Todd English Quotes

Brussels sprouts are misunderstood – probably because most people don’t know how to cook them properly.

My favorite thing is Spaghetti with white clam sauce anywhere on the Amalfi Coast or the Tuscan Coast.

We’ll serve, on a good Saturday night six or seven thousand people in all the restaurants, and it’s like, the percentages are that maybe one person’s not going to like what they get. And I can’t be there to fix it. I hate that. We’re in this business to make things that please people.

I enjoy the creative side of the business side of being a restaurateur. That’s my thing. The thing I’m constantly thinking about is, how do you create new, interesting situations that keep people coming back?

I’ve got a really great team around me. They’re the ones that are in the restaurants on a day to day basis. Anyone that’s good can’t be stifled in any way. I don’t baby people.

I find more people want to eat a little less. My generation, we’re all watching our figures. They want to go to the bar and eat a few snacks, have a couple of cocktails or glasses of wine, and go home. People don’t sit down at the table and have a whole three or four courses.