Word: restaurateur
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...residents, and few CIA directors have visited here, much less sought to recruit. "If you had told me some years ago that the boss of the CIA would come here and ask for our help, I would not have believed it," said Baha Saad, a local restaurateur. "To do that takes some balls." (See pictures of the adventures and misadventures...
Though she handily won her elections to the bench, Keller exhibited little interest in politics during college, friends say. The bright daughter of a Dallas entrepreneur and famed restaurateur "Cactus" Jack Keller, she excelled in school and studied philosophy at Rice, then law at Southern Methodist University. But 1994, while working as an appellate attorney in the Dallas prosecutor's office, she ran for a spot on the CCA and, thanks to a Republican landslide on the coattails of George W. Bush, won her seat. In her second term, she ran successfully for the top slot, the court's presiding...
...regulars at Best Price is Rohit Kalia, 29, a restaurateur, who is filling an already overflowing trolley with a 5-kg pack of paneer - the Indian vegetarian's favorite cottage cheese - and 12 tins of baby corn. Kalia says he visits every second day for supplies since he gets many things cheaper here. "This store has certainly expanded my range of choice," he says. "But it's just one more store where I buy supplies from. I still get better prices and more convenience shopping at my usual suppliers." He is cut short by a commotion - the appearance...
Best Price has tried to match this, but customers have to pay for home delivery. It has also linked up with Kotak Mahindra Bank to offer "business cards" with which customers can shop on credit for 14 days. Kalia, the restaurateur, laughs at this: "In a country where half the economy is a black economy, how do they expect a shopkeeper to give checks and put all transactions on record...
...Restaurateur Norman Brinker, 78, the creator of the salad bar, made a fortune by merging fast food and upscale dining. He started Bennigan's in 1976 and turned the Tex-Mex chain Chili's into an international brand...