BB, before blogging, the print restaurant critic was the pioneer who fork in hand speared the big names then scouted for promising minnows. Now, we’re the rearguard action. By the time I get to a restaurant it’s already been picked over by the bloggers who are chowing down before a place is officially open. I love it. It’s not so
much the reviews – it’s the back story, I wouldn’t have gone to Sidecar (March 30) unless I’d tracked it for weeks on the web, the Aha moment coming when a blogger mentioned the $20 prix fixe on Tuesdays. My news peg.

The blogosphere isn’t always so beneficial. When I decide to go to Eight, the wine bar which has replaced Doku 15 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel on Colborne Street, I find bloggers making contradictory noises about the nibble-heavy menu and its sommelier, Zoltan Szabo, who offers an extensive list for discerning winiacs.   more »