Restaurateurs Quotes

When we find really good ones, we'll post them on our Web site so restaurateurs can consider adding them to their list. - Lance Cutler

We're all aware of the breast cancer situation on Long Island. It's a big sacrifice on the part of the restaurateurs. What they're really doing is making a generous donation. - John King

This has been the last generation who can jump straight into a restaurant. In 1990, you could set up a little restaurant for $150,000. Now you need $1 million. At least. So the entry point into the industry has shifted, that opportunity is disappearing. We're seeing the last generation of independent restaurateurs who can go into business for themselves, by themselves. And it's a shame people won't be able to do that. - Tony Eldred

There are apothecaries' shops, where prepared medicines, liquids, ointments, and plasters are sold; barbers' shops, where they wash and shave the head; and restaurateurs, that furnish food and drink at a certain price. - Hernando Cortes

The restaurant business in Texas is booming. Texans are dining out more frequently than Americans anywhere else, and both customers and restaurateurs seem to be on a winning streak, thanks to improving quality and modest prices. - Tim Zagat

People should be under no illusion that this is still an illiberal piece of legislation that severely restricts consumer choice and limits the rights of publicans and restaurateurs to run their business as they see fit. - Simon Clark

My intention is to make sure that we think about it without becoming too intellectual about it. There are pockets of restaurateurs throughout our country right now and in Italy, France, and Spain, who spend all their days figuring out how to confound the customer. - Mario Batali

It's a nice event, held in a nice place. Not only do you get to mingle will all the people who are donating to the charity, but you get to talk to the other restaurateurs. - Don O'Brien

In some ways, there are more interesting Manhattan neighborhoods now, You have the top restaurateurs in the nation fighting to open places on 10th Ave. Now, will I be able to afford them? - Jonathan Bowles

I'm really glad they passed the law. Most restaurateurs are happy with the law because the playing field will be level between bars and restaurants and from city to city. - John Imbergamo