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Restaurant Critics

  1. everybody's a critic
    Trump’s D.C. Hotel Has Taken Aim at the Local Food Critics“Another big miss not mentioning @TrumpDC Dessert Night happening every Friday.”
    By Clint Rainey
  2. Takedowns
    Restaurant Critics Fired for Fabricating ReviewThey failed to meet “clear editorial standards.”
    By Clint Rainey
  3. Takedowns
    Critics Accused of Skipping the Bill, Then Lying in Their ReviewThe journalists for Australia’s Sunday Times call the charges “personal attacks.”
    By Clint Rainey
  4. Critical Mass
    Restaurant Critic With 20 Years of Experience Finally Revealed Her FaceCiting “realities of the Internet era,” the Patriot-News reviewer joins the “out” club.
    By Clint Rainey
  5. Critical Moves
    Watch New York Restaurant Critic Adam Platt Discuss Why He’s No“The thing about being a food critic, as compared to a book critic, or TV or film critic, it changes all the time.”
    By Hugh Merwin
  6. Bookshelf
    Former Village Voice Critic Robert Sietsema Lands Book DealThe book will tell the story of modern New York City through its food.
    By Hugh Merwin
  7. Quote of the Day
    Robert Sietsema Is Hopeful for the Future of Food WritingThe twenty-year veteran critic was fired last month.
    By Hugh Merwin
  8. Back In The Game
    Ex–Village Voice Critic Robert Sietsema Joins EaterHe’s going to need a new mask.
    By Hugh Merwin
  9. Critical Move
    Tejal Rao Resigns As Village Voice CriticThe alt-weekly’s critic resigns just a few days after twenty-year veteran Robert Sietsema was fired.
    By Alan Sytsma
  10. WTF
    Village Voice Fires Twenty-Year Veteran Restaurant Critic RobertThe critic started off in New York as a rock musician who liked to write about food.
    By Hugh Merwin
  13. Other Sites
    Daily News Gets Food Section; Tasting Table Adds RecipesBut will the ‘News’ get its restaurant critic back?
    By Daniel Maurer
  14. Thought Pieces
    Sietsema Looks at the Past, But What’s the Future of Food Media?A history of restaurant reviewing makes one ask: What’s next?
    By Daniel Maurer
  15. The Other Critics
    Frank Bruni Was Known for His Funky SneakersThe critic admits it has long been hard to stay anonymous.
    By Daniel Maurer
  16. The Other Critics
    A Review of Sam Sifton’s First ‘Times’ Review, in the Style of Said ReviewHow many stars did Sam Sifton’s first effort get?
    By Daniel Maurer
  17. The Other Critics
    Adam Platt Talks Shop With Frank BruniThe city’s two top critics compare notes on the star system, their least favorite restaurants, the matter of anonymity, and more.
  18. The Other Critics
    Has the Restaurant Critic’s Power Dwindled?Has blogging hurt the esteem of the traditional print-media critic, or helped it?
    By Daniel Maurer
  19. Beef
    Chef Joe Doe Speaks Out About the New York Dining CircusThe outspoken chef lets loose about bloggers, critics, PR, and his neighbor across the way, Prune.
    By Daniel Maurer
  20. Twitterverse
    Don’t Get All Excited: That’s Not Frank Bruni on TwitterThe ‘Times’ critic is the latest to fall prey to a Twitter imposter.
    By Daniel Maurer
  21. Ask Platt
    Ask Platt: On Amateur Reviewers, Struggling Restaurants, and Flavor FatigueOur esteemed critic answers your questions. Plus, ask more!
    By Daniel Maurer
  22. Beef
    Alain Ducasse Blames American Ignorance, Journalists for Benoit’s RockyAdam Platt and others failed to educate us in the ways of French food.
    By Daniel Maurer
  25. The Other Critics
    Abbe Diaz Rats Out Restaurant Girl, Searches for Herself on CraigslistThe former ‘maître d’ to the stars’ says Danyelle Freeman’s presence sent the staff into a tizzy, at the expense of other diners.
    By Daniel Maurer
  26. Mediavore
    Hawaiian Tropic Zone Fires Bad Managers, Sometimes; Sustainable Sushi Stats inA restaurant critic crosses the ethics line by having a chef cater her wedding, and how Bobby Flay got his start in the food business, from our glance at the morning headlines.
    By Michael Alan Connelly
  27. Other Critics
    The Future of Reviewing? Critic Files Live From Adour D.C. via TwitterDoes live reviewing beat the old-fashioned review?
    By Daniel Maurer
  28. NewsFeed
    Adam Platt Speaks From the ShadowsAdam Platt speaks anonymously in a series of videos.
  29. Beef
    ‘Industry’ Types Baffled by Restaurant GirlBlowback continues from Restaurant Girl’s surprise appointment to the vacant Daily Snooze chair, which has somehow managed to make the somnolent paper relevant again, if only for a day. The industry backbiters over at PXThis have their own nasty ideas about Danyelle Freeman’s new assignment. The best comments, after the jump.