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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
Sat Dec 17, 2016, 02:22 PM Dec 2016

Trump Grills star rating is plummeting, and Yelp is trying to save it from the trolls

The Vanity Fair review was bad enough. A chunk of decor fell on the magazine’s critic as she dined at Trump Grill, she wrote. The menus were misprinted, and the reviewer used the word “flaccid” twice in one sentence describing the Szechuan dumplings.

As for the filet mignon, it “came out overcooked and mealy, with an ugly strain of pure fat running through it. .?.?. The steak slumped to the side over the potatoes like a dead body inside a T-boned minivan.”

But the real damage to the reputation of President-elect Donald Trump’s titular steakhouse may come not from the magazine, but the masses.

The New York restaurant’s Yelp rating has lost an entire star since the Vanity Fair review published Wednesday afternoon and continues to suffer as a Twitter spat between Trump and the magazine keeps it in the news.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2016/12/16/trump-grills-star-rating-is-plummeting-and-yelp-is-trying-to-save-it-from-the-trolls/?utm_term=.b7a5786ed641&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1#comments

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Trump Grills star rating is plummeting, and Yelp is trying to save it from the trolls (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 OP
It's worth reading the Yelp reviews. They're priceless. Vinca Dec 2016 #1
Thanks, I needed that! nt Tanuki Dec 2016 #4
Just about busted a gut reading those Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #5
My favorite (along with yours) "The Ivanka salad COLGATE4 Dec 2016 #11
LOL - and I doubt there's a truffle within a mile of that salad to make it taste that way. Vinca Dec 2016 #12
Has someone worked in anything about "tiny" portions, yet? Hugin Dec 2016 #2
Here Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #9
"The drinks themselves tasted like cologne and forced sex." Hugin Dec 2016 #10
I understand that "Vanity Fair" subscription numbers have sky-rocketed, meanwhile. GoCubsGo Dec 2016 #3
Is there a link for yelp? cwydro Dec 2016 #6
Here you go Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #7
Thanks! cwydro Dec 2016 #8
Make sure Yelp posts are documented. I believe firms can sue Yelpers for bogus posts. Trump will try TheBlackAdder Dec 2016 #13

Vinca

(50,168 posts)
1. It's worth reading the Yelp reviews. They're priceless.
Sat Dec 17, 2016, 02:47 PM
Dec 2016

My favorite: "When they drained the swamp they poured it into the soup."

Hugin

(32,776 posts)
2. Has someone worked in anything about "tiny" portions, yet?
Sat Dec 17, 2016, 02:53 PM
Dec 2016

Microscopic?
Itty-bitty?
Hard to discern?

I'm sure any such comment when paired with "flaccid" will incur the wrath of Don.


Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
9. Here
Sat Dec 17, 2016, 03:17 PM
Dec 2016

My wife and I dined here before seeing Hamilton and it was a thoroughly unpleasant experience. We started with cocktails and our hands were too large for the glasses. The drinks themselves tasted like cologne and forced sex.

Hugin

(32,776 posts)
10. "The drinks themselves tasted like cologne and forced sex."
Sat Dec 17, 2016, 03:21 PM
Dec 2016

Ha! or maybe something mixed up in a garbage can at a frat party. LOL!

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