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61) No dogs allowed!
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Alberto refuses to allow any pets into his restaurant, so his customers decide to find more fur-friendly dining options and Alberto must find a way to win them back.
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"Anna Chiu has her hands full. When she's not looking after her brother and sister or helping out at her father's restaurant, she's taking care of her mother, whose debilitating mental illness keeps her in bed most days. Her father's new delivery boy, Rory, is a welcome distraction and even though she knows that things aren't right at home, she's starting to feel like she could be a normal teen."--Publisher
63) The Sol Majestic
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Kenna, a destitute teenager with dreams of advising the cosmic elite, wins the dinner of a lifetime at The Sol Majestic, the galaxy's top restaurant. Yet there's no such thing as a free meal: Kenna discovers that The Sol Majestic risks bankruptcy if the planned soirée doesn't attract enough intergalactic billionaires to pay for it. With a motley gang of newfound friends, Kenna must concoct a scheme of grandiose scope--and learn lessons of the heart,...
65) Cafe cosmos
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The cheese-loving owner of the first dairy diner in space invents a new dessert for a finicky customer.
67) Mama bear
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When Mei-Mei fails in her attempt to earn money through a cookie sale for the expensive toy bear she wants for Christmas, her mother helps her see a special gift she has had all along.
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"Middle-aged Englishman and B&B owner Richard Ainsworth is living a quiet life in the Val de Follet--and that's the way he likes it. His quiet routine is suddenly disrrupted when scandal erupts in the nearby town of Saint-Sauver by way of its famous restaurant being downgraded from three 'Michelin' stars to two. The restaurant is shamed, the town is in shock and the leading goat's cheese supplier drowns himself in one of his own pasteurisation tanks....
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Arthur Dent and his unlikely comrades in arms--including fellow Earth refugee who has gone alien native calling herself Trillian; Ford Prefect, a contributor to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy;" Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed, former president of the galaxy; and Marvin the moody android--just wants to escape the apocalypse of the warlike Vogons and find a good bite to eat. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe seems like...
70) Pish Posh
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Eleven-year-old Clara Frankofile sits in her parents' elegant New York City restaurant, Pish Posh, and passes judgement on each customer as a Somebody or a Nobody, but her all-seeing eyes fail to observe the mysterious events occurring right under her nose.
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"Working as a Wench--i.e., waitress--at a cheesy medieval-themed restaurant in the Chicago suburbs, Kit Sweetly wishes she could be a Knight like her brother. She has the moves, is capable on a horse, and desperately needs the raise that comes with knighthood, so she can hold a spot at her dream college and help her mom pay the mortgage. Company policy allows only guys to be Knights. So when Kit takes her brother's place, clobbers the Green Knight,...
72) Sam the chef
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Sam has just opened up his Riverside Restaurant and must make sure everything goes smoothly during lunch, as he is entertaining Mary the Mayor and Pandora the Rock star.
73) Two eggs, please
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A look at the many different ways to prepare the very same food, as everyone in a diner orders eggs.
74) Never too late
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Abbey is excited about having a starring role in the annual sophomore class renaissance faire and although her costar, Jason Hardy, has always been a "jerk," she sees him in a new light during their daily rehearsals.
75) Custard Surprise
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Two chickens, Dinah and Rufus, find that running a diner is harder than they expected when every customer wants something that is not on the menu, until finally someone comes in for whom the Custard Surprise is just right.
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The Beijing Duck House in Rockville, Maryland, is not only a beloved go-to setting for hunger pangs and celebrations; it is its own world, inhabited by waiters and kitchen staff who have been fighting, loving, and aging within its walls for decades. When disaster strikes, this working family's controlled chaos is set loose, forcing each character to confront the conflicts that fast-paced restaurant life has kept at bay. Owner Jimmy Han hopes to leave...