Later, at the diner, I presented my find to a pal without revealing the candy's lofty origins.
Mr. MORTENSEN: (As Tom Stall) Some mob guy showed up at the diner, saw me on TV, and he came by to take a look at me.
"Let me grab that check, " he'll say at the diner.
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The campaign staffer said she was sorry that Esterday was not tipped back in October, but insisted that a tip was left the day that Clinton was at the diner.
Now, we should say that the campaign wouldn't identify anyone for us to talk to who was actually at the diner that day and who could tell about the tip being left.
There are no fixed principles of reason which transcend these differences and which are every bit of true of the billionaire, private-jet riding, oil executive and the saintly, suffering single mom working at the diner for tips.
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The early crowd at the Hollywood Diner ("Where the customer is the star") was unmoved by Buffett, a fixture with his usual order of chicken-fried steak with extra mashed potatoes.
All of which pretty much eliminates the sliding of a check to your unhappy client at the nearby diner.
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"Checks and balances would be nice, but they are acting so ... abominable, " O'Leary told us during a conversation at the Tilton Diner.
Today, you can still get a taste of real beans and cornbread throughout West Virginia, whether you are curled up in small corner booth at the local diner or are one of 300 guests attending the annual Mercer County Democrats "bean dinner" honoring the likes of U.S. Senators Robert C.
"Sending them back there could trigger some horrific memories for some of them, " said Ms. Shepard, who spoke after breakfast at the Sandy Hook Diner.
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Or, for more thoroughly familiar fare, end your child-friendly Delhi day in at the United Coffee House for a comforting bowl of pasta marinara, the All American Diner for a pretty decent hotdog or The Kitchen at the heart of the relaxed Khan Market, for a big, familiar plate of fish and chips before bedtime.
Just as dignitaries visiting the UK and Ireland are taken for a pint and a photo call, no US election campaign is complete without a stop at a diner to emphasise the candidate's everyman or everywoman credentials.
And although most burgers qualify, my favorite burger at my favorite diner is out because the thing is just too big to wield by hand.
Authorities said Spyropoulos resented the control his uncle exerted over the New Jersey restaurant, a popular diner whose patrons include fans attending Jets and Giants games at the stadium in the Meadowlands a few miles away.
This roadside diner offers fresh local seafood at the head of the Loch with views over to Skye.
At one of her teenage hangouts, the cozy diner called The Pickwick Restaurant, there's even an item named for her on the menu.
When PayPal's newly minted millionaires wanted to celebrate their 2002 IPO they skipped the then-tony Spago Palo Alto (now defunct) and grabbed burgers and champagne at the Peninsula Fountain and Grill, a humble diner.
At a diner called Big Daddy's, the waitress nods in recognition and gives us a prime booth among the rowdy Sunday-brunch crowd.
At Kuppy's Diner, a few miles from the plant, cook Don Doremus thinks nuclear power is going to be around for a while.
The world's biggest mammal can breathe easily, at least where this diner is concerned.
Then I had a chat with Thomas Pastuszak, wine director at New York's Nomad restaurant, who said the best match wasn't between wine and food at all but between wine and diner.
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At lunch in a local diner, I would watch to see how people were reading the paper, whether they read the front and then went right to Page 8 or leafed back and forth, rattling it emphatically to shake it out.
With the number of diners making reservations directly using the OpenTable website expected to grow at a faster rate than those making reservations using restaurant websites, the reservation revenue generated by OpenTable per diner seated is forecasted to increase in the years to come.
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As diner history is recorded, data about their preferences is used to improve their overall experience at the restaurant.
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Such behavior might make sense when a diner is willing to put up with a mediocre meal at a crowded chain restaurant to avoid the risk of food poisoning at a quirky neighborhood joint.
That night, before attending a tech rehearsal for her upcoming play, we had dinner at Hamburg Inn, a diner famous for pie milkshakes and for being a mandatory political stop for candidates during the Iowa caucuses.
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