Yelp's 100 Top Places to Eat in the U.S. includes no New Orleans restaurants

dam1953 · 02-28-2014, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by admin

Oh,*Yelp. You're so useful when it comes to addresses and hours of operation, and so un-useful when it comes to anything resembling good*advice.

Witness Yelp's new*Top 100 Places to Eat*list ("100 must-try spots in the US to get your #nomnom on") which includes not a single New Orleans restaurant, bar, deli counter, food truck or second-line barbecue*rig.

The website uses something called a*"Wilson score"*to determine its findings:*

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Saw that. Louisiana has two problems. First, it is basically fly-over country. East and west coasters don't even know it exists outside of "reality TV". Second, Cajun/Creole "cooking" doesn't fit their snobbish idea of haute cuisine, though some of the other places on the list don't fit either. It's more a function of who was the most clients willing to spend the time writing a Yelp review.

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dam1953 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 4,645	Re: Yelp's 100 Top Places to Eat in the U.S. includes no New Orleans restaurants Originally Posted by admin Oh,Yelp. You're so useful when it comes to addresses and hours of operation, and so un-useful when it comes to anything resembling goodadvice. Witness Yelp's newTop 100 Places to Eatlist ("100 must-try spots in the US to get your #nomnom on") which includes *not a single New Orleans restaurant, bar, deli counter, food truck or second-line barbecuerig*. The website uses something called a"Wilson score"to determine its findings: ? [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] Saw that. Louisiana has two problems. First, it is basically fly-over country. East and west coasters don't even know it exists outside of "reality TV". Second, Cajun/Creole "cooking" doesn't fit their snobbish idea of haute cuisine, though some of the other places on the list don't fit either. It's more a function of who was the most clients willing to spend the time writing a Yelp review.