rare bar and grill-a "rare" good review!!!

That little pun in the title wasn't just for humor purposes. It's a fact. I really enjoyed this review. Big improvement over the ThaiNy disaster. I know what you may be thinking-wow he actually likes Bronstein's reviews? Well,in a world where people want to write a blog reviewing my reviews of brontein's reviews,and Tina Fey's evil twin is running for vice president, anything is possible. On to the review.

Appetizer notes-Nothing very funny about this section. It was well done actually. And I'll tell you what else, he's right. Their briskett quesadilla IS good. You can see Bronstein maturing and progressing as a blogger. His performance is now out of "Heath Ledger's novice performance in 10 things I hate about you" territory and rapidly approaching "Heath Ledger in the joker" territory. Ok, maybe he's not that far along,but he's atleast in "Heath Ledger as a shaky yet enjoyable Sonny Grotowsky in monster's ball territory. For those of you who are surprised with where I went with that, well, the brokeback mountain comparison was too easy.

Fry tasting basket notes: Again, really good detail. This dish is delicious and josh brings it to life. I really enjoyed this passage -"What is a PB & J without the jelly? I tell ya one thing..its not a PB & J. It’s the same thing with burgers and fries- the all American classic meal." It did prompt an anonymous friend to claim "what's bronstein without a dildo?" Just throwing that out there. I apologize for the plagiarism. If anyone knows the correct MLA style parenthetical citation for a website, please let me know.

Rare Cheddar Cheese burger-the critic lets us know that he did not order this burger,but "tried a few bites." Rumor has it he ate the entire thing,then ordered another burger of his own. Fat-ass.(Why is that hyphenated,that's not right?)Anyhow, Josh does list all the toppings for us and yes, he's correct. The burger is quite good. I'm glad he didn't review McDonald's.

Filet Steakhouse burger with Brie Cheese-Yes Josh,we all know you love Brie cheese. Isn't a good critic supposed to be unbiased? Instead,the critic just goes on and on telling us how much he loves Brie cheese and couldn't even contribute to the conversation (what else is new?). While he's right on about the burger, a little less bias would be appreciated. Did rare pay you for this review? This seems awfully similar to the kickback scandal that rocked The Home Depot's corporate office last summer.


As I've stated,overall I did enjoy this review. I would actually suggest going to the jspot and reading it. It does rare a service. Maybe bronstein has a future in this business after all. On to the scores:

Usefulness: 5. A solid review.

Value added: 3-Much like ThaiNy this is a pretty mainstream restaurant most people have been to already. I agree with the review, but didn't learn anything new (except that an anonymous friend thinks Bronstein loves dildos.

Decipherability: 4-Every time i type this I become more and more convinced. The red squggily machine think it's 2 separate words.

Humor/Enjoyment:4- Much like the menen comericla / co-stan-za jingle, Bronstein's humor has started to grow on me.Sure it's corny and not "actually" funny,but it serves it's purpose. I think. Either way,this was an accurate and enjoyable read. Let's see if he can keep it up.

Total score-16/20