Sentence examples for mainstream diner from inspiring English sources

Today, when even the mainstream diner can expound on the provenance of sea urchin and wild ramps, it takes even more attention to detail to hold on to that Midtown regular who not long ago might have settled for a plate of creamed spinach.

Theresa Lin, a of Chinese-food critic and a restaurateur based in Los Angeles, said P. F. Chang's and ventures like the New York-based China Grill could compete effectively only where mainstream diners have not been exposed to the work of native Chinese chefs.

Led by L.A. Times food critic Jonathan Gold, the panel, which included OC Weekly editor Gustavo Arellano and New Yorker staff writer Dana Goodyear, agreed that though it is often unrecognized, the culture of Los Angeles has for decades been leading the way in making foreign foods mainstream and broadening diners' horizons.

But let's include every place else; every mainstream, conventional restaurant in America, including every neighborhood diner.

That the film takes a horror angle is a surprising departure for Mr. Levinson, who is known for more mainstream films like "Rain Man," "Good Morning, Vietnam" and "Diner".

The stand at 55th Street and Seventh Avenue, for instance, sells only mainstream fruit that would appeal to a desk-bound diner, like apples, peaches and bananas.

Though Paul Reiser enjoyed mainstream success with sitcoms My Two Dads and Mad About You and films Diner, Aliens and Beverly Hills Cop I and II, the native New Yorker never forgot his stand-up roots.

But expectations are changing, not only because authentic restaurants are increasingly targeting the mainstream (Han Dynasty, a new Szechuan place in the East Village, shames timid diners by listing Americanized dishes like fried rice and spring rolls in the "Kids/Baby Adults" section of its menu) but also because a generation of young chefs is bridging the gap.

Steakhouse? Diner?

Mainstream Republicans?

Mainstream adoption.