I am not a snobby eater. either the food is superb, good, passable or not good. and, that has zip comma zilch to do with "price" - a rotten tasting $185 chunk of fillet of yuk does not taste better than an $18 rotten tasting chunk at the local "steak house"
wines - I have a simple approach: I like it or I don't like it. and I'll never like it more or less because of its fruity nose or its horsepucky finish....
"what are the odds he was even there for those evenings ? "
seriously? one can only expect the advertised if the BigWheel is in the House?
"Can you support those opinions in a way more substantial . . ."
my wallet used to be able to do that, after our visit my wallet could only support a "WTF? comma over"
I don't read or follow food critics - any of them. a place has a reputation, I will try it. but not that one again.