Today's restaurant is theater on a grand scale.

He brought a sensibility and a hard-edged reasonableness to operating restaurants that had a lasting impact on me and still affects how I run…

— Joe Bastianich

“I could smell the food fill up my hunger before the order was even placed.”

— Phindiwe Nkosi

A restaurant is a fantasy-a kind of living fantasy in which diners are the most important members of the cast.

— Warner LeRoy

I find myself hoping I can get on a TV show, and then people from Oklahoma will come to my restaurant. Then I'll be…

— Alexandra Guarnaschelli

I was in this restaurant and I asked for something herby. They gave me a Volkswagen with no driver.

— Tim Vine

In an avant-garde cooking restaurant, it's the experience that's the difference.

— Ferran Adria

I am a very open person, and I'm always nervous of being misconstrued. Sitting in the middle of a restaurant makes me nervous. I…

— Rachel Hunter

When you go to a nice restaurant, you want to be relaxed and have a drink and everything, you want to look at people…

— Iris Apfel

I'm the type of person who doesn't want to sit alone in a restaurant or bar.

— Malin Akerman

Yes, e-commerce is a strange situation for an old guy like me. You can buy a TV online, OK, but to buy a dress…

— Max Azria

When I eat cilantro, it's like someone sprayed perfume down my throat. It closes up my throat, even if there's only a little piece.…

— Amber Rose

Maitre d's are at the financial spigot of the restaurant, meaning they control who gets in and who doesn't, but aside from that, they…

— Joe Bastianich

For me, food is about memories, feelings, emotions, and so is Le Bernardin, and that's why it's not just a restaurant.

— Eric Ripert

I take apart restaurant menus everywhere I go. I kind of tick off a lot of chefs in restaurants because I'll say, 'You can…

— Montel Williams

I make fun whenever I go. If I go to restaurant by myself, rest assured, people will be talking about it.

— Cloris Leachman