Restaurant reviewer busted

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Ema Nymton wrote:


I can't either. We have a place not far from us. We've never been
there, and I can't imagine us going. It's in a remodeled laundry! They
have two menus, each US$240 per person:

http://www.frenchlaundry.com/

One is vegetarian. There are usually some extra cost options, like
shaved white truffles. I have looked at the 100+ page wine list. They
have a few selections in five figures!

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]
 
On 31/12/2010 12:21 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:



Not quite the same thing. LA about 2500 miles from here. I don't get the
LA times. I could go onlione nad search for restaurant reviews for
restaurants I am not likely ever to go to. So I am not familiar with
this particular reviewer's style. I have seen other restaurant reviews
and some of them were just plain nasty, and I can appreciate the
manager's comment about how her review of his partners other restaurant
had been unnecessarily cruel.


Customer reviews may be of more value to some people, but even those can
be nasty. I read a number of reviews of my son's restaurant. Some were
downright silly, like a coupe about the bad service on its opening day.
Of course they had bad service on opening day. Some said the food was
good while others said it sucked. It was the same for the beers they
brew on location. Some people loved them and some said they were awful.



She wasn't really a customer. She was pretending to be a customer, and
she was going to use the experience to write a review that would be
interesting enough to attract readers in order to sell newspapers so
that the publisher could make money selling ad space.




Tough but fair accoroding to restauranteurs? Yeah, lik any
restauranteur is about to say something nasty about a restaurant critic
while she is still in a position to destroy some of his businsess.




Like I said.... why would I bother to read restaurant reviews from LAS.
Never the less, I am still amazed at the power of the underdog to get
public support, even if they are wrong. Waco?
 
On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:03:04 +0200, ChattyCathy
wrote:


I can wait some... depending on how sincere the apologetic boot
scraping, how good the comped 2nis, and the bar maid's chest. lol
 
"ImStillMags" wrote in message
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On Dec 30, 11:42 am, "Steve B" wrote:

I have agreed and disagreed with reviewers also. My statement was
more to the way the reviewer was treated.

What? She was treated for what she was. A restaurant HAS THE RIGHT TO
REFUSE SERVICE TO ANYONE. That sign is clearly posted.

Steve
 
Gloria wrote:


Don't forget that the name "Ed Pawlowski" is middling-prestigious in some
Pennsylvania areas!

When I book restaurant reservations online I use the pseudonym "James Bond."

Bob
 
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Melba's Jammin' wrote:


And not just "some people". Some entire institutions. My first real
job out of school was with the US government. For my first evaluation,
I received a "satisfactory", which was the middle rating out of five. I
thought that was reasonable, as I was pretty green. It wasn't until
several months later that I found out that "satisfactory" meant
"unsatisfactory", and that they didn't keep people who were rated
"satisfactory"!


I used to work for the US Army, as a civilian (not the previous job). I
worked with an excellent Captain. The Army had too many officers, due
to Vietnam. They had an "up or out" deal. When it was time for
promotion, he didn't get promoted, so they fired him, after ten years of
honorable service. The military had a numerical rating system, with
ranges for different levels. Everybody got almost 100, though, no
matter how poor their performance was. This poor guy had received *one*
poor rating in his ten years. Since others had *no* poor ratings, they
got promoted. The system made some kind of sense. There were too many
Captains. You don't need so many people at the next higher level, so
you can't promote them all. If you keep the ones you don't promote,
then there is no room for promotion into Captain from below.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]
 
In article ,
blake murphy wrote:


I once read that it isn't unusual for reviews with one star to come from
people who have never been to the place. I found that hard to believe.
So I looked at a few. Sure enough, I found *way* too many of them, like:

"I've never been to this place, but a FOAF's GF's sister's manicurist
says that they serve XYX with mustard on it. That's really gross so
I'll never go there."

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]
 
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:58:12 -0500, Dave Smith
wrote:


I have no idea, have you?



Known, anyway.


Remains to be seen, nevertheless he has planted the seed of potential
trouble for investors, too. If this place goes under, I'd look forward
to the lawsuits against Noah Ellis. Those suits may not be popular,
either, but neither is losing large amounts of cash due to a temper
tantrum..

Boron
 
On Dec 31, 9:37?am, ImStillMags wrote:

According to her own newspaper she booked under a false name. So we
know she is deceitful. I wouldn't want to do business with such a
person either.

LW
 
On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 11:39:14 -0500 in rec.food.cooking, Dave Smith
wrote,

You and I would. The AMA, which controls medical school certification,
would not, as mentioned above.
 
On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:16:37 -0800, Dan Abel wrote:



If you dig around a bit, you'll see that the AMA does not really
"control" med schools. They do have a sub-organization, coupled with a
similar one from Canada that accredits med programs, though. Not too
different from the ABA accrediting law schools. That is the way these
things get set up.

There is quite a bit of debate within med circles about the need for
more, the same number or fewer doctors educated in the US. The
Association of Medical Colleges, has been pushing for a 30% increase
in med school openings. This group is affiliated with the AMA to form
the LCME.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/education/15medschools.html

Interesting article last year in the (gasp) NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/education/15medschools.html


Boron
 
On 03/01/2011 9:04 AM, James Silverton wrote:

My brother has a Bose radio in his house and it is impressive. It is
just a small radio that sits on a table in the corner of the room and
provides great quality sound without a lot of speakers and wires.

I was considering buying one for our kitchen because my wife likes to
have a radio in there. Then I saw the price. Wow!!! Way too much for a
kitchen radio. I saw an add about a deal on them at Christmas.... $100
off. I looked into it. The radio was the regular price. If you ordered
the radio and the $279 extra CD player you got $100 OFF.
 
On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:56:11 -0500, Dave Smith
wrote:


This makes me wonder if restaurants can "opt out" of being reviewed?
I doubt many would do it, but why not?

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.
 
Melba's Jammin' wrote:


I couldn't agree more. I find someone I like to deal with and I
stick with them until they give me some reason not to. There are
just some people I like dealing with, they're on the ball and I
don't have to play games to get the right service at a decent
price.

nancy
 
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:33:35 -0800, Dan Abel wrote:


....or the reviewer is a person who will now get free food and booze forever
after. that's kinda the way restaurant reviews (or cruise ships or
whatever) used to be before the field was (somewhat) professionalized.

your pal,
blake
 
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