We get lots of business people. The Big Wheels in the city, mostly oil and gas, some technology and support services. People with big expensive cars and even bigger expense accounts. Most of them are regulars, we know them by name or to see them.
And then there are the others, the not so regular, shady business people looking to make a great impression. Reservation under "DePonzi & Associates", they meet with potential investors and hush their voices when the service staff approaches. Still you can overhear fragments before the tone drops - quiet voices promising great fortunes: "Millions of ounces of gold....still underground...limited investment opportunity...", huge returns promised on relatively small capital investments, and their eager guests, starry eyed in anticipation of the great sums they'll make...
It's a classic con, the fine restaurant a front for dodgy dealings, and you wish you could warn them but it's not your job and so you just smile and take their order.