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A New Foodie Web

A Houston restaurant owner creates a Yelp alternative, countering dubious reviews with insider knowledge

By Whitney Radley

04.25.13 | 11:40 am

Open-forum websites like Yelp have become something of a scourge of restaurateurs and bar owners, and while food critics serve as an important voice in the industry, from Paul Petronella& ...


Signs of the Apocalypse

A corrupt system? Yelp & other reviewers offered a card that will get them special treatment

By Jonathan Rienstra

01.31.13 | 3:57 pm

I have never met Brad Newman. It’s entirely possible that he is friendly and genuine. He might volunteer his time to help the needy. He might have rescued several dogs from a shelter. He migh ...


Politics In the Pizza Shop

The bear hug that's thrown Yelp into chaos: Pizza owner's Obama lift starts a restaurant review war

By Whitney Radley

09.11.12 | 3:57 pm

Scott Van Duzer, owner of Big Apple Pizza and Pasta Italian Restaurant, found himself "caught up in the moment" when President Barack Obama stepped into his Fort Pierce, Fla., s ...


Foodie News

Hubcap Grill has had enough of the review games: Restaurant owner plans an anti Yelp rally

By Sarah Rufca

01.18.12 | 11:25 am

Ricky Craig's last straw with Yelp came over the weekend. Craig, the owner of Hubcap Grill, says the unseasonably beautiful weather on Saturday meant record crowds at his 19th Street locati ...


Foodie News

Yelp's getting too much credit for killing chain restaurants: Rise of the foodie culture overlooked

By Sarah Rufca

10.04.11 | 5:53 pm

Has Yelp changed the way we eat? That's the argument of a paper that's making it's way around the Internet. Harvard professor Michael Luca set out to determine whether online review ...


The ultimate coupon site assassin

Facebook banks on its new Deals to kill off Groupon

By Fayza A. Elmostehi

04.27.11 | 7:14 am

The dreaded day Groupon (and LivingSocial, My Daily Deals, Yelp Deals — OK, you get the picture) has hoped and prayed would never come has finally — inevitably — arrived. The ...


Hudson Responds

"I am not a racist," Hudson Lounge owner Adam Kliebert says (with update)

By Caroline Gallay

12.30.10 | 3:49 pm

Don't call Adam Kliebert a racist. He says it deeply offends him. The home builder and owner of Rice Village's trendy Hudson Lounge has been at the center of a storm of controversy ...


War of words on the Web

Tuesday night at Hudson Lounge turns sour: Patrons claim racism

By Caroline Gallay

12.29.10 | 6:12 pm

Once again there's conflict on Robinhood, but this time it's not between condo neighbors and Hans Bier Haus. Instead, Hudson Lounge found itself in the center of a storm of contro ...


Trendysomething in somo

First Taste: That under-the-radar new Planned Parenthood

By Steven Thomson

05.27.10 | 2:53 pm

The new Planned Parenthood complex is located along I-45, straddling the seam of EaDo and the Third Ward. Arriving at the building, I was pleased to bypass the awkward social dance of avoiding a va ...


Shady shady

Yelp makes yet another enemy in Anvil's Bobby Heugel

By Caroline Gallay

05.12.10 | 2:56 pm

We covered it in March — how review site Yelp is making fast enemies among small business owners for its sometimes shady business practices. Many business owners claim that Yelp deliberat ...


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