tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post7476611801390050529..comments2024-02-29T03:29:52.934-05:00Comments on A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago: Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113168955236758821noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-22872285251394777672012-11-19T13:23:04.425-05:002012-11-19T13:23:04.425-05:00Although it didn't make it to air, I did enjoy...Although it didn't make it to air, I did enjoy SNL's take on all this. http://www.hulu.com/watch/426627Marshanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-19397440408151617912012-11-15T12:13:19.052-05:002012-11-15T12:13:19.052-05:00Fieri is getting a ton of press off of this and he...Fieri is getting a ton of press off of this and he handled it fairly well on the Today show this morning... I think he's getting a real bump by coming off as a "real guy" who got bullied by the snobs at the Times.bellawilfernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-8591556708790002842012-11-14T17:56:00.661-05:002012-11-14T17:56:00.661-05:00Me, too, Watts! I was having a bad day last week a...Me, too, Watts! I was having a bad day last week at work and indulged in a little Chicken Crispers therapy.Jennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-63208765428818439152012-11-14T17:52:12.980-05:002012-11-14T17:52:12.980-05:00I clicked on the link originally thinking "wh...I clicked on the link originally thinking "why did James Remar do a restaurant review for the Times?"Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-35198381589696252592012-11-14T16:35:23.603-05:002012-11-14T16:35:23.603-05:00One of the things that I especially like about the...One of the things that I especially like about the Fieri review is that the reviewer obviously loves casual food done well and that's tinging his review of a restaurant where it's being done especially badly.Joseph Finnhttp://profiles.google.com/josephfinnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-50485213730787225402012-11-14T15:34:43.943-05:002012-11-14T15:34:43.943-05:00Me too. What I liked most was that he wasn't s...Me too. What I liked most was that he wasn't saying "casual comfort food sucks and you are a rube if you like it," but "this is bad food trying to pass as casual comfort food."Tosy and Coshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-72057272007338444032012-11-14T15:25:44.298-05:002012-11-14T15:25:44.298-05:00Sometimes, I just gotta have Chili's Chicken C...Sometimes, I just gotta have Chili's Chicken Crispers and nothing can stop me.Wattsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-38923860909379340012012-11-14T15:11:50.359-05:002012-11-14T15:11:50.359-05:00So we love it when eater does the same type of thi...So we love it when eater does the same type of thing with that restaurant in the dark, because they're a blog and it's pretentious, but not so much when it's the Times and a restaurant for tourists?<br /><br />http://throwingthings.blogspot.com/2012/08/its-no-olive-garden-let-me-tell-you-so.html#disqus_threadJordannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-69392998739478616842012-11-14T15:04:22.176-05:002012-11-14T15:04:22.176-05:00As one who lives in the heartland, and hangs out w...As one who lives in the heartland, and hangs out with a lot of homebrewers, I demand that this company change its name to "Brooklyn Mediocre Restaurant" immediately.Governor Squidhttp://profiles.google.com/gov.squidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-47509371391409761482012-11-14T13:54:47.131-05:002012-11-14T13:54:47.131-05:00See, I *like* a good deal of casual dining chains ...See, I *like* a good deal of casual dining chains (Outback!), so I didn't intend the term derisively. I apologize for not wording it better.Adam B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-41795179914939855102012-11-14T13:35:45.375-05:002012-11-14T13:35:45.375-05:00Bristling with you.
http://youtu.be/yuTMWgOduFMBristling with you.<br />http://youtu.be/yuTMWgOduFMWattsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-22077066751055824492012-11-14T13:25:33.645-05:002012-11-14T13:25:33.645-05:00Thank you for that. 21 is where you go when you h...Thank you for that. 21 is where you go when you have no ideas or taste, in either sense of the term.David Bennerhttp://www.facebook.com/dbennernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-35607315292237708932012-11-14T13:24:30.556-05:002012-11-14T13:24:30.556-05:00I actually thought the review did a good job of co...I actually thought the review did a good job of contextualizing why this restaurant does not live up to the positive things you might expect from his other (apparently good) restaurants.Rogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-7441366431446498282012-11-14T13:16:16.881-05:002012-11-14T13:16:16.881-05:00I disagree - and I actually think that the review ...I disagree - and I actually think that the review was a decently-argued case for why the restaurant is insulting to his fans. I'm not saying that NYC diners are going in droves - I'd be surprised if there were more than a handful of actual New Yorkers in the place - but people who (for whatever reason) enjoy Fieri's TV personality should know that the place is lifeless. NYTimes readers include tourists who look to the paper for info on what shows to see when visiting New York and what restaurants to eat in while seeing them. This review alerts them to the hapless listlessness of the actual restaurant.Saraynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-49595029524917687442012-11-14T12:52:37.537-05:002012-11-14T12:52:37.537-05:00I disagree. I think the review is absolutely in co...I disagree. I think the review is absolutely in context of the genre of the place. What would I expect from this place? I'd expect a menu of delicious, basic comfort food, fun drinks, and decent service. And this review is telling me not to expect any of that.Suenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-72484615568735199222012-11-14T12:52:34.440-05:002012-11-14T12:52:34.440-05:00I actually don't get the snobbery claim at all...I actually don't get the snobbery claim at all. The review may have been a bit kitschy, but I did not automatically think the restaurant would be bad. I know Fieri has successful restaurants and I also know he became famous, at least partially, because he was a good chef. So if I found myself in Times Square I would have thought that it might be a step up from some of my other choices. Now I won't. So for me the review worked.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-63435033341932164822012-11-14T12:47:11.182-05:002012-11-14T12:47:11.182-05:00I'm not a foodie, I'm not exactly sure wha...I'm not a foodie, I'm not exactly sure what kind of food Guy Fieri would make, and I know nothing of Guy Fieri except what I've inferred from parodies of Guy Fieri and pot-shots on the Internet. So I'm not saying this as a person who is defensive because of my love for Guy Fieri, or for casual family dining in general, for that matter. But I bristle a little at the phrase "restaurants-for-the-masses."isaac_spacemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-73395090577264278122012-11-14T12:24:31.239-05:002012-11-14T12:24:31.239-05:00Thank goodness for snobbery is all I have to say. ...Thank goodness for snobbery is all I have to say. There's a place in this world for turning up your nose at the willfully mediocre.Joseph Finnhttp://profiles.google.com/josephfinnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-1239406431529032372012-11-14T12:16:08.582-05:002012-11-14T12:16:08.582-05:00Saying that a restaurant that everyone expects to ...Saying that a restaurant that everyone expects to suck, sucks, is just too easy, and there's a better way to write it.Adam B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-14051791747624716152012-11-14T11:56:26.288-05:002012-11-14T11:56:26.288-05:00Is giving constructive criticism going to have any...Is giving constructive criticism going to have any effect on how Guy's conducts business? If you've had to eat multiple meals at this place, would you really want to do anything other than write a snarky review? Is there really any overlap between the people who read the NYT Dining section and the people who would go to Guy Fieri's restaurant?andrewraffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-8964653686360718952012-11-14T11:50:01.818-05:002012-11-14T11:50:01.818-05:00Ok, fair point. But are you arguing that Fieri...Ok, fair point. But are you arguing that Fieri's didn't deserve it?Saraynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-25480948780163044582012-11-14T11:46:28.565-05:002012-11-14T11:46:28.565-05:00Except that he did, last month, to a place which a...Except that he did, last month, to a place which apparently deserved it -- the esteemed 21 Club:<br /><br />Sadly, the future of “21” might be grim if it had to survive as a restaurant alone. To get the violence over quickly: a game platter, with venison, a boar chop, house-made bacon and rabbit sausage, was as cold as if it had been carried all the way from the hunting lodge. Caesar salad, exactly what you want to eat at “21,” was hopeless, the sliced romaine unevenly dressed and dumped on a plate with stale, dry croutons that might have come from a box. Creamed spinach was a rough paste of chopped greenery in a floury white sauce.<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/dining/reviews/restaurant-review-21-club-in-manhattan.htmlAdam B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-19422548783286210382012-11-14T11:37:54.529-05:002012-11-14T11:37:54.529-05:00Part of my own personal glee at reading the review...Part of my own personal glee at reading the review was that Wells hasn't really, in his tenure, taken the hatchet to anyone. I'm delighted that he can hate things, as it wasn't totally apparent that the man could dislike anything labeled "food."Saraynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-21329591307746448382012-11-14T11:28:12.441-05:002012-11-14T11:28:12.441-05:00Now that I know that Heartland Brewery is involved...Now that I know that Heartland Brewery is involved, this makes a lot more sense. That place is a horribly run restaurant.Matt Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-15348301072815162612012-11-14T11:02:59.203-05:002012-11-14T11:02:59.203-05:00Guy Fieri has become one of those pseudo celebriti...Guy Fieri has become one of those pseudo celebrities it's easy to bash, which makes Wells review more like hack stand up comedy than anything of value. <br /><br /><br />It's kind of like a TV critic attacking Honey Boo Boo's family for being fat.girard31noreply@blogger.com