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What are you supposed to look at when you eat alone at a fine dining restaurant?

I don't have a problem eating alone at fast casual places, the patio of a cafe, or even sitting at the bar. However, eating alone at a fine dining white table cloth type restaurant seems uncomfortable to me, how do you do it? It seems gauche to pull out your phone, and you don't want to look around at other patrons, so do you just stare at your food the whole time?