restaurant critics

Chef Tyler Florence recently proposed a question to his Twitter followers that I can't stop thinking about. He asked: what's more important to you, a local restaurant critic's review or Yelp? While I've never been much of a Yelper, I've always read the San Francisco Chronicle's restaurant reviews. However, I prefer to make my own judgment about an eatery. I guess neither the critic or the Yelper has much an influence over me. How about you?

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Whose Review Is More Important? A Critic's or Yelp's?

The critic's review is more important.

Yelp's review is more important.

Neither one influences my decision to eat at a restaurant.

I take every review into consideration.

The food world is abuzz with the news that the LA Times restaurant critic, S. Irene Virbila, has been outed. A photo of the long-time critic has been circulating the web, and if LA chefs and restaurateurs didn't know what she looks like, they sure do now. But in a time when virtually anyone's image can be found by doing a simple search on Google, does a critic's anonymity really matter? How do you feel about it?

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Do You Care About a Food Critic's Anonymity?

Yes

No