This is about three guys who write or once wrote regularly
about restaurants. Two of them were paid by major news outlets. One
of them -- me -- writes for free and therefore counts as only half.
Peter Elliot of Bloomberg News visits the finest of the fine
in New York City. He writes entertaining biographies. He knows his
food. He is rail thin.
The late Mike McGrady of Newsday visited the finest of the
fine and the lowest of the low on Long Island. He knew his food. He
became enormous and he wasn’t a little guy to begin with.
I test restaurants in those two locations and in central
Pennsylvania, then post findings on Google which just announced that I am in
the top 10% of their reviewers. I do not know food. In fact, I eat only
because I have to, not because I want to or like to. I have lost a ton of
weight during the pandemic and wasn’t all that rotund to begin with.
Google doesn’t disclose much about what that alleged honor
means. But I’ll take it. There could be 10 thousand of us. But there also could
be oh, 14. Since every Google user has a minimum of four or five accounts, that
could mean there are 14 guys with Discover Cards writing about 10- thousand
places under cover of a forest of pen names.
I’m Wes Richards. My opinions are my own but you’re welcome
to them. ®
Any Questions? Wes Richards@gmail.com
© WR 2021
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