"Over here," Kelp called, when Bernard at last arrived, and waved at him across the half-empty restaurant from his table in the corner.

When I arrived at the half-empty restaurant one evening at 8:30 in a group of four, we were greeted with the warmth usually accorded Internal Revenue Service auditors.

I found myself being turned away from half-empty restaurants by maitres d'hotel who said they were full or, in one case, out of food.

He looked away, across the half-empty restaurant.

It is not too often now that a woman alone, or a party of women, is consigned to a table by the kitchen door in a half-empty restaurant.

He looked away, 216 Edward Llewellyn across the half-empty restaurant.

Then I reappeared at the half-empty restaurant where the same maître d'hôtel ushered me to an excellent table by the window.

Mr. Tenorio, who is running for governor again, was sitting in a booth in a half-empty restaurant and had similar memories.

What greets them is a half-empty restaurant and waiters on automatic pilot.

The stupendous meals in half-empty restaurants, the demoralized hoteliers and the daily hunt for a newspaper that would bring reliable news.