re: What is the board's general consensus on Tom Fitzmorris?

He's really knowledgeable about old school New Orleans dining. I've read a couple of his books, and they were very good.

He can be a pompous arse to people who call into his show.

And although I don't agree with a food critic selling advertising, I'm not so sure that he's biased. Andrea's is a big advertiser with him, and I've seen him give him not so good reviews after eat club dinners there.

I've been to a couple of his eat club dinners, and had a good time. Not because he was there, but because it was a great dinner, amazing value, and I met other foodies.

I tend to think he's behind the times with always suggesting the same places, and it seems that he doesn't get out enough and try new places.

I was on his old message board for years and was always entertained.

With all of that being said, after one incident, I don't trust his reviews anymore. There was a restaurant that had been open maybe a month or so. He put it on one of his top top 10 lists (not positive which one it was...but I'm almost positive it was burgers) with a little blurb about how good it was. I was very surprised because one of his huge rules is not to go to a restaurant until it's been open for 6 months. I sent him an email inquiring about it. He'd either broken his rule, or he didn't eat there. He admitted to me he had not been to the restaurant and that his daughter had been and said it was good and he trusted her opinion. That's fine and great that he trusts his daughter's opinion, BUT he's a food critic and representing his reviews and opinions as his own. I don't go to his site to see what his 15 year old daughter thinks...especially when it's not noted that the opinion is hers, and he didn't even eat there. I go to read his opinion.

To me, that just really skated the line of honesty and rubbed me the wrong way. I never viewed him the same after that.

Peche, Peche, Peche, Peche, Ba Chi, Ba Chi, Roll Tide.



What was the burger place ?

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You wanna do a search and see how many best burger posts have been started on here?

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That only advances my point.

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It wasn't a burger place. It was a well known, new restaurant that happened to server a burger.

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Oh, Ok. Do you remember the name?

So what was the burger place ?

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as a food critic, you don't represent your opinion as your own when it's that of your 15 yr. old daughter

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So TulaneLSU is Tom Fitzmorris ?

This guy sounds like the Richard Condon sports guy in BR (sp?) , just a foodie version.

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His policy re: 6 mo until trying, I think it's ridiculous. It's all about managing your expectations at a new place.

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I can see the point of it. Some places are just very inconsistent in the beginning and it takes them a little bit of time to work out the kinks. You use Ba Chi as an example. Go read their Yelp reviews. Very bad service issues in the beginning. Now they seem to be doing fine. I dined at Kingfish recently and found it to be pretty bad, although one friend had a great experience. Their reviews are up and down as well, because they're new. While I think 6 months is unnecessary to wait, I try to not go to a new restaurant until it's been open a couple of months.

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So TulaneLSU is Tom Fitzmorris ?

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ETA, of course the video is the bump.

i'm dumb

I still don't get what was so awful to warrant a such a goofy arse youtube "retort."

And I'm generally in the camp of thinking Tom is a huge douche.

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. There are just too many great places to eat in Nola to have to "manage my expectations" when dining out

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I agree, lots of great options.

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I'd rather just wait until they've been open for a bit and I see that the reviews are consistent before trying it

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That's fine, I'm not that patient. Plus, I'm fine with a little uncertainty while dining. It's just an experience with failure being a possibility.

Kingfish's menu didn't really grab me. Looks overpriced.