Dallas is a huge city. Great shopping, great restaurants, great museums. Votes: 4
The best food is in Chicago. There are great restaurants everywhere, from fancy places to burger joints. Votes: 4
Now the restaurants have begun to catch up with the wine-making; there are numerous great restaurants in Napa Valley, and it's wonderful because the people are there for just that: great food and great wine. Votes: 4
Being frugal, conscious of making money, is not a negative thing. That sensibility of creating value and finding value and reinvesting in those customers is what separates great restaurants from the average ones. Votes: 3
Really, if I'm gonna eat a meat, I'd rather eat venison than anything and I do like it a little on the rare side. That's probably my favorite meat and I've had some awfully good venison in some of the great restaurants. Votes: 3
I wanted to disprove the notion that you couldn't open a great restaurant in a casino. Votes: 2
In Italy it's full-on stardom when you're a cyclist - eating in restaurants for free, it's great. Votes: 2
A great restaurant doesn't distinguish itself by how few mistakes it makes but by how well they handle those mistakes. Votes: 2
Harbour Island in the Bahamas is a wonderful little island with beautiful beaches, a great restaurant culture and friendly, welcoming atmosphere. Votes: 2
I think everybody at some point in time has thought to themselves, 'I have a really great idea for a restaurant.' Votes: 2
The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who they are. Votes: 2
I've never said I was a chef - I think I make great food. I will never open a restaurant to do, like, tasting courses. Votes: 2
I used to do my Nelson Mandela voice to blag restaurant tables in Cape Town. It rarely worked. Now what a great city that is. Votes: 2
At my restaurants, we have training drills before every meal. We talk about what we did yesterday that was great and what we can improve today. Votes: 2
All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door. Votes: 2
You have to think of a restaurant as a series of impressions. But what makes my job so great is there's no one answer that's right for every restaurant. Votes: 2
Although a great restaurant experience must include great food, a bad restaurant experience can be achieved through bad service alone. Ideally, service is invisible. You notice it only when something goes wrong. Votes: 2
You've always got to work to your highest ability level. When times are great and restaurants are jamming, that's when some restaurants get sloppy and take things for granted. Never take things for granted. Votes: 2
I make fun wherever I go... If I go to a restaurant by myself, rest assured, people will be talking about it. I always have a great deal of fun being with people. It's part of the journey. Votes: 2
When the economy goes sour, there are three different kinds of restaurants that do well: the smaller-scale neighborhood restaurants that don't ask much of you; those that have banked enormous goodwill by offering great value during the boom; and those with proven records of excellence, a sure thing. Votes: 2
I'm working harder than ever now, and I'm putting on my pants the same as I always have. I just get up every day and try to do a little better than the day before, and that is to run a great restaurant with great food, great wine, and great service. That's my philosophy. Votes: 2
I had talked for years about doing a restaurant with Rocky Dudum, who's been my friend since I first came to San Francisco. Then Rocky's son, Jeff, said he wanted to design it, so he traveled around the country to sports restaurants like Mickey Mantle's and Michael Jordan's, and he came up with a great concept. Votes: 2
Great restaurants are, of course, nothing but mouth-brothels. There is no point in going to them if one intends to keep one's belt buckled. Votes: 0
Everyone talks about Spanish influences, but where is it?...Tell me 10 great Spanish restaurants in London....You canât give me the addresses. Nor in Paris. Votes: 0
The best part was the food. There are some great Italian restaurants we go to whenever we are in Toronto, so the eating was a definite highlight. Votes: 0
That's why they have menus in restaurants, you know. I like steak, somebody else likes spaghetti. That's why they have menus in restaurants. It's a great world. Votes: 0
There are certain restaurants where you should photograph the food rather than eat it. These are great places to bring a narcissistic boyfriend before you break up. Votes: 0
Great God! This is an awful place. Votes: 4 Robert Falcon Scott
Aside from hospitality and delicious food, our [restaurateurs'] job is to entertain people. Restaurants should make people feel special, excited and fulfilled. Votes: 4 Joe Bastianich