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(CBC)   Le Nouveau Duluth, Montreal's no. 1 restaurant on TripAdvisor, has 85 5-star reviews from satisfied customers. And like your Canadian girlfriend, it never existed   (cbc.ca) divider line
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2469 clicks; posted to Main » on 02 Feb 2023 at 8:55 AM (7 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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Tr0mBoNe [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 6:43:26 AM  
most reviews are fake so this seems fair.
 
erewhon the opinionated
2023-02-02 8:59:26 AM  
It's on the internet, so it must be true
 
New Rising Sun
2023-02-02 8:59:32 AM  
This was a whole thing in England five years ago:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/434gqw/i-made-my-shed-the-top-rated-restaurant-on-tripadvisor

Seems like someone in Canada decided to replicate it
 
Arkanaut
2023-02-02 9:00:29 AM  
So is the point of these fake listings purely malicious - to push high-ranking real attractions further down on rankings? I can't see how anyone would benefit from this.
 
Halfabee64
2023-02-02 9:03:01 AM  
I know a restaurateur who gave up and sold the restaurant because of these sites:  groupon, grub hub, yelp, trip advisor, etc.  Groupon users were abusing the privilege; groupon and grub hub were basically extorting him, as were Yelp and Trip Advisor users and "influencers".
 
Omnivorous [BareFark]
2023-02-02 9:12:15 AM  
Groupon users were abusing the privilege; groupon and grub hub were basically extorting him, as were Yelp and Trip Advisor users and "influencers".

Several times I posted detailed reviews of a small local Japanese restaurant and each time Yelp took it down.  The owner explained that reviews were being purged because they didn't advertise with Yelp.
 
CurmudgeonInDevelopment
2023-02-02 9:16:03 AM  

erewhon the opinionated: It's on the internet, so it must be true


The internet reports that it exist and that it doesn't exist, all of which are simultaneously true and false.

Schrödinger's Restaurant
 
KWess
2023-02-02 9:17:10 AM  
Au Vieux Duluth (vieux = old) is a regional chain of greek restaurants in Quebec.  Not fancy at all, but you know what you're getting.
 
MikeyFuccon
2023-02-02 9:29:18 AM  
Le nouveau Duluth was clearly intended as a joke, or possibly an exercise in bot programming by a student who assumed that his work would be swiftly deleted. Apparently not.

Dead-tree guide books have their own problems. Listed restaurants for a given city may close after the latest edition goes to press (I've had that happen to me a lot), and unscrupulous travel writers are not above drafting reviews of restaurants (or whole cities) they've never visited.

Anyway, it's a rare restaurant that truly merits five stars. unless your eatery is Michelin-starred (and possibly not even then). Ditto one star. Read the four-stars, two-stars, and the more detailed reviews by frequent travellers.

Whatever you do, don't believe everything you see on the goddamn Internet.
 
George Santos' taint
2023-02-02 9:33:57 AM  
I'm getting a kick out of this as this supposed restaurant is located just around the corner from where a buddy of mine lives.
 
FormlessOne
2023-02-02 9:35:56 AM  
This is why I don't take the CBC seriously. I mean, the Santos family has run Le Nouveau Duluth for years, ever since George Santos took his Nobel prize money and gave his parents a new start with it in Montreal. To slam Holocaust survivors just trying to give Canadian diners an option - French-Brazilian food with Canadian flair - and convince TripAdvisor that this incredible fusion restaurant was a fake entry is appalling.

Where in the hell am I supposed to get my poutine & farofa now? Burn in hell, CBC. Burn in hell.
 
KWess
2023-02-02 9:53:27 AM  
Michelin stars, as a part of the tire company's travel guide mean this:

1 Star:  This restaurant is worth adding a stop on your journey for.

2 Stars:  This restaurant is worth making a detour for.

3 Stars:  This restaurant is worth making a specific trip for.
 
Numberlady2
2023-02-02 10:03:50 AM  

George Santos' taint: I'm getting a kick out of this as this supposed restaurant is located just around the corner from where a buddy


If this restaurant doesn't exist, what makes you sure your buddy exists?
 
Russ1642
2023-02-02 10:13:23 AM  
The Shed at Dulwich - The Best Restaurant to Never Exist (Except That One Time it Did)
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Another Government Employee
2023-02-02 10:31:18 AM  
Double Plus Bad.
 
edmo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 10:33:48 AM  
a failure in human moderation practices

Translation: "we never verify anything"
 
Persnickety [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 10:37:28 AM  

CurmudgeonInDevelopment: erewhon the opinionated: It's on the internet, so it must be true

The internet reports that it exist and that it doesn't exist, all of which are simultaneously true and false.

Schrödinger's Restaurant


Its existence is unknowable because the act of observing it changes both its position and velocity.

Heisenberg's Restaurant
 
wildcardjack
2023-02-02 10:39:01 AM  

Persnickety: CurmudgeonInDevelopment: erewhon the opinionated: It's on the internet, so it must be true

The internet reports that it exist and that it doesn't exist, all of which are simultaneously true and false.

Schrödinger's Restaurant

Its existence is unknowable because the act of observing it changes both its position and velocity.

Heisenberg's Restaurant


More like a mobile home turned roach coach.
 
xanadian [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 10:58:37 AM  

KWess: Au Vieux Duluth (vieux = old) is a regional chain of greek restaurants in Quebec.  Not fancy at all, but you know what you're getting.


Le Vieux est le mieux.

:P
 
dbrunker
2023-02-02 11:16:19 AM  
Subby you liar!  I've got proof right here!

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George Santos' taint
2023-02-02 11:23:11 AM  

Numberlady2: George Santos' taint: I'm getting a kick out of this as this supposed restaurant is located just around the corner from where a buddy

If this restaurant doesn't exist, what makes you sure your buddy exists?


Would I lie about something like that? That would be silly.
 
houginator
2023-02-02 1:04:31 PM  
When I rate a restaurant, I'm rating it based on what it is.  If I go to a Waffle House, and the food is served fast and hot, the restaurant is clean and the staff are friendly, I'm not giving it a low rating because it wasn't a Michelin starred restaurant.  I knew it was gonna be a Waffle House when I stepped through the door, and so does everyone else.  If i give a Waffle House five stars, im not saying its on par with best restaurants in the world, im saying its on par with the best Waffle Houses in the world.
 
frankb00th
2023-02-02 1:06:51 PM  
Anything with a duluth name attached to it is very average greek inspired fare.
 
Turbo Cojones
2023-02-02 1:17:41 PM  
My wife's cousin runs the top  Yelp rated restaurant in Florida and third best in the nation.. Seriously.  It's a taco stand operating behind a gas station in the Florida panhandle. Nice people and good tacos but puhleeze. Enough with the BS.
 
SirMadness
2023-02-02 2:16:16 PM  

KWess: Michelin stars, as a part of the tire company's travel guide mean this:

1 Star:  This restaurant is worth adding a stop on your journey for.

2 Stars:  This restaurant is worth making a detour for.

3 Stars:  This restaurant is worth making a specific trip for.


i.kym-cdn.comView Full Size
 
Prof. Frink [BareFark]
2023-02-02 2:25:53 PM  

CurmudgeonInDevelopment: erewhon the opinionated: It's on the internet, so it must be true

The internet reports that it exist and that it doesn't exist, all of which are simultaneously true and false.

Schrödinger's Restaurant


I may have eaten there; the food was hiat-or-miss.
 
Prof. Frink [BareFark]
2023-02-02 2:26:54 PM  

George Santos' taint: I'm getting a kick out of this as this supposed restaurant is located just around the corner from where a buddy of mine lives.


Does he eat there often?
 
brantgoose [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 3:10:13 PM  
Gore Vidal should have told you outside there is no real Duluth. They are all hypertextual.

/ There's a word I don't use everyday any more.

// Meme covers everything in our real/unreal world perfectly.
 
dbrunker
2023-02-02 7:57:12 PM  

SirMadness: KWess: Michelin stars, as a part of the tire company's travel guide mean this:

1 Star:  This restaurant is worth adding a stop on your journey for.

2 Stars:  This restaurant is worth making a detour for.

3 Stars:  This restaurant is worth making a specific trip for.

[i.kym-cdn.com image 850x1099]


In all fairness, he does look uh... well fed?
 
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