Comments on: Everybody’s A Food Critic

By: Whet the Appetite | Gene Bromberg

Whet the Appetite | Gene Bromberg — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:34:30 +0000

[...] of the Post-Gazette’s regular restaurant reviews, and here let me pause a moment. Last year I wrote a post about the P-G’s review of a place called Geno’s, a review I thought made both restaurant and reviewer look bad. The photo that showed a sample dish [...]

By: Mary Diane

Mary Diane — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:50:19 +0000

How about the newest restaurant Sausalido in bloomfield recieved a 0 STAR. The restauant is booked solid on weekends and China must have been served dirt on her recent visit……

By: Darcy

Darcy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:23:40 +0000

That looks like one of the least appetizing meals ever photographed. Raw broccoli and a boiled spud? No stars for you!

By: cheer_dad

cheer_dad — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:30:57 +0000

“My God…it’s full of stars!” Sorry I couldn’t resist. They could add blackholes to help round out the spectrum of “bad” restaurants.

Regards,

cheer_dad

By: Mookie

Mookie — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:13:09 +0000

Congrats on the final table finish last night.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:30:46 +0000

You’re right about the food – my first thought was someone just pulled it from the microwave – not appetizing in the least.

As for the reviews — way back in my journalism school days, we ran a negative restaurant review and as a result, were facing down the barrel of a lawsuit. The situation worked itself out in the end, but I’ve noticed more and more over the years that newspapers running restaurant reviews will bend over backwards to avoid giving a scathing or negative review – unless the place is truly awful.

The star system seems needlessly confusing and counter-intuitive, and I’m curious as to how long it has been around and how long it will remain.