With the exceptions of the few readers who send me death threats on the regular, I love meeting you guys in real life. It’s a real self-esteem builder when I hear “Hey, are you…” and then am told how much my food reviews are loved and how they can’t wait to try the next place I write about. That means a lot to me as, for the most part, I really don’t have too much else going on in my life.
I have a nice, tight list of restaurants I’m working through, a list that Patrick and I add to frequently when something special catches our eye (a.k.a. Grandy's, KD's, GattiTown) that we think might make a fun review. And as packed as that list is, there’s always a chance we’ll miss something and that’s why I always appreciate it when readers offer up a suggestion to a place that might be worthy of TLO coverage. Take, for example, this letter I received recently from TLO reader Chris G.: