Why do you frequent certain restaurants, coffee shops, and food trucks? How do you discover a hot new place? There’s a power shift underway in the food world and it’s impacting what you eat, where you eat, and why, and what chefs and restaurants are thriving—or barely surviving. The influence of social media and the explosion of user-generated content have changed the landscape, calling into question what the traditional classifiers mean. Major newspaper reviews, Michelin stars, Zagat raves: do they impact business and carry the same weight as they once did? Are these old-fashioned metrics, meaningless to the modern food enthusiast, or do they remain the gold standard? What about an Instagram photo, some Yelp love, or a chef’s Twitter feed? Hear what panelists at the epicenter of this shift have to say.
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