"Kswck" > wrote in message
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> "Cindy Fuller" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > (PENMART01) wrote:
> >
> >> Shortcut to: Identifying a Bad Restaurant
> >> Just because you're a tourist doesn't mean you should eat like one. How
> >> do
> >> you
> >> know if a place isn't worth your patronage? William Grimes, a former
> >> restaurant
> >> critic for the New York Times, serves up 10 warning signs.
> >>
> >> 1. The name of the restaurant is followed by an exclamation point.
> >> 2. It's called Bubba's Down-Home Barbecue -- and it's in Boston.
> >> 3. Out front, there's a big plastic chef holding a menu.
> >> 4. The wine list is bound in tooled leather and has tassels.
> >> 5. The cuisine is Chinese, Japanese, and Italian.
> >> 6. The review in the window has yellowed and started to curl at the
> >> corners.
> >> 7. The restaurant revolves.
> >> 8. The words "buffet," "all you can eat," or "salad bar" appear in the
> >> window.
> >> 9. The waiters are carrying pepper mills the size of shoulder-fired
> >> rockets.
> >> 10. The word "decadent" is used to describe any dessert.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > A few others to add to Grimes's list:
> >
> > Any restaurant that advertises itself as "world famous" is best referred
> > to as infamous.
> > A Chinese restaurant (for example) that is devoid of Chinese patrons or
> > waitstaff.
> > "Celebrity chef" restaurants with multiple locations across the country.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > --
> > C.J. Fuller
> >
> > Delete the obvious to email me
>
> ANY Italian restaurant where the pizza maker is oriental.
Best soul food I ever had, bar none, was in a place run by a Chinese
gentleman. Those ribs were juicy...