“Did your mind touch the void for a minute?” Pete Wells has some questions for Guy Fieri

If you like take-down reviews, rhetorical questions, or hating on annoying Food Network personality Guy Fieri, Pete Wells has a review to be read in the Wednesday NY Times. A favorite touch: In the section where the reviews summarize the place (atmosphere, recommended dishes, etc.) there’s this:

SERVICE The well-meaning staff seems to realize that this is not a real restaurant.

7 comments to “Did your mind touch the void for a minute?” Pete Wells has some questions for Guy Fieri

DeltaLawMama

November 13, 2012 at 7:24 pm

That was withering, just like Roundup on weeds.
ColRebSez

November 13, 2012 at 7:39 pm

One of my favorite reviews:

http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9400E3DF133BF930A15751C0A965948260
NMC

November 13, 2012 at 8:39 pm

That is a classic, CRS. Wouldn’t surprise me if Wells consciously aspired to writing his own equivalent.
Ben

November 13, 2012 at 8:43 pm

Good reviews. Thanks for posting. I feel sufficiently forewarned ….
ColRebSez

November 13, 2012 at 9:23 pm

An interesting thing about Moose Murders. Several community theatres have done informal productions. Really more readings with partial stagings and props. I think it would be a hoot.
Anderson

November 13, 2012 at 10:39 pm

I used to live a block away, at 120 W 44th. Best BBQ I’ve ever had is at 152: Virgil’s. Worth a stop if you’re in those parts; don’t fill up on the biscuits with maple butter, save room for the ribs.
ForgotmyName

November 14, 2012 at 4:28 pm

One of the best I’ve ever read! Thanks Tom! CRS, pretty awesome too!

NMC wrote on 10:08 pm, May 17, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 17th-19th: Big Black River and tightening the noose on Vicksburg
Ben, I read and enjoyed John's book, and can recommend it for folks interested in prosecutor's war stories in this part of the world. John's a really good story-teller. My mom is write now working thr ..

Ben wrote on 9:19 pm, May 17, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 17th-19th: Big Black River and tightening the noose on Vicksburg
Since it won't interefere with any of the other comments in this thread, lemme drop a good word for a book I'm reading and enjoying now: From Midnight to Guntown: True Crime Stories from a Federal Pro ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 6:07 pm, May 17, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 17th-19th: Big Black River and tightening the noose on Vicksburg
It's really good, Ben. One of those why-didn't-I-read-this-sooner books. My wife says she is descended from Grant, but that I am not supposed to tell people, due to her shame. ..

Ben wrote on 5:27 pm, May 17, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 17th-19th: Big Black River and tightening the noose on Vicksburg
Thank you for posting the series of excerpts from Grant's "Memoirs." I enjoyed them greatly. As a knuckleheaded Southerner, I have always found or created some lame excuse for not reading that publica ..

Vera Lawrence wrote on 10:12 pm, May 16, 2013 about While on the subject of Mississippi true crime stories involving hit men…
I worked with his stepdaughter at the time of his death...She is a real piece of Cake...But I guess you have to consider the type of life style she was brought up in...she is sad little person...about ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 7:08 pm, May 16, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 15th and 16th: Champion’s Hill
Readin in Woodson about McClernand, and I bet Grant wished he had not only shown up at the battle, but led a charge on an artillery battery. What a prick. ... Woodworth. Whatever. I'm not looking at t ..

JL wrote on 12:49 pm, May 16, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 15th and 16th: Champion’s Hill
McClernand was a poltical general who had raised his own Corps in the Mid-west. He was a very good friend of the president less so to Grant and Halleck. Sherman even stole his corps away from him for ..

Ben wrote on 10:55 am, May 16, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 15th and 16th: Champion’s Hill
TBA: your google query took me straight to Sherman's sharp letter to McClernand ... and more. Many thanks. And while googling for more info, I stumbled across this event marking the 150th anniversary ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 10:15 am, May 16, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 15th and 16th: Champion’s Hill
Woodworth's "Nothing but Victory" (which, sigh, I need to read) notes McClernand's bragging press release that led to his relief, and quotes Grant's note to McClernand, which given the remarks on Gran ..

Ben wrote on 9:32 am, May 16, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 15th and 16th: Champion’s Hill
McLernand is setting himself up to be relieved. I see it coming. I've known a few McLernands. They have a few things in common. They've risen through the ranks for reasons no one fully understands ... ..

Tom Freeland (@NMissC) wrote on 9:52 pm, May 15, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 15th and 16th: Champion’s Hill
No doubt, Anderson. ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 9:32 pm, May 15, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 15th and 16th: Champion’s Hill
Both those Keegan books are quite good; his recent output, far less so. ..

Tom Freeland (@NMissC) wrote on 9:17 pm, May 15, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 15th and 16th: Champion’s Hill
Well, Ben, you're about to read him, justifiably, relieve McLernand of his command. I'll be interested in your reaction to what he says about that. He's foreshadowed that in a big way describing how M ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 9:12 pm, May 15, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 15th and 16th: Champion’s Hill
All true Ben, except that I seem to recall his being a bit waspish about Halleck. Understandably. ..

Ben wrote on 7:09 pm, May 15, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 15th and 16th: Champion’s Hill
Grant's writing style is superb: Not a wasted word or phrase ... nothing left unclear ... no frivolous sideshows ... no sidebar discussions ... no self-aggrandizement ... no showing up his opponents . ..

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