Poser.
It’s not even faintly authentic unless you’re drilling your own magma bore hole and harvesting molten obsidian lava for blowing. Never mind directly synthesizing barley cells (including DNA) from free-range hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus atoms.
Ultimate DIY, man.
My experience with the review sites is that there are far too many places with puffed-up ratings–where I am asked to believe that every local joint is 3.5 stars or better.
Yeah, I’m not a heavy Yelp user, that happened to me once, and I’ve heard of it happening to others. I think I could be exaggerating the prevalence of this phenomenon. I use urbanspoon more, but mostly as a restaurant locator (“where’s the nearest pizza place?”) rather than a list of rankings.
Mine is the opposite. I find that the truly excellent local joints are underrated, but I can usually get enough information to tell if it’s a quality restaurant.
I chose I have ordered cocktails at place like this but rarely mostly because when I do get alcohol at a place like TGI Fridays or Chili’s, I usually get beer, but on occasion, I’ll get a frozen margarita, which is something they typically do a workmanlike job of.
I’m a bit of a cocktail snob otherwise; I wouldn’t try and order something that actually requires mixological skill or more specialized ingredients, like say aJack Rose, a Mai-Tai or a La Floridita daiquiri. I doubt the glorified waiters-cum-bartenders at your average chain casual eatery have a clue what those 3 drinks are. They can handle highballs, but that’s probably about it.
Ironically, I am going to Outback Steakhouse tonight with a friend.
Blasphemer! Chain Restaurant-visitor!
Huh. I was into magma before it was cool.