Significance of stakehouse

In Chapter 2, the steakhouse the women visit during their girls night out symbolizes a house of "beefy" men. Alice knows men love to eat steak, and she chooses this place for dinner so they can be surrounded by men. The idea works because the steakhouse is full of men.

Julie and Alice know there is a lot at "stake" this night, too -- Georgia must have a big night. The homophone "stake" relates to the steak in steakhouse.