“You look around New York, and we are surrounded by restaurants and food trucks, and we celebrate food in this city like no tomorrow.” LooksCitiesNew YorkTomorrowCelebrateRestaurantsTruckFood Trucks Author:Chris Noth
“New York is a city of conversations overheard, of people at the next restaurant table (micrometers away) checking your watch, of people reading the stories in your newspaper on the subway train.” PeopleStoriesAmericaReadingNextCitiesWatchesNew YorkConversationTablesTrainNewspapersRestaurantsSubway Author:Bill Geist
“What we've witnessed in the past 25 or 30 years is just incredible. We've birthed 30,000 or 40,000 restaurants. I used to go to Europe every year to get experience [and ideas]. I don't go to Europe anymore. I go to Oregon, I go to Washington, I go to Louisiana, I go to Little Rock, I go to Austin, I travel New York City. I don't go to Europe anymore.” YearsLittlesIdeasPastUsedCitiesRocksNew YorkEuropeIncrediblesRestaurantsNew York CityLouisianaAustinOregonLittle Rock Author:Geoffrey Zakarian
“When I moved to New York to act I was no good at working restaurants - hosting, waiting, bussing, dishwashing - I wasnt good at any aspect. But I did have a guitar. So I would sing Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard, but you would only hear the chorus because the train comes by every 30 seconds.” WaitingNew YorkAspectMovedTrainGuitarRestaurantsSecondsChorus Author:Michael Weatherly
“On New York's Palm restaurant: Their steaks are often good, but the lobsters-with claws the size of Arnold Schwarzenegger's forearms-are as glazed and tough as most of the customers.” New YorkToughSizeCustomersRestaurantsPalmsSteakClawsSchwarzeneggerLobster Author:Malcolm Forbes
“One [New York] eatery is a remodeled diner that looks like what Busby Berkeley would have done if only he hadn't had the money.” IfsLooksDoneNew YorkRestaurantsBerkeleyDiners Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“We have a greedy cycle where Human Rights Commissions fine citizens in order to pay their own salaries so they can employ more Human Rights Commissions. It's a bounty system where the prizes are business owner's heads. And so as restaurants go broke, tourists get stabbed. That's human rights in New York. And perhaps America.” HumansAmericaOrderPayRightsNew YorkFineCitizensHuman RightsBrokeRestaurantsOwnersPrizeCyclesGreedySalaryTouristsBountyBusiness Owners Author:Greg Gutfeld
“I love New York, but am happy to be away from it. I really like small towns, with welcoming barbecue restaurants.” New YorkTownsWelcomeRestaurantsSmall TownBarbecueI Love New York Author:David Burnett
“Marg Helgenberger and I were waitresses in the same restaurant in Evanston, Illinois. I'm happy to say that that restaurant has since been torn down. [...] We both had an audition for ABC soaps - different soaps, but we auditioned at the same time, and she got the part and went off to New York. Three years later, I went to L.A. So she was kind of an inspiration to me. And it makes sense that we will both be in Wonder Woman together, because we ARE Wonder Women.” YearsKindDifferentInspirationTogetherThreeWonderNew YorkMake SenseRestaurantsThree YearsAuditionsTornSoapWaitressIllinoisWonder Woman Author:Virginia Madsen
“I really like the idea of restaurant life, especially in New York where everyone has small apartments - that restaurant culture where you sit at a table for a long time and the afternoon goes by and you're kind of living there. I like that more than nightlife.” KindLongIdeasCultureNew YorkLong TimeTablesRestaurantsAfternoonApartmentNightlife Author:Piper Perabo
“New York restaurants are about selling atmospheres.” New YorkSellingAtmosphereRestaurants Author:Andy Warhol
“As a chef, I had started working with groups like Share Our Strength and various local food banks in New York, raising money for hunger-related issues. And not only me, but the entire restaurant industry has been very focused on this issue.” Has BeensIssuesGroupsShareNew YorkIndustryHungerVariousFocusedLocalsRelatedRestaurantsChefRaising MoneyFood BanksLocal Food Author:Tom Colicchio