Corn on the cob.

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heh .... i guess it comes with the job, but it seems like it would get tiring that everyone is a critic ... especially anonymous article commentators

on a side note, do you ever look at trip adviser, chow hound, yelp, etc and look up reviews of your spot?

I shouldnt, but I admit that I do. A lot. Ive become quite adept at differentiating critiques that are legit from ones by people who obviously have ZERO idea what they are talking about. I have made changes to my menu and various preparations based on reviews from the NY Times to Andrea Strong a well respected blogger, to the asshat that commented that I was serving rat meat on Yelp.

Cant please everyone. And if the review is nothing more than "I didnt like it" it gets immediately dismissed as such. If theres a why and it makes sense, I always consider it. I'm not so egotistical to think that someone else, after eating my food couldn't have a suggestion thats valuable and can improve upon what I do.

The only real problem is everyone is a critic/blogger now, and honestly (and with no malice intended) about 95% of the dining populace has no freaking clue about food, what they are eating, why it costs what it does and how freaking hard it is to make a profit in this business. So you just pout your head down, do your best, hire a kick ass PR guy and always keep trying to get better.