dunno. but eaterLA did a blurb on this earlier today: Lodge Bread Co. Answers Political Allegations Online, and More A.M. Intel - Eater LA
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Interesting. Kind of a nutty situation all around.
Freelance food writers donāt usually do solid investigative journalism. The Eater article is written strangely and is omitting enough information as to not be useful in helping a reader track the story themselves.
Anyways, Iām betting #burntcrustgate is a much bigger scandal for Lodge.
This is kind of cool, actually. 
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a perfect 5/7
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āRacistā has to be the most overused derogatory of the moment. Everyone is hating and hated all at the same time. You prefer cats over dogs? Sorry to tell you @ElsieDee - racist! 
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Naw, thatās speciesism - a whole other issue. 
(For the record, speciesism is actually something I spend far too much time [or not enough time - the jury is still deliberating] mulling over: I spend a lot of time caring for animals, and the omnivores, insectivores, and carnivores all need to consume other animals in order to live. Ugh.)
But back to the topic and the Yelp one star review: it pretty much sums up why I refuse to give credence to the star rating system, while freely admitting I use the site to find addresses and such. I do have an account but havenāt used it in years and canāt recall the email itās associated with. I would have flagged this review if I could be bothered to figure out my login info.
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How do these people even end up at the establishment?
Isnāt it obvious when youāre not part of the class of people who frequents an establishment?..
According to my (late) oh-so-Southern mother (and I quote) āif you use the word āclassā it means you donāt have any.ā
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āF*** you and f*** yelp you stupid f*ing fā.
The Shibumi worker sounds like a member of the mafia.
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Obviously written by an X-er. But since I am one I 
it.
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One guess as to which LA restaurant this Yelp review is aboutā¦
āFor some reviews, a new word precipitates; exactified. An experience of optimum potential execution at the exact right time in our expanding universe, sitting within our multiverse, just inside of our omniverse acting out its highly diverse functions and completing its myriad tasks.ā
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Does it have its own gravity?
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Are you kidding?I feel like I know who wrote it!
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āGround Control to Major Tom,
Your circuitās dead, thereās something wrong.
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?ā
The cringeā¦
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Iām not very familiar with the LA dining scene (the last place I ate there was Wa, and that was years ago). Is this an actual restaurant, or some sort of elaborate joke? I read the About section on its website, and that it āis a place of cognitive dissonance that defies categorizationā is patently untrue. I have no trouble categorizing it. And not very kindly. We have New Nordic temples in NYC, too, but theyāre a little lessā¦strenuous.
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Vespertine is a real place; it just opened. I wonāt shit on the place because I havenāt been, nor do I think that I will go, because the place seems very different than what I look for in a dining experience. Also, itās someoneās dream and business, and Iām sure that thereās an audience for it. Iām probably not in that intended audience, which is fine - Iāll chalk it up to a difference in styles. Theyāve clearly put a lot of effort into it, and in that regard, I wish them the best. Who knows, maybe their marketing department is misrepresenting the place, but from what I can tell, itās not somewhere Iād probably like. Some people loved Red Medicine; I really, really didnāt like my meal there. Maybe Vespertine is a different animal altogether, but Iām not really curious to find out. Again, Iām sure there are people who will probably really like it.
Iām just reacting to the Yelp review. I canāt tell if itās parodying the restaurantās promotion, but it seems very try-hard. Maybe the humor is lost on me. Anyway, it reminds me of why I personally donāt like to read Yelp reviews. I probably shouldnāt have entered this threadā¦
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I canāt tell, either. The misused semi-colon makes me think the review is in earnest. Yet the inclusion of āiron waffleā rather than āwaffle ironā causes me to doubt my assessment. Or not! So mysterious.
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