Restaurant Quotes

You know, Salma Hayek is a great cook, and she's a friend... She's an amazing cook. If she opened up a restaurant, I would so get in on the coattails. - Catherine Keener

You know, my parents had a restaurant. And I left home, actually, in 1949, when I was 13 years old, to go into apprenticeship. And actually when I left home, home was a restaurant - like I said, my mother was a chef. So I can't remember any time in my life, from age 5, 6, that I wasn't in a kitchen. - Jacques Pepin

You know, for 300 years it's been kind of the same. There are restaurants in New Orleans that the menu hasn't changed in 125 years, so how is one going to change or evolve the food? - Emeril Lagasse

You go to a restaurant in the States and kids have these game boards at the table. You don't see that in Italy or Spain. It's not because they can't afford to buy them, it's because that's not what eating together as a family is about. - Emeril Lagasse

You go past that restaurant and there will be a standing line outside on that balcony at the railing outside. - Bonnie Hibner

You get together in someone's home, or several Brazilian restaurants have parties and specials. When it's the World Cup, everybody watches, even if you don't follow it all the time. - Adriana Sabino

You don't stand a chance if you say, 'Give me the best table.' First of all, they'll say they don't have one, then they'll say you can't book it. My advice would be to go to the restaurant early, then if you don't like your table, simply ask to be moved. Go to drama school, get the lead role in several Hollywood movies. Then phone and ask for the best table. - Egon Ronay

You don't go to the restaurant, find it empty, and hang around. - Charlie Smith

You can see clearly how the terror attacks have affected the American psyche. People are staying more at home, spending more time with the family and eating out at restaurants. At the same time, anecdotal evidence shows that sales of products such as flashlights, candles, first-aid kits has boomed. - Howard Davidowitz