1.   As my income level improved in subsequent years, the dining scene also began to change, drastically.

2.   Does a change in administration alter the dining scene?

3.   Do tourists arrive with knowledge about the Boston dining scene?

4.   For years the Las Vegas dining scene was a bad joke of all-you-can-eat buffets, cheap steaks and rubber-chicken banquets.

5.   Her voice sings on the page just as it does on television, such as when she describes the local dining scene.

6.   Kipp Bordeau, who spent the past seven years at the Cloisters on Sea Island, is making culinary waves on the Destin dining scene with inventive fare.

7.   Nearly a decade after the original dozen chefs created the concept of Hawaiian Regional Cuisine, the dining scene on the islands has been altered for good.

8.   Smart players on the dining scene have cut their prices and spun off more modest bistros and cafes.

9.   The colorful names that gave the dining scene a sense of danger now seem quiescent.

10.   The dining scene turned dull.