You got to remember who wrote the review, I do believe Hesser and JG are good buddies, he wrote a blurb for her book and the Times got a little flack for not disclosing that at the time of the review. So maybe there was a little bias in the review. I do believe besides the original JG, his empire is just a bunch of 1 and two star joints living off his name-I went to vong for my gf birthday and we were ready to drink some wine, but they seemed more interested in removing our glasses, than refilling them. And here thirty dollar beef and noodle bowl tasted like they ordered from Ollies. Au revior