Comments on: Bubble mentality http://guiltycarnivore.com/2008/03/21/bubble-mentality/ With SEVERAL THOUSAND YEARS of experience, The Guilty Carnivore is fully licensed and READY TO ROCK THE SHIT OUT OF YOUR ASS Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:29:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: tommy http://guiltycarnivore.com/2008/03/21/bubble-mentality/#comment-17926 tommy Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:13:59 +0000 http://guiltycarnivore.com/2008/03/21/bubble-mentality/#comment-17926 You know, I found this article to be more than a little ironic. It wasn't that long ago that WW had this to say about the PDX restaurant scene: "Think 2007 tasted good? Wait until you get a nibble of 2008." From that sub-head they then went on to gush about Biwa, Clyde Common, Toro Bravo, the comeback of Ten 01, etc, etc, etc, they then shouted, loud as they could, from their Pearl District rooftop, about coming developments such as Lucier, Beaker and Flask, and myriad artisanal coffee and chocolate projects. Is it really any surprise that a place like Tondero folds in a town with culinary expectations as high as ours? And I think we could all see the fate of Stu Stien coming from miles away. And hey, January's really not a very good month for much of the service economy to begin with. These guys sing the praises of our food scene in the wake of a glowing NYT article, then weeks later attempt to pre-emptively scoop the competition by declaring the fall of the Portland restaurant? What kind of journalism is that? I've spent the last eight years watching the Mercury and local bloggers take a bigger and bigger bite of WW's lunch, and I have to say, the Willamette Week has done a piss poor job of rising to the challenge. This paper is dangerously off its game... You know, I found this article to be more than a little ironic. It wasn’t that long ago that WW had this to say about the PDX restaurant scene: “Think 2007 tasted good? Wait until you get a nibble of 2008.” From that sub-head they then went on to gush about Biwa, Clyde Common, Toro Bravo, the comeback of Ten 01, etc, etc, etc, they then shouted, loud as they could, from their Pearl District rooftop, about coming developments such as Lucier, Beaker and Flask, and myriad artisanal coffee and chocolate projects.

Is it really any surprise that a place like Tondero folds in a town with culinary expectations as high as ours? And I think we could all see the fate of Stu Stien coming from miles away. And hey, January’s really not a very good month for much of the service economy to begin with. These guys sing the praises of our food scene in the wake of a glowing NYT article, then weeks later attempt to pre-emptively scoop the competition by declaring the fall of the Portland restaurant? What kind of journalism is that?

I’ve spent the last eight years watching the Mercury and local bloggers take a bigger and bigger bite of WW’s lunch, and I have to say, the Willamette Week has done a piss poor job of rising to the challenge. This paper is dangerously off its game…

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