We ALWAYS encourage everyone to share opinions, but, please, keep it clean - just as you should do with your kitchen.
The poster had a beef with Restaurant Week coverage and I'd like others to see it. So, here is a cleaned-up version of the comment:
"You people are [rectums]....you want to promote and advertise restaurants in Wilmington and in your reviews you trash them? not one...but every single one you reviewed for restaurant week....[Bad word here] you, Eric and Patricia."
To answer the ANONYMOUS Angry Commenter: The job of the features department staff, whom all contributed to this week's coverage and WROTE THEIR NAMES ON THEIR REVIEWS, is NOT "to promote and advertise" restaurants.
Want to promote a restaurant? Hire a PR staff. They'll say whatever you want them to say.
Want to advertise? Call The News Journal's advertising department - a completely separate department than the editorial department.
Our job is to give READERS honest assessments of what restaurants were offering this week and to share our experiences. Which we did. Quite thoroughly. I think our staff did an excellent job.
And, just in case anyone was wondering, The News Journal's staff paid for ALL meals.
And, just in case anyone was wondering, The News Journal's staff paid for ALL meals.
Did we "trash" everyone? Not at all. Click on the City Restaurant Week label on the bottom and scroll through the archives, you'll find accolades for Domaine Hudson, Deep Blue, The Exchange, CW Harborside (Conley Ward), and Harry's among others.
OK, I'm getting down from the soapbox to pour a cup of coffee. Enjoy the weekend. Eat and drink something delightful.
OK, I'm getting down from the soapbox to pour a cup of coffee. Enjoy the weekend. Eat and drink something delightful.
- Patricia Talorico
4 comments:
When will you be decidng the Cookbook Club members?
We received a ton of email. I'm sifting through them now and will start contacting people by the end of the week for the next Cookbook Club installment. I'm also saving all the emails. If the books this time don't match your interests, we may use you for the next go-round.
I, for one, think you guys did a great job of reviewing the Restaurant Week participating restaurants. You tell it like it is and that's what unbiased reviews are all about. Please don't let some (rectum) try to tell you how to do a review. Don't know why but I'm getting the feeling this (ying yang) is probably owner/part owner/employee of foresaid (piss poor) participating establishment.
Hi. Thanks for the kind words. We're going to keep doing what we do - give honest assessments of our experiences.
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