How the New York Times critic writes the reviews that make and break restaurants
The NY Times probably would be uniquely influential for fine-dining because it&#x27;s likely one of the few sources of shared information.<p>If you invite someone to an expensive restaurant that&#x27;s just had a bad review, your invitation must mean either cluelessness or defiance. If you don&#x27;t mean either of those two things, you should not choose that restaurant.<p>You can&#x27;t &quot;opt out&quot; of this system. It doesn&#x27;t matter whether you believe the reviews are accurate. It doesn&#x27;t matter whether you believe <i>the other party</i> believes the reviews are accurate. Because the review constitutes shared information, the logic of pluralistic ignorance applies. It&#x27;s not clever to ignore shared information. It just leads you to communicate badly.