Comments on: Trashing Dear Torrington http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/02/20/trashing-dear-torrington/ The View From Connecticut's Northwest Corner Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:16:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Yankee http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/02/20/trashing-dear-torrington/#comment-6026 Yankee Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:34:18 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/02/20/trashing-dear-torrington/#comment-6026 Never been to the Venetian. But draw two conclusions from the review. 1. The reviewer is ludicrously pretentious in a minor league way. 2. The Venetian sounds like my kind of place. So, thanks to the Courant, the Venetian will likely get one more customer waiting in line for their veal. Never been to the Venetian. But draw two conclusions from the review. 1. The reviewer is ludicrously pretentious in a minor league way. 2. The Venetian sounds like my kind of place. So, thanks to the Courant, the Venetian will likely get one more customer waiting in line for their veal.

]]> By: Amy http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/02/20/trashing-dear-torrington/#comment-5952 Amy Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:06:22 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/02/20/trashing-dear-torrington/#comment-5952 My husband and I went to the Venetian a few years ago because we had heard that the food was excellent. We found that to be a bit of an overstatement, and yes, we were a bit disappointed. But your post was about the content of her "review", not the review itself. Does all that reminiscing belong in a restaurant review?? Not a chance. I don't care what she thinks of Torrington's half-century renaissance or that the mayor is as old as her favorite pair of jeans (lets you know about how old *she* is!). The point of a restaurant review is to review the ambiance and the food of the establishment, not the surrounding neighborhood. And I would hardly call the Warner "across the street" from the Venetian! My husband and I went to the Venetian a few years ago because we had heard that the food was excellent. We found that to be a bit of an overstatement, and yes, we were a bit disappointed.

But your post was about the content of her “review”, not the review itself. Does all that reminiscing belong in a restaurant review?? Not a chance. I don’t care what she thinks of Torrington’s half-century renaissance or that the mayor is as old as her favorite pair of jeans (lets you know about how old *she* is!). The point of a restaurant review is to review the ambiance and the food of the establishment, not the surrounding neighborhood. And I would hardly call the Warner “across the street” from the Venetian!

]]> By: Doug Richardson http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/02/20/trashing-dear-torrington/#comment-5946 Doug Richardson Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:49:28 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/02/20/trashing-dear-torrington/#comment-5946 Where I learned not to use my spellcheck. Where I learned not to use my spellcheck.

]]> By: Doug Richardson http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/02/20/trashing-dear-torrington/#comment-5944 Doug Richardson Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:48:08 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/02/20/trashing-dear-torrington/#comment-5944 Pack her off to The RoundTuit. Right after she gets out of her remidial writing clinic. Pack her off to The RoundTuit. Right after she gets out of her remidial writing clinic.

]]> By: Marshall Miles http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/02/20/trashing-dear-torrington/#comment-5926 Marshall Miles Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:14:33 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/02/20/trashing-dear-torrington/#comment-5926 Terry: I come to Torrington to eat at the Venetian at least once a week. The veal has always been spectacular, the sauce is anything but heavy, the pasta has always been terriffic. They still make, at your table, one of the best Cesear Salads you will get anaywhere. I think the reviewers next assignment should be a ONE WAY TICKET to a restaurant in downtown Basra. The service, the atmosphere and the food at the Venetian are all terriffic. She probably uses pasta sauce from a jar at home! Marshall Miles Terry:

I come to Torrington to eat at the Venetian at least once a week. The veal has always been spectacular, the sauce is anything but heavy, the pasta has always been terriffic. They still make, at your table, one of the best Cesear Salads you will get anaywhere.
I think the reviewers next assignment should be a ONE WAY TICKET to a restaurant in downtown Basra.

The service, the atmosphere and the food at the Venetian are all terriffic.

She probably uses pasta sauce from a jar at home!
Marshall Miles

]]> By: terry mccarthy http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/02/20/trashing-dear-torrington/#comment-5920 terry mccarthy Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:05:57 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/02/20/trashing-dear-torrington/#comment-5920 Johnny Apple she ain't. Johnny Apple she ain’t.

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