Foreword to food

A word about the blog:

Since Callie and I go out to eat fairly regularly, and since I’m new to the city and we like to try as many new places as possible, adventuring out to neighborhoods we’ve never been to and restaurants we’ve never seen, we decided to write a blog about the food we eat. We’re not foodies and aren’t trying to be. We don’t have the refined palates of culinary masters, but we do like to get some value for our dollar, whether it is the experience or the wonderful food. Because we dreamed up this concept late, we’ve missed writing about some favorite places of ours, joints that we’ll add if we get a chance to go back to those locations. We judge the restaurants based on food quality, service, ambiance, and a general feel about whether we would go back, never go back, or make a point of going back to eat there. Each restaurant is awarded “mouth-feel” points, a play on a food critic term, but also a general descriptor of the taste the experience leaves in our mouths, the level of satisfaction we retain.

The scale is one to ten, with one being the worst experience possible, and ten being the best. 5 mouth-feels means we could give or take going back, but would not put any effort into it if there were a better option. We’d never go back to a zero mouth-feel spot, no matter the situation, and would need some mitigating factor (hunger, party at the spot, etc.) to go back to anything below 5. Anything from 6-7 we would go to without reservation if hungry, in the area, and not feeling adventurous enough to try something new. We’d make a point to seek out anything from 8-10. We consider these our favorite restaurants.