In Tulsa, restaurants have signs that say, ``Sorry, we're open.''.

Roseanne Barr

Restaurants are closing and Internet cafes taking their place. People are packed into them.

Salam Pax

We're finally getting some restaurants here.

Jan Wilson

It encourages young people not to get into addiction. They'll find that bars and restaurants are smoke free. They'll have to hang around in the cold. That will lose its charm fast.

Regina Carlson

[Our] restaurants are the best in the world, but they can be even healthier.

Thomas Frieden

We've been approached by it all -- the quick service restaurants, cars and trucks, financial institutions.

Pat Brisson

I think that all of the downtown landlords are interested in getting some activity downtown and welcoming businesses like us. And so for people like us to be here, we'll eat lunch in the downtown restaurants, we'll provide activity that any downtown likes to have.

Leslie Conery

Casual dining chains are more attractive than fast food companies. You don't find the lines at McDonald's that you do at places like Olive Garden and Red Lobster on a Friday night. There is room for more restaurants in casual dining.

Sandy Sanders

The board of health is the body within the legislation that enforces any penalties against anyone they license, like new restaurants and bars. Regulations are being formulated now and will be passed. There will be a public comment period as part of our administrative procedures in June — no set date yet. The next discussion will be at the board of health meeting this Thursday, April 27 at 10 a.m.

Julie Munsell

In New York, it's all about restaurants -- prepared food. Nobody cooks because nobody has a kitchen, or if they do, they've converted it into a shoe closet.

Russ Parsons

Growth isn't always bad. Jobs have been created, there are more things to do and more opportunities for things. The shopping and the restaurants have really improved here. It is amazing.

Steve Scruggs

If everything works out well, we'll pick some of the (cultural) elements from New Orleans, like the high-end restaurants. That will sort of add to the fabric and character here, without taking away anything from New Orleans.

Stephen Moret

This is our third year with the Valentine's program. We'll go to homes, restaurants, hospitals, offices, anywhere basically.

Janet Kushmerek

(My hope is) for it to be a first-class facility that will serve the citizens of Orangeburg and Orangeburg County while also being a facility that will attract teams from all over the Southeast to play on our fields, use our hotels and eat at our restaurants. (It) is going to be a definite economic benefit to the community.

Buster Smith

At a price for the arena at $350 million, this community -- without raising taxes, through the economic benefit that will occur from the building of this facility, fund a third of that cost, ... You have expanded opportunities for restaurants, entertainment facilities, housing as well as parking.

Jerry Abramson

Big things can be changed, if you want all sit-down style restaurants, tell them in the survey. If you want all buffet style tell them. We might not get everything, but at least they can modify their bids.

Chad Miller

If qualified employees can't be found, the hotels must increase salaries to attract candidates from other industries such as restaurants, banks and insurance companies.

James Lu

We are looking for brands with the potential to impact our business, and we're looking at things that can grow to at least 1,000 restaurants.

Matthew Paull

Restaurants are a difficult business. But you don't necessarily have to be part of a chain to be successful.

Milton Smith

The LGA has been central in helping us to implement the act and has been extremely constructive all the way through. We want to continue to be constructive and that's why we are happy to have an early review of the guidance once 200,000 pubs, clubs and restaurants have been re-licensed.

James Purnell

I know we want to keep downtown tuned into it. We want the restaurants and the shops and the downtown to benefit as well.

Larry Smith

We expect continued benefit from extended hours as more restaurants shift to 24-hour service.

John Ivankoe

When you consider that restaurants have the highest failure rate of any businesses in America, 30 years at one location is quite a remarkable achievement. And it's a well-deserved achievement.

Howard Shaw

We would like to see a major public education campaign about the consequences of engaging in this kind of behavior and that would include posters and notices all through the airports, including bars and restaurants that are serving alcohol.

Patricia Friend

Restaurants provide a good image for a city. We're a hub city. People judge us on our restaurants.

Bryan Lee

The quality of food at buffets today is every bit as good, if not better, than most midlevel casual restaurants.

Jeff Divito

As the global expansion of Indian and Chinese restaurants suggests, xenophobia is directed against foreign people, not foreign cultural imports.

E. J. Hobsbawm

We know a lot of restaurants are coming out here, and we know Orland will eventually become a dining destination.

Ed Nemec

With Americans eating out more frequently today and facing increasing dietary issues, the availability of more nutritious options - not only at home, but also in all types of restaurants - is progressively more important.

Erica Bohm

Take it from a food lover -- there are few places that take restaurants as seriously as the Bay Area. The result is that San Francisco is home to some of the best places to eat in the entire country.

Zagat Survey

The good restaurants have to get better, so they can stay in the same league as the new guys.

Ed Nemec

That's the reason [the restaurants] started expanding so rapidly.

Enrico Di Cicco

There's been a lot of activity in restaurants and stores on fears there will be damage to their operations.

Evan Olsen

We were visited by whites, who always found coming into the black community to be interesting. Some even found it exotic. They knew that some of our restaurants were superior to their own. One of the interesting things is that whites discriminated against blacks. Blacks never discriminated against whites, and so they were always welcome.

Fred Smith

[Of course,] Pagan Babies ... Detroit, for some reason, is not big on good Italian restaurants.

Elmore Leonard

It's good they're banning it in restaurants. Especially around children, but I'd have no qualms with them banning it everywhere.

Erin Wilson

Having shared a lot of meals with him over the years, I can assure owners of Chinese restaurants across the city that this is a mayor who has and will continue to deeply love Chinese food.

Ed Skyler

I think the snow is so good the restaurants have had good numbers.

Ellen Gillespie

It?s not without its challenges, but it?s coming along. We do need restaurants in the downtown. That?s definitely part of our comprehensive master plan.

Eric Fisher