Where The F**k Should I Go For Drinks? Finds Booze For You

April 25, 2013 // 7:00 am

If you happen to find yourself in need of an after work pick me up or just need to drown your sorrows, we’ve found a pretty neat website for you that’s basically the drunk version of Yelp.

Created by UK creative consultancy, Coolography, ”WHERE THE FUCK SHOULD I GO FOR…

SF Restaurant Sign Calls Yelp ‘Bully,’ Integrity of Reviews Questioned

April 22, 2013 // 8:06 pm

Inside Bai Thong Thai restaurant in San Francisco, a sign brandishing  the words, “Stop the Bully! — Boycott Yelp,” was posted on its door. Bai Thong Thai currently holds a 3 out 5 star rating on Yelp, yet the sign suggests that their score would be higher if the site didn’t…

A Dirty Love Letter to Dirty Chinese Food

January 23, 2013 // 6:20 pm

Dear Dirty Chinese Food,

I want you. There, I said it. I want you so bad it hurts.

I thought I was done. Done with this. Done with you.

‘ReviewerCard’ Lets Critics Score Preferential Treatment with A Flash of Plastic

January 22, 2013 // 2:59 pm

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for Yelp and voicing one’s opinions. However, I’m not too sure about this new “ReviewerCard” that allows online food critics to score preferential treatment with a flash of plastic. Made to emanate the exclusivity of a Black Amex, the ReviewerCard acts as a sort…

Yelp to Put Restaurant Health-Inspection Grades on Blast

January 21, 2013 // 2:06 pm

In a move to help out consumers and local governments, Yelp will be adding health-inspection scores to their restaurant reviews. Partnering up with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, Yelp has engineered a system allowing cities to upload inspection data straight to Yelp’s website. City-provided health scores will be available…

This Restaurant Plays Audio Clips of the Worst Yelp Reviews for Bathroom Patrons

December 4, 2012 // 4:16 pm

Yelp has become the ubiquitous bane of restaurateurs and chefs. With 84 million unique visitors a month and a Yelp app accessed by 8.2 million unique mobile devices per month, according to Restaurant Hospitality, it is near impossible to evade the damnation of a negative Yelp review.

Yelp Adds Menu Link to Help Undecided Eaters

November 4, 2012 // 2:09 pm

At this point we should just let Yelp decide what we eat. Or at least that’s how I feel with Yelp’s new “Explore the Menu” link recently added to their monolith of a site. I understand the appeal of Yelp, and sure, I’ve decided to either go…

The Worst Sandwich Some Guy On Yelp Ever Ate

November 1, 2012 // 7:32 pm

Yelp has lead me to the best pork bun I ever ate, the finest gourmet cocktail in Los Angeles and almost deterred me from a quaint and affordable bed & breakfast because reviewers claimed that the front desk attendants were rude and a homeless man walked too close to the…