"Nice little restaurant, this," she said. "One of the few places where you can depend upon not being annoyed."
Joan did not understand. "In what way?" she asked. "Oh, you know, men," answered the girl. "They come and sit down opposite to you, and won't leave you alone. At most of the places, you've got to put up with it or go outside. Here, old Gustav never permits it."
Joan was troubled. She was rather looking forward to occasional restaurant dinners, where she would be able to study London's Bohemia.英文原著 · 《All Roads Lead to Calvary》
Last night about eleven o'clock Benton Sharp, with two other men, entered the Gold Front Restaurant and seated themselves at a table. Sharp had been drinking, and was loud and boisterous, as he always was when under the influence of liquor. Five minutes after the party was seated a tall, well-dressed, elderly gentleman entered the restaurant. Few present recognized the Honourable Luke Standifer, the recently appointed Commissioner of Insurance, Statistics, and History.英文原著 · 《Roads of Destiny》
"It's all right, officer," he said, reassuringly. "I'm just waiting for a friend. It's an appointment made twenty years ago. Sounds a little funny to you, doesn't it? Well, I'll explain if you'd like to make certain it's all straight. About that long ago there used to be a restaurant where this store stands--'Big Joe' Brady's restaurant."英文原著 · 《The Four Million》
"Well, I am going for a stroll; I could not go to sleep now for anything. Look here, let us go to the restaurant instead, there is card- playing going on there. What I need now is violent sensations" . "I hope you will lose" . I went home.英文原著 · 《A Hero of Our Time》
Yesterday, for the first time, Vera made her appearance at the well. She has never gone out of doors since we met in the grotto. We let down our tumblers at the same time, and as she bent forward she whispered to me:
"You are not going to make the Ligovskis' acquaintance? It is only there that we can meet" . A reproach! How tiresome! But I have deserved it. By the way, there is a subscription ball to- morrow in the saloon of the restaurant, and I will dance the mazurka with Princess Mary.英文原著 · 《A Hero of Our Time》
29th May. THE saloon of the restaurant was converted into the assembly room of a Nobles' Club. The company met at nine o'clock. Princess Ligovski and her daughter were amongst the latest to make their appearance. Several of the ladies looked at Princess Mary with envy and malevolence, because she dresses with taste. Those who look upon themselves as the aris- tocracy of the place concealed their envy and attached themselves to her train. What else could be expected? Wherever there is a gathering of women, the company is immediately divided into a higher and a lower circle.英文原著 · 《A Hero of Our Time》
No, Mom. I don't have a restaurant. I work in a restaurant.美剧 · 《Friends》
She reviewed a Japanese restaurant that used to have a Restaurant Grading System Score of "A," but then it dropped to a "C," which corresponds to very bad food safety practices.美剧 · 《The Good Doctor》