Boy, this is an interesting can of worms! First off, let me suggest a very good book about restaurant criticism, Dining Out by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page. I can’t say that I’m ever thrilled by S.I.... (17 replies, last updated by where is this bbq place? May 2, 2001)

's quite a bit, the community should not criticize someone for being value-oriented in their reviews. Fecal thinks $9 for guac, even if it is outstanding guac, is too much unless the portion feeds 3+. (27 replies, last updated by CambridgeFoodie May 7, 2009)

! It just goes to show you that everybody’s entitled to their opinion and everybody’s got one when it comes to food. In general I wish all the critic's gave vegetarian restaurants their due especially since their not... (0 replies, last updated by Rishiboy March 22, 2008)

Charlotte lacks a great resource to find restaurants. There are no good food critics in town. Our restaurants continue to become more and more sophisticated. The critics that the Observer prints need to be at least as... (2 replies, last updated by GodfatherofLunch January 15, 2008)

Anyone have a link to the guy who does a food column in one of the papers just on thursdays? (1 reply, last updated by MBenzGT March 5, 2003)

hi. my group and i are trying to write a business plan to open up a restaurant. we’re just wondering what are the things that food critics look for in rating the restaurants. could please help us by emailing me the answer.... (5 replies, last updated by Kel August 26, 2003)

A restaurant critic who struggles with food and binge eating? It sounds like fiction, but it’s the real-life story of New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/a-resaturant-critics (0 replies, last updated by Rmis32 August 25, 2009)

I’ve been browsing online, through the major Greek Newspapers in Athens looking for the Food Section, and I haven’t really come up with anything. Basically, I’m looking for restaurant critics and reviews. I know... (4 replies, last updated by loukoumades November 6, 2009)

NY Times Restaurant critic Frank Bruni is departing that role after five years, at the end of August when his memoir is published. I’ll miss him...looking forward to the new critic, though. Here’s the link: http (3 replies, last updated by small h August 2, 2009)

I think it was on Livejournal Davis Square community, or maybe another one, where the owner of KAC herself was nastily responding to any constructive criticism of the place, around the time of its opening. Made me NEVER want to... (26 replies, last updated by ChocolateMilkshake June 11, 2009)

I was going to preface this post with a whole analysis on the very premise of this question, but as soon as I realised it was opening a can of worms on the topics of subjectivity, critical theory, aesthetics and every other... (15 replies, last updated by limster April 16, 2009)

BTW...who’s the best food critic to read up on? In LA, we have the living legend Jonathan Gold. Anyone in NY who comes close? (3 replies, last updated by peppermonkey February 19, 2009)

I love visiting New York and one of the primary reasons is that it is the world capital of ethnic cuisine. Until now my primary guide ha been Robert Sietsema’s Counter Culture column. Are there other critics accessible over... (8 replies, last updated by a_and_w February 23, 2009)

self proclaimed food nerds, not agenda or sponsor driven critics... Interested in what any others might think. (4 replies, last updated by pickychicky1979 January 18, 2009)

I find amusing when a professional critic gets so bent out of shape when he is on the receiving end of criticism. Perhaps that’s just one of my “chattering class” traits. (19 replies, last updated by shallots January 31, 2009)