The situation you cited is similar to ours. But you are sure to find another restaurant that will serve you in english, because the english market is vast. The french market in North America isn't so vast however. Imagine if a company like MS wouldn't offer service in french.

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>I come across similar situations all the time in Toronto, typically with Chinese (or maybe it's some other similar-looking language).
>For instance, In many Chinese restaurants there are wall signs with nice low prices on them like $3.95 or $4.95. Now I see a lot of people eating lobster, and I wonder if the sign is advertising nice cheap lobster.
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>In may many malls in the north part of Toronto virtually all signs are in that 'script' ONLY. So I have no idea what they sell in there, so I don't go in.
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>In the first case, maybe I lose, maybe I don't. In the second, the merchant loses.
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>But they choose to operate that way for whatever reason, and in a free country they are free to do so.