The Restaurant Quotes

The March increase in the Restaurant Performance Index was driven by solid gains in the current situation indicators. Nearly two-thirds of restaurant operators reported a same-store sales gain in March -- the strongest performance in 15 months. Restaurant operators also reported increased capital expenditure activity, which bodes well for both the restaurant industry and the overall economy.

The restaurant will remain open for only five days. If it works, we'll think about doing it in other cities.

These guys seem to appreciate what I've done. I can't pay a whole lot in wages at the restaurant, but at least I can provide a clean living place.

Sandra was an outstanding young woman. She had 90 friends who worked at the restaurant and 30 who wished they had known her better.

I would convert the retail stores into offices and build out the restaurant side. That seems to be a success and it appears that the retail has been struggling since it started.

Ten in the morning is the classic time for coffee. We sit down at the restaurant and work on the day's plans.

I kind of invaded this corporate environment and set up shop here, and everyone learned the restaurant business overnight.

Beyond the many cosmetic changes, we've re-configured the restaurant to provide a better use of the space, which contributes to improved operating efficiencies as well as enhanced customer service.

acting in a manner contrary to the interests of the restaurant.

Turnover in the restaurant business industry is 700 percent. In other words, if you have 10 employees working for you, you'll have to hire 70 more by the end of the year.

When the police officers asked management about this, they were told that the 30 people in the restaurant were employees of the place, which didn't make any sense.

It (the restaurant) was my saving grace. This became my life; all aspects of it. It is my baby .... Your whole life pretty much revolves around this place because you are here almost 24/7.

The restaurant business is definitely exciting, with lots of energy that goes way beyond what's on the plate, ... I do a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff. My forte is financing and numbers.

I came this morning to open the restaurant. I have a business to take care of. And none of my employees were there. I had to close the restaurant.

At the restaurant, there is nothing there. The tables and chairs have gone, there is nothing left. Everybody is panicking, a lot of people are crying. We will be affected by this for a long, long time.

That is the fabulous thing about having the restaurant and food vendors donating -- then the bottom line donation to the fund is much greater.

He thought because he didn't carry the money out of the restaurant that he could get out of the charges. He didn't know extortion is the threat, not the exchange of money. When his lawyer realized he was going away, that he wouldn't have a chance of any kind of dealing with the Feds, he assumed he needed to do something, I guess, to justify him getting his fee. So, he called the Knoxville paper and told them who I was. On the complaint I was just listed as 'victim.

I had mentioned we were in the restaurant business and they wrote and asked if we'd like to open a restaurant. They had just had two spots open up. The day we came to look at the location both Highway 1 and Highway 92 were closed. My brother, who was coming to look at the building, told us we were nuts.

People don't even have to come into the restaurant if they just want a drink.

Some people told us not to put the restaurant in Ceresco because of the size and location. But that's really why we're doing this. There's nothing here.

[She usually worked the front of the restaurant, which serves traditional Puerto Rican dishes - rice with chicken, rice with beans, soups, fried codfish cakes -] the food people grew up on or only get when they go to a restaurant, ... The things you remember eating as a child but you wouldn't make at home.

Bring all our friends to the restaurant and complementary buffet the same as we do at each game.

A lot of people look at McDonald's as really a real estate company that happens to be in the restaurant business.

I tried catering first and then I put money into the restaurant as I got it. I've cooked all my life, since I was 7. I don't know what the secret is - a gift from God.

This is most complimentary to the restaurant and staff. He makes sure that good food comes out of the kitchen.