves your full attention on the prom as a special night,so turn off you cell phone.Unless both parties agree,skip dancing with others.