High-rise Diner Gifts

' Well..She did it to me again.'

"This place is one of New York's best-kept secrets."

"I'll have the drum an sea bass, the house salad and the techno nachos!"

'Dang! I never now if the sommelier is messing with me.'

"You have a big check because you had a big wine."

Countervailing Clichés.

'I really can't stay for dessert. Why don't you stay and DVR the rest of the date for me?'

'Do you want me to get the fish bone out, or not?'

'How is the water prepared?'

"Can I get this to go in an organic, locally recycled, eco-friendly doggie bag?"

'So,,,apparently you're really a dude,'

What's your thumb doing on my steak? Want me to drop it again?

"And I get a really, really tall straw?"

"For drinks or dinner?"

Leftovers restaurant - for that unpretentious dining.

'Tomato ketchup?' 'Well you wanted the house red.'

"One spaghetti, and two straws please."

"We suggest you study the menu in our reading room before being seated in the dining room."

'The customer is always right...'

"Fresh pepper?"

Dave's Hamburger Shop

'They're not mints - they're antacid tablets.'

"I read that meat can remain undigested in one's intestines for five years...."

'What wine do you recommend with the peanut butter-filled, deep fried, jalapeno bacon bombs?'

"Why don't I start you off with the contact information of everyone who's read those menus over the last 14 days?"

I like the look of the sherry trifle!

'Careful, the plate is really hot.'

'Your tea is getting cold.'

"When it's extremely cold out, I prefer flambés to winter stews."

"When I eat out, I like to order something I would never make at home."

'You made me jump,'

'This is not Hungarian stew.' 'We ran out of Hungarians.'

"My apologies, but that's not a meatball. That's my computer mouse. I've been looking for it."

'Yes, all our flambe dishes come with injury, liability insurance.'

'Not yet! Wait until he hits the breaking point... we just gave him some warm, soft bread and the cold, hard butter... THEN we bring out the flimsy plastic knife.'