It used to be that a restaurant needed to have 60 to 70 seats to make money.

Only three or four restaurants a year make that grade.

A few more restaurants like it would make me quite happy.

In the case of a longer wait, a restaurant must make an effort to check back at least every five minutes with waiting patrons.

The question was whether the restaurant could make it through the evening.

It is so difficult to have a perfect score that no restaurant has made the list yet.

Some who have worked there said the restaurant has never made a profit.

And the restaurants they work for make them do it.

It is encouraging that they think our little restaurant could make a difference.

Participating restaurants also made less money, $4.9 million, down 20 percent from 2010.