The Best Restaurant in Richmond is Edo’s Squid (A Meta Approach)

31
Jan9

Methodology: These kinds of “best lists” all have their inherent flaws. All critics (except for Frank Bruni) are human beings with conscious and unconscious biases. On the other side, the crowdsource rankings are open to voter fraud.  I love Bubble Tea like the next guy but second best restaurant in Richmond, really?  Creating a list of lists attempts to address the weaknesses of a single approach.  Now, one could counter-argue that this “meta” approach also magnifies the weaknesses/groupthink.  I tend to agree because a couple of these restaurants on the list are shit.

Scoring went like this: If a restaurant was deemed a “top restaurant” by one of these recognized media sources, it was given a point. .5 bonus points (denoted by asterisk) were given for the following….

Only restaurants with 2 or more impressions are listed here. Rank Ordered then Alphabetized…

Caramelized OpiNIONS
 RGL Top 50 RM Top25 2008 Reader’s Choice Richmond.com Staff RVANews Reader’s Choice Style Weekly Trip Advisor Top 50 UrbanSpoon Top 50 Yelp Top 50 TOTAL SCORE
Edo’s Squid X X X X X* X X X* X 10
Mama Zu’s X X X X X X* X X X 9.5
Millie’s Diner X X X* X X X* X X* 9.5
Ipanema Cafe X X X* X X X X 7.5
Can Can X X X X X X X 7
Comfort X X X X X X X 7
Croaker’s Spot X X X X X X 6
Mekong X X X X X X 6
The Hill Cafe X X X X X X 6
Acacia Midtown X X X X X 5
Akida X X X X X 5
Julep’s New Southern Cuisine X X X X X 5
Kuba Kuba X X X X X 5
Pescados X X X X X 5
The Black Sheep X X X X X 5
Cafe Rustica X* X X X 4.5
Mezzanine X X* X X 4.5
Buz & Ned’s Real Barbecue X X X X 4
Cafe Gutenberg 4
Coppola’s X X X X 4
Cous Cous X X X X 4
Perly’s X X X X 4
Pho So 1 X X X X 4
Sensi X X X X 4
The White Dog X X X X 4
8.5 X X X 3
Bottoms Up X X X 3
Chicken Fiesta X X X 3
Chiocca’s Downstairs Deli X X X 3
Da Lat X 3
Full Kee X X X 3
Grandpa Eddie’s X X X 3
La Grotta Ristorante X X X 3
Paradise Diner X X X 3
Patina Grill X X X X 3
Six Burner X X X 3
Tarrant’s Café    3
821 Bakery Cafe X X 2
Avalon Restaurant X X 2
Avenue 805 X X 2
Aziza’s on Main X X 2
Azzurro X X 2
Bacchus  X X 2
Bistro 27 X X 2
Bouchon X X 2
Cafe Caturra (Far West) 2
Cafe Ole X X 2
Carytown Burger and Fries X X 2
Davis & Main X X 2
Gelati Celesti Ice Cream Makers X X 2
Havana ’59 X X 2
Helen’s X X 2
Kitchen 64 X X 2
Lemaire Restaurant X X X 2
LuLu’s Restaurant X X 2
Mary Angela’s X X 2
Melito’s X X 2
Michelle’s at Hanover Tavern  X X 2
Nile Ethiopian Restaurant X X 2
North Pole  X X 2
Q Barbeque X X 2
Sidewalk Café X X 2
Sticks Kebab Shop X X 2
Sticky Rice X X 2
Strawberry St Cafe  X X 2
Tastebuds American Bistro X X 2
Thai Diner Too X X 2
Weezie’s Kitchen X X 2
Zeus Gallery Cafe X X 2
  • TripAdvisor, Yelp, UrbanSpoon as of Jan 2010.
  • Ever the proletariat, the editor of Carmelized Opinions asked me to include the choices mentioned in the running commentary of his post.  The comments were incorporated into the scoring.
  • Yes, I included my own list here (I did the work).   If any of these lists or media outlets offend you, just subtract one point.
  • This is what happens when one is snowed in.
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2010 Model (or lipstick on pig)

1
Jan0

Goodbye Courier, Hello Tahoma.

A couple of tweaks to usher in the new year:

(1) Changed the font to Tahoma 10. Nobody likes the durn typewriter font.
(2) Got rid of the red bar/short-cut links section (moved that information to the far right column)
(3) Moved the search bar to the right column as well.

These changes have added to the text density of the site allowing even more “news stories per pixel.”

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