Skyline Diner Pillows

'... and here's your Manhattan clam chowder, Sir.'

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

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

I love the Shard

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

Countervailing Clichés.

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

'How is the water prepared?'

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

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

'Six different chefs in six months and they still can't make a decent broth!'

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

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

"Someday this will all be yours...assuming that someday you'll have enough to buy it from me."

Leftovers restaurant - for that unpretentious dining.

"One spaghetti, and two straws please."

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

'The customer is always right...'

Maitre d' to astronaut couple entering restaurant: 'Gravity or no-gravity?'

"Fresh pepper?"

Dave's Hamburger Shop

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

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

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

"I know, boy—I miss the smoked salmon at Zabar's, too."

'Excellent cork, go ahead and pour.'

"That could've been ours. But noooo...You and your DIY."

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

I like the look of the sherry trifle!

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

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

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

'You made me jump,'

'Careful, the plate is really hot.'

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