Brick American Eatery
The Final Word on Brick.
We aggregate all relevant reviews, both professional and consumer, to come up with the final word on a restaurant. We pour through the restaurant reviews to come up with a preliminary rating. Armed with that knowledge, we send out our own elite squad of professional reviewers to verify the findings. By that point, we have all the information we need to edit out all the PR reviews which show up on blogs, comments, and the review sites (including Yelp) . We then take all those reviews and squeeze it into a 5 star rating, which you see to the right. We also give you the overview of our research, which is listed in the three boxes below.
People who have eaten at this restaurant don’t think much of this beer and burger joint. Big negatives are the cheapo Groupon deals that seem to force the kitchen to cut corners whenever possible. The lack of coherent management is a big negative (one of the young owners seems to have more interest in picking up women then helping his servers pick up checks). Food quality is reported to be mediocre at best. A tiny fraction of diners thought the food was above average.
Sources: Yelp, Groupon, Urbanspoon, Foobooz, Zagat, and Google Places
It’s telling when none of the usual suspects review a restaurant after a year. Most bloggers seem to be terrififed of writing negative reviews, and the silence from the blogosphere is deafening. Only one brave blogger was found to say anything about the restaurant, and even that one stated they would only return with a groupon discount. The only professional critic bothering to review this joint was Brian Freedman of Philly Weekly. “ a series of vaguely depressing missteps” and “the food really burrowed into my soul and elicited a deep, break-up-style depression” were two of the most telling quotes.
Our two meals at Brick American Eatery were mediocre, with dishes spanning the range of awful (Fish and Chips) to just plain boring (Lamb Burger). For us, the lack of professionalism shown by the management is what puts Brick at the bottom of the bucket. We watched as one of the owners nearly missed running over a pedestrian while driving. While the owner berated and threatened the poor guy, other members of the owner’s family streamed out of the restaurant and also began to threaten him, too. The kicker? The owner from Brick was driving his car in the bike lane. The final word? Eating a brick has never been more unpleasant.
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