There are so many restaurants that are just so-so. The food wasn’t offensive in any way. No one in my party got sick or anything like that. It was just not memorable whatsoever. When you go to a restaurant and can’t remember what you even orders a few days or a few weeks later, it a sign that either you go there everyday and one day flows into the next, or it was just like any other place.
What if you are looking for more than “just adequate.” Let’s say that you are going out for a special occasion versus being just desperate to find anyplace at all because your blood sugar is low. When I am in a new town visiting, say near Philadelphia, I may not be able to depend on opening up the phone book and going to whatever Philadelphia restaurants my finger landed on that weekend. Otherwise I may end up being shuffled into a place where tourists are “supposed to go to.” They may convince me I am supposed to eat under the Liberty Bell and not get arrested. Tourist hazing.
Instead of that, Restaurantica features over 400,000 restaurants in North America. I was surprised to see even the little donut shop on the corner listed. It has amassed this list of names, addresses, and phone numbers in its only five years of existence. You have an opportunity to post your restaurant reviews to give other visitors a better indication of where to go in town. There is a number rating system for quality that appears to be weighted by number of reviewers and the rating they give. In otherwords, it is very balanced. That one cranky neighbor that is never pleased with anything and just likes to complain can’t tank a restaurant with their single vote, nor can the only guy in town to like a restaurant put it at the top of the list because he is the only one reviewing it.
Check it out, weigh in, and have fun searching. You may even find a place around the corner that you never tried before.
| 3.5 |
