Several blogs have pointed to this story in the NY Times in which they send several food reviewers out into the hinterlands to pass judgement on the horrible chain restaurants that populate the areas where the rubes reside in the flyover states.
It is almost impossible not to hate such a snooty attitude. It's a shame, really, because the reporters who work for that paper still do very important work occasionally when their corporate editors allow them to do something besides research Obama's bowling technique.
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Huh, I didn't find the attitudes in those reviews to be nearly as snooty as the description of the attitudes.
The reviewers were certainly kinder than I would have been.
Even if I liked those restaurants, I am always amazed that people totally accept the wait times required. I'm not patient enough for more than 15-20 minutes to get a table, and there better be space at the bar or I'm dining elsewhere.
Posted by: Humbaba on May 5, 2008 10:35 AMSee, I knew it. You're an elitist!
Posted by: Observer on May 5, 2008 10:41 AMi loved shitty movies when I was 17 as well. I went to see "Action Jackson" in the theater and loved it.
Now, my tastes have matured. Olive Garden is awful.
Beyond all that, I just can't understand waiting 90 minutes for a table. Restaurants that busy need reservations.
I'm a friggin' American, not a Soviet. Queues are a waste of my time.
Posted by: Humbaba on May 5, 2008 11:25 PM