Sentence examples for single diner from inspiring English sources

There were upholstered stools along a counter by the open kitchen, a great place for the single diner to enjoy the view of the stoves.

Costs (the staff, the food, the flowers, electricity) are pretty much the same whether there is a single diner or a full house.

Tap on him, and he'll announce: "I'm … SUPER-GORDON!" before whizzing around the restaurant in a ball of fire and spontaneously serving every single diner.

He is also the author of a series of books, "Table for One: The Solo Diner's Restaurant Guide," which has rated restaurants from the perspective of the single diner in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.

Night after night, we sit eating our meals for one on our laps watching the telly, where cookery programmes dominate, none of which acknowledges the rise of the single diner.

It was a companionable situation for a single diner, a slightly knowing subset of eaters in a popular restaurant, a satisfying "friend of the house" feeling, especially when the bartender knows you.

But single diners were at somewhat of a disadvantage.

Every centimeter is used for seating -- including the bar, a great option for single diners -- so the blackboard listing specials is practically pressed into your face.

Vicky Baker, travel writer and blogger at goinglocaltravel.com Go for busy restaurants; it means the food should be good, and single diners are likely to be put together at busy times.

Over the long wooden bar, where single diners and couples sit lost in thought or conversation or reading matter, hanging lamps that seem to have been salvaged from a 1930's schoolhouse cast pools of yellow light.

The traditional lunch, which is a bargain at $15 and offers single diners a plate of vegetables and dip, their fill of fresh breads with cheeses, soup, drink and dessert, could use two upgrades -- one for the cheeses and one for the desserts.