Bobby Ochs, Kid from the Bronx and Restaurant Partner to the Stars: From Kasha Varnishkes to Caviar to Humble Pie - Paperback

Quotables from Notables

Bobby you have a hit here [Mulholland Drive Cafe]. Do you know why you have a hit? Look at everyone here, they are looking at the people at the bar. Everyone at the bar is looking at the people in the dining room. They are looking at the mural painted on the wall. They are looking at the floor. They are looking at the ceiling. They are looking at everything but their food. Bobby you have a hit.

--Jackie Mason

I'd like to play Bobby's character if it is ever developed into a movie.

--John Travolta

Marla Maples. Why do you want Marla Maples as a partner [in Peaches]? You're a well-known restaurateur, why Marla Maples? Are you fucking her?

--Gay Talese

Bobby, I'd like to ask you a favor. I want to change the name Peaches to Peach's.

--Marla Maples

He's the knucklehead that was Marla Maples partner.

--Anthony Bourdain, on 'Kitchen Confidential' on Bobby Ochs after not being hired as Chef for Peaches

I wish you a lot of luck here. I hope you make a lot of money, because you're going to need it.

--Donald Trump, to Marla Maples on the opening night of Peaches

Bobby, I don't want to name the restaurant Pinky. It reminds me of Justin when he was my boyfriend. Can we please name the restaurant Nyla [New York, Louisiana]?

--Britney Spears, on calling the restaurant Pinky

Mr. Ochs, I'm David Rockwell from Haverson-Rockwell Architects.

--David Rockwell, on being interviewed to design Twenty Twenty