"The Zagats hope to print more guidebooks in emerging neighborhoods such as Oakland, Chicago, and Newark." Though Zagat guides haven't been doing so hot in this era of blogging, yelping, and everyman reviewing, you can count on Bill Clinton to... More
Zagat released an expanded (and renamed) New York City Food Lover’s Guide this week. As the New York Daily News reports, the pocket-sized helper includes a bigger "Best Buys" section devoted to food shopping since 60-percent of those surveyed said... More
The Wall Street Journal runs an article questioning the validity of online restaurant reviews by writers who are comped their meals. Two days later, Michelin releases its 2008 New York restaurant guide. These two events provide a perfect opportunity to discuss the relative merits of reviews and judgments rendered every which way, from on high (Michelin and the New York Times) to online (Yelp, Zagat, and food blogs). More
In the movie "Dirty Dancing" there's a great moment when Jerry Orbach, "Baby's" (Jennifer Gray) father, apologizes to Patrick Swayze for falsely accusing him of impregnating an old girlfriend. Orbach says to Swayze: "When I'm wrong I say I'm wrong."... More
Like everyone else in NY I look forward to the new Zagat Guide coming out every year. This year's appeared this week, and it was mostly the same old same old. But there was one thing I noticed that... More
