Local Eateries Quotes

I love those shows where they go to all the greasy diners in America.

In restaurants in my Brooklyn neighborhood, I always ask for a doggie bag to bring the leftovers home.

If I'm in Rome for only 48 hours, I would consider it a sin against God to not eat cacio e pepe, the most uniquely Roman of pastas, in some crummy little joint where Romans eat. I'd much rather do that than go to the Vatican. That's Rome to me.

It's not always possible to sit down and eat at home in this day and age of fast-paced living, but if you are going to eat out, do so as a family and support all the great local places in your areas. I'll still eat at the same diner I did as a kid with my parents.

I like being able to walk into an old town and find good local food.

I have an affinity for the old Seattle coffee shops, places like the Green Onion and the Copper Kettle, the classic kind of coffee bar - little places that served breakfast, lunch and dinner and have pretty much disappeared.

L.A. has such great restaurants, from fancy spots to hole-in-the-wall, there is something for everybody.

In terms of foods for me, I think I have more of the usual associations - foods from childhood that I associate with care and love, from relatives or special restaurants like the kind elderly man who dusted seasoning salt on French fries at the corner burger joint.

I look up on Yelp and look at what the best breakfast places are, specifically who has the best pancakes in every city.

Every city's got a famous rib place or coffeehouse or dessert place.

Long before Starbucks popularized the phrase 'the third place' - somewhere to interact outside of work and home - it was neighborhood restaurants that helped to define places like Union Square.

Neighborhood restaurants matter.

I have grown fond of the food which is made in Barkas, and I try to go there at least once a week. Some of the food joints don't even have a proper name, but it's so different compared to rest of the places in Hyderabad.

Stay away from restaurants that have menus in five languages. That's always a tourist trap. You want to eat where the locals eat.

The best food is in Chicago. There are great restaurants everywhere, from fancy places to burger joints.

I always like to find those little mom-and-pop sandwich places, or diners. Those are my favorite kind of places.

I like to try different restaurants in every city.

But I don't want to lose touch with things like eating in Bob's Big Boy.

I live in New York and there are a lot of famous... pizzerias in my neighborhood, it's really hard to find one that isn't famous. Which sucks sometimes, you know what I mean, sometimes I don't want all that glitz and glamour, I just want something delicious, you know? I don't need a celebrity in my mouth, Ray's Up And Coming Pizza would be fine.

What I love about Brooklyn is there are more wonderful little joints than anywhere.

I don't want to live in a world without the diner and the coffee shop and the mom and pop places, the ethnic restaurants.

I grew up in Zurich until I was 12, and I've always come to Vorderer Sternen for a sausage, a hunk of bread, and some mustard.

A great day on tour would be if I would say a two-hour drive, so you can wake up and you don't have to leave right away. You can go get breakfast somewhere nice that someone recommends in the town, and it turns out to be good. Then you can kind of check out the town, someone might recommend you to a cool thrift store, a record store, a nice park or something. You can have some time to yourself.

There is great food in Vegas.

Few people know that I love local dhaba food. It is the best!