Posted by TheShot on 11 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Local Brew, Quality Issues
This week, Citysearch.com announced that the votes have been tallied once again for their annual “Best Coffee” poll: Best of Citysearch San Francisco 2007 - Best San Francisco Coffee. And is there anything more effective than the annual readers poll for highlighting all the anomalies and flaws of open user review systems? I know I [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 13 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Local Brew
Today a Salon magazine blog touched on the flaws of the many online review sites: Why a five-star restaurant serves one-star food - Machinist: Tech Blog, Tech News, Technology Articles - Salon.
The writer opens with an anecdote about Yelp — a review site that, in my experience, has long epitomized these flaws (see my lone [...]
Posted by TheShot on 10 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Local Brew, Quality Issues
I’m a little slow this time around, but not long ago Citysearch.com announced their 2006 readers’ poll winners for the best coffee in San Francisco: Best of Citysearch San Francisco - Best San Francisco Coffee. This is something of an annual tradition, as we reviewed Citysearch’s 2005 coffee winners. (When you think of it, naming [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 28 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: Local Brew
This is a rather non-descript French bakery/café. But don’t let that fool you. It has won numerous “best bakery” awards in the area and is immensely popular. (And yes, even Martha Stewart paid a visit here just a week ago.) It is also notorious for its Soviet-style bread lines, which run long out the door [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 12 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: Local Brew
Farley’s Coffeehouse benefits from coffee-obsessed local clientele and a community that’s largely closed off from the rest of the city in Portero Hill. As a result, Farley’s boasts many loyal patrons who helped vote it into third place in CitySearch.com’s 2005 Best San Francisco Coffee. Farley’s is clearly a decent place for a shot of [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 19 Dec 2005 | Tagged as: Local Brew, Machine, Quality Issues, Restaurant Coffee, Roasting
Mr. Who?
Chances are that the name “Mr. Espresso” doesn’t exactly hit you over the head as a symbol of the Bay Area’s finest espresso — but it should. They were recently ranked 6th in CitySearch.com’s 2005 Best San Francisco Coffee. At first, this may seem like a pretty good feat. You might even recognize Mr. [...]
Posted by TheShot on 05 Dec 2005 | Tagged as: Local Brew
Celebrities are out in full regalia. Tension is in the air. It must be time to review the reviewers as we recap the winners of CitySearch.com’s 2005 Best San Francisco Coffee.
Each year, CitySearch.com stages regional popularity contests for establishments in different categories. And each year, they tabulate the online votes from the users of their [...]