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Chishuru restaurant review: exquisite African food in London
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Looking for some good sushi? Here are the top spots in York County, according to Yelp
Sushi is centuries old, but its popularity is rising faster than ever. According to Google Trends data, sushi is twice as popular as it was five years ago and more than three times as popular from a decade ago. If you like sushi, there are many great sushi restaurants in York County. According to Yelp,…
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Restaurant Review: Sushi Meets Street Food at Keyaki Sushi
Courtesy Photo Sushi nachos It’s no secret that the restaurant landscape has irrevocably changed since the early days of the pandemic, and it’s been interesting to see how those changes have informed restaurants today. For example, reinterpreting sushi into something that is more takeout-friendly like the team at Keyaki Sushi in Murray. I don’t mean…
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Palestinian-American business owners face death threats, negative reviews
Since war broke out between Israel and Hamas last week, a Palestinian-American apparel store owner in San Diego, California, has received a spate of death threats online, she said. The founder of a chain of Palestinian restaurants in the Northeast U.S., meanwhile, said a person last week screamed expletives at him and his employees at…
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Restaurant Review: Hakka Food Makes a Rare Appearance in Chinatown
Hakka Cuisine offers New Yorkers an enticing taste of dishes from a Chinese people who’ve held close to their culture as they’ve migrated around the world. I have eaten sweet-and-sour pork out of takeout containers on the floor of apartments while moving boxes towered over my head. I have plucked out its pineapple wedges and…
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Musician John Legend Releasing App to Counter ‘Negative’ Google and Yelp Reviews
Skift Take It’s Good is entering crowded territory, but reviews have been operating the same way for years, so maybe it’s time for a change. Justin Dawes John Legend is a founder of a startup building what it says is an “invite-only” social media app for restaurant reviews. The app is meant to help users…
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Restaurant review: Ounces Outdoors, a great casual spot for drinks and bites
Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal Ounces Outdoors’ Jalapeño Cheddar Dog features a jalapeño and cheddar pork sausage, tajin crema and crispy onions. Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal The Marin Cheese Plate is served at Ounces Outdoors in San Rafael. Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal Ounces Outdoors’ Hot Soft Pretzel is served with sides of mustard. Alan Dep/Marin Independent…
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John Legend Wants to Create the Anti-Yelp
These days, Yelp and Google Reviews seem more like battlegrounds than useful resources for diners and tourists. Businesses on Google have been held hostage by a flood of negative reviews, Yelp is doing its best to crack down on fake ones, and potential customers are left to suss out what’s real and which recommendations are…
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Restaurant Review: Joon Brings Upscale Persian Fare to Tysons, Virginia
Whole roasted chicken with apricots, apples and prunes. (Photo by Deb Lindsey) The server makes his way through the peacock blue dining room, platter in hand, and arrives at my table beaming to present, with theatrical flair, a spit-roasted chicken. The plump bird—brined overnight and rubbed with olive oil, garlic, saffron and spices—rests majestically on a…
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Restaurant Review: Neeloo in Williamsburg (★★★)
It only took one try to get a recent Friday night reservation at Neeloo. That relative rarity—a new restaurant, with abundant early media attention, where you can still get in, is befitting a topline family-run business, even one where the patriarch’s résumé includes Per Se. Like most other dining rooms in New York City, Neeloo’s…