NY Times Reviews Guy Fieri's Restaurant

[MarkGrace]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/14/di...pagewanted=all

This was pretty entertaining.

[Moliere]

Ouch. He's better suited to open a food truck....and I mean that in a good way.

[Surfah]

It's a tourist trap in Times Square, what do you expect?

[ERCougar]

I haven't read a lot--maybe any?--NYT restaurant reviews, but does the NYT reviewer typically return 10+ times to sample the entirety of a reportedly bad menu? Because there's no way he/she ordered all of that one visit.

Maybe being a restaurant critic isn't as fun as it sounds.

[MarkGrace]

I haven't read a lot--maybe any?--NYT restaurant reviews, but does the NYT reviewer typically return 10+ times to sample the entirety of a reportedly bad menu? Because there's no way he/she ordered all of that one visit.

Maybe being a restaurant critic isn't as fun as it sounds.

Probably not +10 times, but with a lot of reviews they've gone multiple times. The writers at the Seattle Times usually hit a place 2-3 times for a review.

[Clark Addison]

Probably not +10 times, but with a lot of reviews they've gone multiple times. The writers at the Seattle Times usually hit a place 2-3 times for a review.

Also, they often go with a group. If you go with a group of 6, you can sample quite a few dishes.

[TripletDaddy]

A guy that makes a living extolling the delicious virtues of diner food opens a crappy restaurant.

[Moliere]

As far as Food Network start restaurants, I've been to Lupa (Mario Batali) and Bar Americain (Bobby Flay) and both were actually pretty good. I really liked Lupa. The food was very good, but the atmosphere was great. It was a small restaurant that was really out the of way in Manhattan (not an easy thing to do). Bar Americain was good, but I wasn't paying for that meal so it might have tasted better than it actually was.

[HBCoug]

I enjoyed Johnny Garlic's quite a bit when I was up in Livermore. Sure, I had garlic seeping from every pore of my body after indulging in the garlic parmesan fries, but it's not like I smelled all that great to begin with.

[TripletDaddy]

I enjoyed Johnny Garlic's quite a bit when I was up in Livermore. Sure, I had garlic seeping from every pore of my body after indulging in the garlic parmesan fries, but it's not like I smelled all that great to begin with.

Are there multiple garlic concept places? I thought the Stinking Rose cornered that market.

[HBCoug]

Are there multiple garlic concept places? I thought the Stinking Rose cornered that market.

Could be. Johnny Garlic's is Fieri's, however.

[Pheidippides]

As far as Food Network start restaurants, I've been to Lupa (Mario Batali) and Bar Americain (Bobby Flay) and both were actually pretty good. I really liked Lupa. The food was very good, but the atmosphere was great. It was a small restaurant that was really out the of way in Manhattan (not an easy thing to do). Bar Americain was good, but I wasn't paying for that meal so it might have tasted better than it actually was.

I was less than impressed by Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill, however. It was okay, I guess, but not on par with the really good eateries. Big "meh" from me.

That was one of the worst reviews I've ever seen. Wow.