home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!biosci!agate!zabriskie.berkeley.edu!spp
- From: spp@zabriskie.berkeley.edu (Steve Pope)
- Newsgroups: ba.food
- Subject: Re: Fourth Street Grill
- Message-ID: <1k9g7r$t4c@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 20:38:19 GMT
- References: <1k7aseINNo7p@morrow.stanford.edu> <1993Jan28.013107.26030@netcom.com> <1993Jan28.192802.17052@netcom.com>
- Distribution: ba
- Organization: U.C. Berkeley -- ERL
- Lines: 36
- NNTP-Posting-Host: zion.berkeley.edu
-
- dx @ netcom:
-
- > I'm surprised that no one has mentioned that the Fourth Street Grill
- > was closed and completely revamped this past Fall. The entire
- > interior was redone, the menu retooled, etc. I believe it is under
- > completely new ownership as well. The "new" Fourth Street Grill
- > has been open for only a couple of months.
-
- Good point. This was discussed in the Chronicle's review.
- Which, BTW, was a remarkable pan. It was authored by their
- food editor, rather than one of their critics, was based
- on many visits to the restaruant, and came down on them
- for everything from "abyssmal" salads to mis-stored wine to
- "untrained" waitstaff.
-
- I would say the Chron did a once-per-decade, total complete hosing.
- To rub salt in the wound, they had a glowing article about
- Spenger's (right next to 4th St.) on the same page!!!
-
- (But it's true if you order correctly, you're better off
- at Spenger's. Try their scallop sandwich. Yum!!!
- A deal, too.)
-
- So apparently, boring as it was before the change in owners,
- the 4th St. is really pretty crummy now. Even though
- I'm sure they're terrible it is almost hard to
- believe they're quite as completely awful as the Chron
- says. Certainly, no restaturant deserves to get
- dumped on more after going downhill than 4th street,
- since they always were way overrated and undeservedly
- popular, even when they were okay. Way to go, Chron!!
- Stick the knife in, and twist it...
-
- Steve
-
- Steve
-