Comments on: Methodology: How The 50 Best Restaurants List Came To Be

By: B-C-D

B-C-D — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:16:19 +0000

“until me and Art” ?????

By: John

John — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 02:00:41 +0000

It’s a list put together by people who live in South Philly and work in center City. What do you expect?

By: Brian Higgins

Brian Higgins — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:12:17 +0000

I think people are going a little overboard here… Clearly this list is the reflection of one individual (or a small collection of individuals) who may (or may not) exhibit similar tastes in food, thereby incorporating some bit of bias into the Top 50 formulation. This should be so abundantly obvious that actually taking time to comment on it is an exercise in frivolity.

Comments about statistically flawed are so off base it’s comical.

If you all truly want a list that is reflective of the populace, pony up for a Zagat subscription.

By: m

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:11:14 +0000

So when this list started formulating WILL BYOB wasn’t even open??

By: anon

anon — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:09:18 +0000

Yes federal donuts is a restaurant but the problem is the chicken is dry and has a texture of ham like it was overbrined.Way too salty too.If their signature item is inconsistent and they always run out I am not quite sure why it should be on the list.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:21:06 +0000

clue·less adjective \?klü-l?s\
Staring a fact in its face and refusing to recognize it

waste (of time) verb \?w?st\
Unproductive effort trolling for hyperventilated reactions from people who get their panties all in a tangle over #50BestPHL; time that would be better spent going to Federal Donut

By: anon

anon — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 14:42:12 +0000

@ Paul above.

Clever response but you are the idiot you so clearly define….and a quite disingenuous one.

There are various classifications of restaurants as in casual (primarily) take out establishments and formal or informal sit down restaurants. The PHLMag list was about the 50 best places to go out and eat as in formal or informal sit down restaurants. Federal Donuts is a takeout joint with a few seats…..just like Pats, Genos, Johns, D’allesandros, Burger King, Wendys, Shake Shack and all manner of casual cheesesteak and fast food joint. That is not an opinion, it is a fact. Including Federal Donuts on the list therefore looks like a very obvious continuation of hype without any logic otherwise other casual “restaurants” would have been considered.

Federal Donuts is a restaurant just like KFC and Krispy Kreme are restaurants.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:33:59 +0000

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

res·tau·rant noun \?res-t?-?ränt
A business establishment where meals or refreshments may be purchased

id·i·ot noun \?i-d?-?t\
A person who claims Federal Donut is not a restaurant

By: redonk

redonk — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 21:34:48 +0000

It strikes me, having waited on Frank Bruni 3x’s (3stars)& LeBan 3x’s (also 3bells), that none of the critics that I hear from these lower tiered blogs & mags have absolutely no culinary degrees amongst them. Why is that? Why do we continue to jump through hoops for them? Why do we allow these undereducated, lackies to tell us who is “leading the way”? You send your idiots to our restaurants & we usually end up comping either all or part of your bill as a courtesy for you to run willy-nilly at the mouth as if you were prophets.
The 50 list is a Loud Emample that although Philly can definitely hang with the best restaurants in the world, our media can’t.

By: rory

rory — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 21:32:10 +0000

This is jasons list. I couldnt pick art out in a crowd, nor he me.

I hate philly mags coverage. I liked arts foobooz far more. I contributed to that, not to this. I hate this because of all the reasons ashley wrote.