From crazy to classy, restaurants unwrap birthday revelry.(The Dallas Morning News)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: August 16, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

DALLAS _ You say it's your birthday? Be careful who hears you.

Depending on where you dine, that once-a-year distinction could earn you a simple sweet serenade or an excessively embarrassing extravaganza.

"It's fun to embarrass your friends on their birthday," says Candy Sheaffer of Hurst, Texas, who writes scripts for a flight safety course. "With little kids you can't do it, but with adults you sure can."

Sheaffer likes to mark birthdays at a local Bennigan's, where staffers encourage the celebrant to stand on a chair and shake salt and pepper shakers while they ...

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