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New York's Best-Rated Restaurant May Shock You
California 2022
So any rumours for 2022 Michelin Guide 2022? I am sorry to any ventures that closed due to covid-19.
Michelin Guide New Additions: San Francisco Bay Area and Wine Country Restaurants
Michelin announced that 10 new additions to the Michelin Guide for California are from the SF Bay Area. It's not clear if these are meant to be "Plates", "Bib Gourmand" or "Stars". None seem to be ...
Globe and Mail Reviews?
This comes to mind because I just noticed a review by Alexandra Gill, based in Vancouver. Whatever happened to the (young?) guy who reviewed restaurants before the lockdown last year? All I remembe...
"Chowhound, A Red Ventures Company"
Noticed the footer change to now state, "Chowhound, A Red Ventures Company". On September 14, the sale of CNET Media Group by ViacomCBS to Red Ventures was announced. https://techcrunch.com/202...
Michelin won't be awarding California restaurants stars after all
Glad Michelin had a change of heart to skip awards in California for 2020.
Updated List of 'Check, Please! Bay Area' Restaurants
Though the article bears the original date, this list of 'Check, Please! Bay Area' restaurants has been completely updated for who is still in business and which are open for take-out and/or delivery.
First dinner out is a whole new thing; it’s up to you to make it safe for everyone
A review of chain restaurant, J. Alexander’s Redlands Grill, in Memphis. But mostly a report of the safety and sanitation environment encountered as restaurants re-open. J. Alexander's Redlands...
What US food critics could learn from the UK (and vice versa, I guess …)
" . . . But we do that job very differently. 'US critics write as if they are the inheritors of the mantle of Tom Wolfe or Hemingway,' says Giles Coren, who reviews for the Times in the UK. 'They g...
The Case for Food Criticism in Charlotte: A look at the need for informed, ethical restaurant criticism in an era of pay-to-play 'influencers'
" . . . When that happens, and when influencers become primary sources of restaurant information, diners grow confused and distrustful, and restaurateurs are deprived of an incentive to improve—and...
Suspicious Review Activity - Well there's a new one
Good on Yelp for doing their due diligence. I was cruising for new places to try near me. I noticed a huge amount of 4.5-5 star ratings for The BarBQ Factory on O'Connor near Bermondsey. Enoug...
Photos of food and restaurants
I have noticed reviews of restaurants and specific dishes with accompanying photos. Often the photos are nauseating--half-eaten tacos, or a pile of pasta, or (ugh!) an unidentified drink that is g...
Oceano
http://www.worstpizza.com/2017/05/oceano-kitchen-pizza-lantana-fl/
Michelin Stars in California, 2019
Three Stars Atelier Crenn Benu The French Laundry Manresa Quince The Restaurant at Meadowood SingleThread Two Stars Acquerello Baumé Californios Campton Place Coi Commis Lazy ...
Yelp is Screwing Over Restaurants By Quietly Replacing Their Phone Numbers
" . . . Even though restaurants are capable of taking orders directly—after all, both numbers are routed to the same place—Yelp is pushing customers to Grubhub-owned phone numbers in order to facil...
What Happened to Menupages?
The interface is different, and restaurants I'm pretty sure were included before (Congee Village, Wu's Wonton King) are nowhere to be found. It seems to have merged with Grubhub and only lists rest...
San Francisco Chronicle's Top 100 Restaurants for 2019
The new list is out today and looks much different under the direction of new restaurant critic, Soleil Ho. I suggest reading the FAQ before diving into the list. Ho's answer for what she consi...
Soleil Ho named the San Francisco Chronicle’s new restaurant critic
" , , , Before becoming one of the most recognizable and progressive voices in food media, Ho cooked in kitchens across the country. Her culinary career spanned roughly eight and a half years, incl...
Dating apps for food recs
Had to laugh out loud when I saw this article about using dating apps such as Tinder and Grindr to get dining and sightseeing recs when traveling alone. From time to time, an occasional poster has ...
Michelin's 2019 Bib Gourmands for the San Francisco Bay Area
Eight newcomers joined the list of 68 Bib Gourmand-listed restaurants: Ciccio, Dyafa, El Molino Central, Gran Electra, Luna Mexican Kitchen, Nyum Bai, Soba Ichi, and Teni East Kitchen. Eater sa...
North Dallas Has A New Restaurant Discount App
Local restaurateurs has launched the new CheapEatz restaurant discount app for dine-in and take out customers. What's unique about this app is that CheapEatz uses the average of 3 major review site...