While I was checking Joss Cafe & Sushi Bar in the 2007 Zagat guide for my last post, it struck me once again how odd it is that the two restaurants in the guide tied for top-rated food are Joss in Annapolis and Sushi Sono in Columbia. I would think Charleston, Prime Rib and Tio Pepe would be right in there with them, given that this is Baltimore.
I know that the category is "top rating for food," not most popular; so...
(Amy Davis/Sun Photographer)
conceivably only a few people could have voted for them, and those who did gave the two restaurants the highest marks for the quality of their food. But I still think it's a popularity contest to some degree.
My theory, and I could be totally wrong, is that since Zagat moved the voting online, the outcome has skewed younger. And even though boomers enjoy sushi, generations X and Y eat a lot more of it more often, and think of it as no more exotic than a hamburger. They aren't as likely to get to Charleston either, given the cost of a meal there.
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Cutting maki with a serrated knife? Mein Gott im Himmel! Do you think that one is from the GlenGarry/Glen Ross line of cutlery?
Posted by: Umberto | July 23, 2007 5:48 PM