Restaurant Reviews

We knew it would come to the Internet! For the last 100 years, there have been hundreds of newspapers and magazines that had restaurant reviews as part of their service for the public. Of course, the reviewers had to be anonymous and they got to eat for “free” (the newspaper/magazine paid for the meal).

That’s how it was done until recently. There is a new company in town (New York City – that is) that allows you – the lay man to review and video the restaurants of your taste.

We are positive this will go to more cities around the world! (Remember we gave you the information…) So far, the cities reviewed are: NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, and (coming soon) Seattle.

They explain on their web site that they found themselves disappointed that popular restaurant guides were more “like a phone book” than a “trusted source” of information.  

They decided that there had to be a better way. So in April of 2006 they launched their first website, Savory New York, with the idea that a combination of in-depth restaurant information, hand-aggregated critical reviews, recommendations from top chefs and documentary-style video profiles of notable restaurants would go a long way toward helping people make better decisions about where to dine out.

In their own words: “Sign Up for a FREE account to rate & review New York restaurants and track places you want to try. Watch our editorial video profiles to discover great restaurants around town.”

Savory Cities was founded in 2006 in New York City by Chris McBride and Jennifer Usdan McBride

You can find their site here: newyork.savorycities.com