Comments on: Spike Mendelsohn and Mike Colletti Repay Half of Back Rent, Say They’re Good for the Rest http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/05/29/spike-mendelsohn-and-mike-colletti-repay-half-of-back-rent-say-theyre-good-for-the-rest/ D.C. Restaurants and Food Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:35:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: credit trend http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/05/29/spike-mendelsohn-and-mike-colletti-repay-half-of-back-rent-say-theyre-good-for-the-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-19535 credit trend Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:55:51 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=6620#comment-19535 I just found your site and bookmarked it. Thanks for posting. I'll read more later:) I just found your site and bookmarked it. Thanks for posting. I'll read more later:)

]]> By: Spike Mendelsohn Is Still on the First Lady’s A-List Despite His Recent Legal Woes - Young & Hungry - Washington City Paper http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/05/29/spike-mendelsohn-and-mike-colletti-repay-half-of-back-rent-say-theyre-good-for-the-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-5818 Spike Mendelsohn Is Still on the First Lady’s A-List Despite His Recent Legal Woes - Young & Hungry - Washington City Paper Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:35:46 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=6620#comment-5818 [...] perhaps Mendelsohn’s moves to make restitution were enough for the First Lady? Or maybe Michelle Obama feels some loyalty to Good Stuff because, [...] [...] perhaps Mendelsohn’s moves to make restitution were enough for the First Lady? Or maybe Michelle Obama feels some loyalty to Good Stuff because, [...]

]]> By: SeaPoInt http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/05/29/spike-mendelsohn-and-mike-colletti-repay-half-of-back-rent-say-theyre-good-for-the-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-3123 SeaPoInt Sun, 31 May 2009 20:36:41 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=6620#comment-3123 Simple hint for the Mendelsohn crew on "relationships" with reporters: Make good burgers = get press. Open new restaurant = get press. Fail to pay rent and use the but-I-was-counting-on-my-bro defense = get press. Now, try to follow: The positive coverage you got was because you did POSITIVE things. The negative coverage you got was because you did NEGATIVE things. It's shocking, but that is how news is supposed to work. But don't worry: Soon papers will die, and opinions will become inseparable from news, and the news you read will have nothing to do with actual events. It will be based entirely on "good relationships," as PR people doling out sugar and handjobs make all this nasty negative press go away. Then restaurateurs can burn their burgers and their landlords with impunity, as long as they keep the freebies rolling. Mmm ... good stuff indeed. Simple hint for the Mendelsohn crew on "relationships" with reporters:

Make good burgers = get press.
Open new restaurant = get press.
Fail to pay rent and use the but-I-was-counting-on-my-bro defense = get press.

Now, try to follow: The positive coverage you got was because you did POSITIVE things. The negative coverage you got was because you did NEGATIVE things. It's shocking, but that is how news is supposed to work.

But don't worry: Soon papers will die, and opinions will become inseparable from news, and the news you read will have nothing to do with actual events. It will be based entirely on "good relationships," as PR people doling out sugar and handjobs make all this nasty negative press go away. Then restaurateurs can burn their burgers and their landlords with impunity, as long as they keep the freebies rolling. Mmm ... good stuff indeed.

]]> By: This Week’s Greatest Hits on the Young & Hungry Blog - Young & Hungry - Washington City Paper http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/05/29/spike-mendelsohn-and-mike-colletti-repay-half-of-back-rent-say-theyre-good-for-the-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-3068 This Week’s Greatest Hits on the Young & Hungry Blog - Young & Hungry - Washington City Paper Sat, 30 May 2009 01:54:12 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=6620#comment-3068 [...] But now, there’s good news on the Spike front: The chef and his erstwhile roomie have started to pay back their landlord, with the promise of a full accounting soon. While we wait for that, check out the most-read posts [...] [...] But now, there’s good news on the Spike front: The chef and his erstwhile roomie have started to pay back their landlord, with the promise of a full accounting soon. While we wait for that, check out the most-read posts [...]

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