Old reviews posted, an update of the Mission Statement

I've copied the old reviews over from my original blog, and there weren't that many, sadly - I do hope to do better.

I had originally posted the following as a kind of "statement of intent" and I think it still stands.

One of the things I'm going to do here is to do real restaurant reviews. I use the word "real" very carefully here, and it's important in a couple of ways.

First, my intention is to really give insight into the places where real people eat on a daily basis, not high-brow insights into restaurants that I might only go once or twice a year, and where, frankly, sometimes the food might be wasted on my sullen and cynical palate.

Second, I hope to rate these places on the things that matter, using language that makes sense. You'll all know what I mean when I review a restaurant and their offerings, and I'll be brutally honest. When service is good, I'll say so. When it's bad, I'll be relentless about it. But I give a lot of second chances, and I'll usually go back somewhere a few times to see how things are going.

Finally, this is going to cover everything, from fast food to the more familiar chains, to the one-off places I crave to discover. Breakfast is my favorite meal, but I'm a big guy, so I clearly like my food. I hate bad service, and I'll call a place out on it. But there's nothing I love more than somewhere that gets better.

So there you have it. I think my feelings probably still stand as written, and you should still see some plain language, home-spun thoughts about the places I choose to eat appear on this blog.

As always, please comment and let me know if you think I'm right or wrong, or if you have recommendations of places I should try next.