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  1. online reviews
    Feds Blast New Wannabe-Yelp App That Pays Reviewers in CryptocurrencyMunchee wants to pay “food networkers” tokens for posting “stunning food pics.”
    By Clint Rainey
  2. food delivery
    GrubHub Is Buying Yelp’s Food-Delivery Platform for $288 MillionYelp officially exits the delivery game, in another big food merger.
    By Clint Rainey
  3. drama
    Now Yelpers Are Trashing Trump Grill Following Vanity Fair Spat“I tried to get in but there was a giant wall around the building.”
    By Chris Crowley
  4. the future
    A New App Pays People to Recommend RestaurantsAtlis is positioning itself as a strong competitor to Yelp.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  5. Petition Demands Amnesty for All of New York’s Bodega CatsIt asks why dogs can lie around restaurants if cats can’t guard delis.
    By Clint Rainey
  6. barbaric yelp
    Yelp Is About to Let You Skip the Line at RestaurantsThe site just partnered with a start-up called Nowait.
    By Clint Rainey
  7. rants
    Chef Hammers Yelper by Picking Apart All of His Reviews“Initially, I was shaken, I was worked up, thrown for a loop and nearly… nearly… pissed off. Then I took a deep breath and reread your review.”
    By Chris Crowley
  8. Barbaric Yelp
    Food Network Will Give Yelpers Their Own ShowWhy?
    By Clint Rainey
  9. Barbaric Yelp
    Yelp Fired an Employee Who Told the CEO She Was Woefully UnderpaidShe called it “a little ironic” that she works for their new delivery service but can’t afford food.
    By Clint Rainey
  10. Yelp
    How Race Can Influence Yelp ReviewsA new study compared the language of users in Bed-Stuy and Greenpoint with discouraging results.
    By Chris Crowley
  11. Barbaric Yelp
    That South Park Episode Inspired One Restaurateur to Ban All YelpersGiant signs now hang outside his Tucson concepts.
    By Clint Rainey
  12. Video Feed
    Watch South Park’s Horrible, Perfect Song About YelpersThe characters discovered the power of mentioning to restaurants that they’re Yelp critics.
    By Clint Rainey
  13. Barbaric Yelp
    Yet Another Restaurateur Has Accused Yelp of Tweaking ReviewsApparently, one chef claims, Yelp will punish you if you don’t buy ads.
    By Clint Rainey
  14. Barbaric Yelp
    A Restaurant Owner Responded to a Bad Yelp Review by Trashing a Customer’sAnother reason why Yelp is the worst.
    By Clint Rainey
  15. Rants
    Another Restaurant Owner Posted a Crazy Facebook Rant After Getting a Bad YelpNot good for business.
    By Clint Rainey
  16. Lawsuits
    Court Says There’s No Proof Yelp Forced Companies to Pay Money to RemoveThe site’s controversial business practices get another pass.
    By Clint Rainey
  17. Drama
    Meet the Filmmaker Behind the Controversial New Anti-Yelp Documentary“Yelp is very concerned about what will come out in this documentary.”
    By Sierra Tishgart
  18. Drama
    A Scandalous Documentary Will Examine Whether Yelp Exploits Small-BusinessThe producers are crowd-funding on Kickstarter now.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  19. Yelp
    Chef Shames ‘Insulting,’ ‘Entitled’ Customers on“Shout out to these two winners for seating themselves with no reservations, insulting and berating our staff … “
    By Clint Rainey
  20. Lawsuits
    Yelp Is Suing a Start-Up That Promises to Flood the Site With Positive ReviewsYelp’s lawyers say this suit is in the public’s best interest.
    By Clint Rainey
  21. Barbaric Yelp
    The Restaurant That ‘Buys’ One-Star Yelp Reviews Now Offers 50That’s up from the 25 percent they offered in September.
    By Hugh Merwin
  22. Barbaric Yelp
    Littleneck Denies Offering Lots of Clams for Fake Yelp ReviewsSomeone is trying to sink the tiny clam shack’s reputation.
    By Hugh Merwin
  23. Everyone’s A Critic
    The NYPD Thinks a Yelper May Have Smoke-Bombed Bar Pitti“They’re looking for stuff like, ‘This place sucks and I’m going to blow this f–king place up.’”
    By Clint Rainey
  24. Barbaric Yelp
    Here’s a Restaurant That Rewards Customers Who Give It Bad Yelp ReviewsHaters get 25 percent off and free cooking classes.
    By Clint Rainey
  25. Hated It
    California Makes It Illegal to Sue People for Posting Nasty Yelp ReviewsThe first, and probably not last, state to do this.
    By Clint Rainey
  26. Barbaric Yelp
    A Steakhouse Sued Yelp to Make It Identify a Malicious ReviewerSomeone impersonating a worker claimed to have “personally spit” in food.
    By Clint Rainey
  27. Barbaric Yelp
    French Chefs Launched a Petition to Ban Negative Online ReviewsMore than 1,700 people have signed it.
    By Clint Rainey
  28. Lawsuits
    Disgruntled Yelp Reviewers Say Want to Be Paid for Their WorkThey “perform the exact same work” as paid writers, anyhow.
    By Hugh Merwin
  29. Barbaric Yelp
    Someone Is Writing a Novel in Yelp Reviews“I would recommend Volo Coffeehouse to anyone in Philadelphia who is going on an OKCupid date with a woman who has committed voter fraud.”
    By Clint Rainey
  30. On the Rise
    People Are Sending Pizzerias Around the Country Extortion Letters DemandingThe group says failure to pay up will result in bad Yelp reviews.
    By Clint Rainey
  31. Bigotry
    Yelpers Made That Anti-Gay Texas Diner Into a Highly Rated Gay Bar“I hear the owner offers discounts to men in chaps.”
    By Clint Rainey
  32. Everyone’s a Critic
    People Post More Negative Restaurant Reviews When the Weather Is MiserableBaby, it’s cold outside, so give that soup zero stars.
    By Hugh Merwin
  33. Slander
    Posting Negative Yelp Reviews Can Get You SuedRecent lawsuits and investigations could affect how the social network does business.
    By Hugh Merwin
  34. Barbaric Yelps
    You May Soon Have to Think Twice Before Posting a Nasty Yelp ReviewThe social network will now have to turn over account information for seven users.
    By Hugh Merwin
  35. Barbaric Yelp
    State Fines Companies $350,000 for Fake Yelp ReviewsTime to take out the trash.
    By Hugh Merwin
  36. Not Cool
    Hayes Valley Thai Spot Makes Yet Another Extortion Claim Against YelpMore extortion claims. Sigh.
    By Jay Barmann
  37. Haters
    Even Worse Than Yelp: In Pennsyltucky Dissatisfied Customers Throw Dead AnimalsIt’s customary to express disfavor with an animal’s carcass.
    By Collin Keefe
  38. Reviewers
    The Reviews Are In on Sumi Robata Bar’s First Hour of OperationThe craziness of reviewing opening night.
    By Michael Gebert
  39. Score
    Yelp Is Adding Health Department Grades to Restaurant ListingsThe social-networking site is trying to make the open-source data more widely available.
    By Hugh Merwin
  40. Armchair Critics
    Yelp Shames a Handful of Businesses That Tried to Game the SystemThe company has launched a new crackdown on Craigslist solicitations of Yelp Elite members.
    By Jay Barmann
  41. Crime Scenes
    Killer Chef Tries To Rep Himself in Court, Haunted By Yelp ReviewsFor some reason, users of UrbanSpoon and Yelp are kicking this sicko when he’s down.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  42. Snoozeflash
    Yep, Yelp Reviews MatterA new study says good Yelp reviews help a restaurant’s nightly bookings, but this contradicts an earlier study that suggests only a small percentage of people pay attention to online reviews.
    By Jay Barmann
  43. Beef
    Sang Yoon Counters ‘Carrot Cake-Gate’ With Red Monkeys From A Box of CrackerCarrot cake’s the new ketchup.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  44. Haters
    Maybe Yelp Isn’t So Powerful After All?According to a new study, only a small percentage of people are really influenced by online reviews in dining decisions.
    By Jay Barmann
  45. FYI
    Yelp and Bing Team Up in Attempt to Thwart Zagat and GoogleYelp review excerpts will now be a feature of Bing searches.
    By Jay Barmann
  46. Mergers and Acquisitions
    Google and Zagat Make First Big Move Together, Announce Google+ LocalThe new service just launched today, following last year’s merger, with Zagat–formatted restaurant reviews and Google muscle.
    By Jay Barmann
  47. Let Them Eat Foie
    Dan Moody Uncovers Foie Protestors’ Sneaky YelpingActivists are slowly dragging Melisse’s rating down on the site.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  48. Empiure Building
    Moo Dae Po Headed for The SGVThe all-you-can-eat barbecue business won KTown’s first ‘cue cook-off and has been on the march ever since.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  49. Money Money Money
    Everybody’s Buying Yelp Stock TodayThe company’s IPO is going swimmingly, but will they ever actually turn a profit?
    By Jay Barmann
  50. Gastronomics
    Yelp About to Go PublicThe citizen-review site just revealed what they think they’re worth: $840 million.
    By Jay Barmann
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