Are You Dating A Serial "Dine and Dasher?"

PASADENA, CA — If not a trail of broken hearts, this man has left a trail of receipts across southern California.

The Serial Dine and Dash Dater has left another victim, this time at a BJ's Restaurant in Pasadena, however she refused to be victimized. Instead, she took her bad date experience public, sharing pictures of the man she met on the dating app Bumble with Southern California.

The woman who wanted to be identified as only as "Beth" told CBS2 News about her bad-date experience.

"Are you available at all this weekend for dinner, and I said yes, on Sunday," Beth said.

The man she knew as "Paul Gonzales" met her at the Pasadena BJ's restaurant.

"Paul" ordered himself a large meal including a glass of Pinot, a steak, Caesar salad and a baked potato. When he received an "important" phone call he asked her not to take the rest of his meal. But "Paul" never returned, leaving his date stuck with the bill.

"I was shocked anyone would do this. I even texted him, asking if everything was OK. He obviously never responded," she told CBS2.

Thankfully, all that BJ's requested was she pay of the man's large bill was the glass of wine.

Last summer the same man did the same exact thing to another woman in Long Beach at a Yard House.

Also not wanting to be identified, that woman told KCAL9 the "complimentary, chatty" man she met on a location-based dating app showed his true colors as a dine and dasher.

"Things got weird when he ordered two entrees," but he excused it saying he was a body builder.

She was embarrassed, but she came forward anyway.

Gonzales also did a "snip and ditch" in Burbank, when he got a cut and color and ran out wearing his smock.

"He got a service, but didn't pay," the salon told KCAL9.

Two bench warrants are out for Gonzales' arrest, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office: one for petty theft and another for driving without a license.

The dating app Bumble has been contacted about the behavior of the man who has since deleted his account, but it has yet to comment.

For Beth, she felt compelled to share the cautionary tale and is glad it only cost her the glass of wine.

What are other options for women going on dating app dates?

The safe coffee date should be your first option when meeting someone, the majority of women said in a random Facebook poll. That, or the blind-date suggestion of a friend.

Hopefully, even a bad date might pick up the bill, or go Dutch.

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