OK, if Zagat's time is over, as Y&H argues in tomorrow's cover story, where do you turn for reliable commentary and ratings on restaurants? Yelp? Chowhound? Urban Spoon? DonRockwell? Or some other outlet? I don't think we've reached any sort of consensus yet, but the early response to my question this week is leaning hard [...]
You have to give Zagat a ton of credit. According to an article yesterday in the New York Post, Zagat guide sales are down dramatically, the company has laid off staff, and it is way behind online competitors such as Chowhound and Yelp in readership and relevance. What's a moribund print-bound company to do? Well, [...]
Heading into tomorrow night's Top Chef finale, D.C.-based caterer Carla Hall tells ZagatBuzz that she has no interest in opening her own restaurant. That would put her in the minority of Top Chef finalists, winners or not. Ilan Hall, Sam Talbot, Harold Dieterle, Hung Huynh, and Stephanie Izard, among others, have all either opened or [...]
As the inauguration approaches, and threatens to turn our town into one giant parking lot, we'll start scouring the town (well, the Web, too) to unearth the most interesting eats out there to celebrate Barack Obama's first day in office. This handy little compendium of ideas comes courtesy of ZagatBuzz, D.C. edition. Among other tidbits, [...]
