No more polls, ever. But, in fact, a clear plurality emerged. Despite the miniscule sample size, we’re prepared to declare Joe’s 10/21 review of Smak-Tak to be the best review of the period 10/16-10/23. Wow, that’s really niche; no wonder no one voted!
A little background - last Tuesday, we nominated four MenuPages user reviews as the best of the previous week, and asked you to vote for the “best,” based on rather fuzzy metrics. We advised the reader to vote for “whichever one gives you the best sense of the restaurant, good, bad or ugly. Alternatively, choose the review that you most enjoyed reading, whether you learned anything or not.” As such, it’s somewhat difficult to unpack the results, especially considering that there were only fourteen votes. But we can try!
First, we’ll privilege the winner with a full reprint of his review (oh, if only Joe knew of the laudation he’s receiving!):
I was in town on business and heard about the Polish section of Chicago from my sister in Florida. I searched the web and took a chance on Smak Tak. What a find!!! I was pleasantly surprised how quaint and authentic the decor was, it reminded me of Zakopane in Poland. I started with a bowl of borszt which was really good and then couldn’t decide between the pork cutlet or the pierogi so I got them both. They first brought out the pork cutlet which looked wonderful. It was huge and covered with mushrooms. It was accompanied with real mashed potatoes covered with dill, a nice portion of marinated carrots and a delicious cucumber/sour cream salad. About half way through that I was already stuffed but they brought out the pierogi, 13 of them! I asked for an assortment and they delivered. First one was blueberry, then plum, then cherry, then cheese, then meat…I had to stop before I burst! They were delicious!!! I had to pack up leftovers. The best part…the whole thing with a drink was just around $20. I HIGHLY recommend this palce and will definitely go back next time I’m in Chicago. Na Zdrowie!
No more polls, ever. But, in fact, a clear plurality emerged. Despite the miniscule sample size, we’re prepared to declare Joe’s 10/21 review of Smak-Tak to be the best review of the period 10/16-10/23. Wow, that’s really niche; no wonder no one voted!
A little background - last Tuesday, we nominated four MenuPages user reviews as the best of the previous week, and asked you to vote for the “best,” based on rather fuzzy metrics. We advised the reader to vote for “whichever one gives you the best sense of the restaurant, good, bad or ugly. Alternatively, choose the review that you most enjoyed reading, whether you learned anything or not.” As such, it’s somewhat difficult to unpack the results, especially considering that there were only fourteen votes. But we can try!
First, we’ll privilege the winner with a full reprint of his review (oh, if only Joe knew of the laudation he’s receiving!):
At any rate, thank you for suffering through this exercise, and we’ve gotten the message about our attempt at interactivity. We didn’t take it personally! Next week, we will return to your regularly scheduled BOMPR.
Smak-Tak [MenuPages]
Smak-Tak [Official Site]
