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RedWhiteandBrooklyn

  • Name: Darrin
  • Location: Brooklyn
  • Job: Wine merchant, writer, educator
On April 10, 2009 1:00 PM in Yelp Finally Lets Business Owners Respond to Bashing, they said:

What a business model. You let people trash a place (at no cost or liability to you) and then charge the business to remove the trash talk. Why didn't John Gotti think of this form of extortion... I ...

On April 7, 2009 8:17 PM in Cookbook Award Winners Include Chanterelle , they said:

Congratulations, David, Karen Roger & all the Chanterelle team! Truly, one of the nation's great restaurants. I hope the book sells like mad....

On April 4, 2009 7:40 PM in Giuliani Time: Slams State Budget, Consulting Firm Downsizes, they said:

How many millions of dollars to garner one single primary vote... and he's not being laughed off the stage? Hey Rudy? You still charging your clients for an extra first-class seat for your third wife...

On April 4, 2009 7:36 PM in Bye-Bye, Balducci's: Store Will Close Manhattan Locations, they said:

The only thing 'Balducci' about these rip-offs was the name, which the Balducci family sold, rather than work in the business their folks started. The original Balducci's was a delight and, as for th...

On April 2, 2009 3:37 PM in Should Restaurants Charge Fee for BYO Desserts?, they said:

Tell you what... Buy a bottle of vodka in a liquor store and bring it into your favorite bar. Hand it to the bartender and tell him that you brought your own booze, and you want him to pour this for ...

On March 30, 2009 5:50 PM in Pistol-Packing Granny Sued Over Shooting, they said:

I say, let's shoot the scumbag's lawyer for even taking such a case. Dirtbag shyster a__hole bast__d!...

On March 30, 2009 5:12 PM in FIT Coke Girls Blame Cops For Sweeping Them Off Their Feet, they said:

The "he said he likes my boobs" defense. No wonder so many people despise lawyers....

On March 30, 2009 5:09 PM in David Chang Says Momofuku to Foie Gras Protesters, they said:

I'd like to know who the big, brave (but anonymous, of course) guy is who walked into David's restaurant and made what I can only construe as a threat to his livelihood. I wonder how he'd feel if a bu...

On March 30, 2009 5:01 PM in Webster Hall Now Offering Shows on CD, they said:

"Could this kind of idea save the sinking music industry?" We'll never know until it's tried, and I'm glad that they're giving it a shot. I like the idea of buying the CD after the show....

On March 25, 2009 5:40 PM in New Chef at Monkey Bar Identified, they said:

"Lobster Newburgh" There is no "h" in Lobster Newburgh. It's Lobster Newburg. Newburgh, New York gets an "h"....

On March 25, 2009 5:30 PM in Futuristic Car Lands in NYC, they said:

I've got to have one of these!...

On March 20, 2009 6:35 PM in Lou Reed Trashes Bloomberg Over Sanitation Garage, they said:

"if the facility were further away from his penthouse." "Farther", damn it. FARTHER!!!! ...

On March 20, 2009 6:30 PM in Week in Rock: It's Snowing and We're Not in Texas Edition, they said:

Pete has been a friend and a positive influence to so many of us, as well as a true patriot. Please, take a minute to go to: http://www.nobelprize4pete.org/ I don't know of another American more de...

On March 16, 2009 6:46 PM in Brunching While Rome Burns: Party People Still Spend Big, they said:

Great Tee shirt!!!!! If you wonder why I'd say that either you've never worked in a restaurant or you've never read Tony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential"....

On February 20, 2009 12:30 PM in Park Slope Food Co-op May Ban Israeli Products, they said:

Yeah... like ten Jews can agree on where to buy anything?...

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