"The Palm, a clubby steak-and-ribs, bourbon-on-the-rocks kind of restaurant that caters to Washington's movers and shakers, has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a federal complaint that women have been denied jobs as waiters because of their sex.

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"The Palm, like many upscale restaurants catering to urban elites, had a long tradition of hiring mostly men to wait tables because male servers have been viewed as more prestigious than female servers. The first of its 29 restaurants nationwide opened in New York in 1926, and its Dupont Circle area eatery opened in 1972. According to the employment commission, waiters there can take home as much as $80,000 a year including tips.