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There's a certain wealthy area near me where restaurants ask first if you have allergies, and ice cream shops ask if dairy is ok. My wife and I always joke, "we're in that part of town."

Who are you making the joke to?

These jokes are always of the form "we are in a superior group who know things those outside the group don't".

In this case: "allergies and intolerances are made up stuff for weaklings, haha".

Possibly something more like "people who have non-imaginary dairy allergies aren't likely to go into an ice cream shop, and even if they do, they obviously won't order without emphasizing their dairy allergy".

It's kind of similar to the Whole Wheat Bakery asking you whether you're OK with gluten. If you aren't, you made a big mistake walking in.

I think it is ignorance.

Affluent areas in general have more variety. The ice cream shop may be a place where you can get all kinds of ingredients that you wouldn't find at other places. This is 100% true for "fine dining" and it's one reason why they ask.

They will also have substitutes for an allergy to make the experience just as pleasant, thus they ask.

> I think it is ignorance.

> Affluent areas in general have more variety.

No, it's definitely a difference in cultural norms, not something driven by the store inventory.

> They will also have substitutes for an allergy to make the experience just as pleasant

This is not the case for dairy in an ice cream shop, or for wheat in a "whole wheat bakery".

Many ice cream shops literally have dairy free ice cream. Ben and jerrys famously has dairy free ice cream.

Do they ask every single customer if dairy is okay? Because that was the original point... not that the ice cream shop also offered non-dairy versions.