It should be self-evident, but just so everyone understands the ground rules, I'm going to repeat them here.

1) I can't "publish" comments that might get me and/or you sued. If you get a burnt steak at a restaurant and want to talk about it, that's one thing. Saying that a place has rats unless the health department has reported it is another, even if I know you're probably right.

2) I'm assuming that faithful readers have two things in common, no matter what their differences: They love good food, and their Holy Grail is the perfect restaurant experience.  That seems to me a good enough basis for a certain degree of civility when you're responding to other posts.

3) Posts that make me queasy are off-limits. To paraphrase Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop, my stomach is my life. And, of course, profanity etc. etc.

4) I'm fair game, but not other reviewers, or really hateful comments about anyone else. See Rule No. 2. And frankly, if I'm having a bad day, really hateful comments about me aren't going to get published either.

Thanks for reading -- and commenting,

Elizabeth