| One thing that I enjoy very much when going | | | | and dress code. So using such newspapers |
| on a vacation or just traveling somewhere | | | | restaurant guides we were able to know the |
| special is when we try different restaurants | | | | available restaurants but we didn't know how |
| and places to eat. Of course, when we go to a | | | | to choose. At one of our trips, we found out |
| new place, we don't know where we can find | | | | that the best restaurant guides were talking |
| the best food. Therefore, usually we used | | | | to local residents. May be I am surprising |
| restaurant guides to help us find restaurants | | | | you with this method but asking local |
| in an unknown town. | | | | residents soon appeared to be a very |
| Soon, we realized that restaurant guides most | | | | effective way to find good places to eat. We |
| of the time provided us with disappointing | | | | realize that people would love to support |
| results. We found out that restaurant guides | | | | their favorite restaurant by recommending it. |
| were not giving us correct information about | | | | We used to go to the nearby bar for a drink. |
| the best places to eat as they were usually | | | | There we just asked the people we met about |
| printed by restaurant owners who were | | | | their recommendations. Sometimes we simply |
| advertising their business. We needed a more | | | | asked the bartender. Actually, it has |
| reliable method than restaurant guides were. | | | | happened that we had much fun when talking to |
| In the quest for an effective way to find | | | | the locals. I remember a situation when we |
| nice places to eat, we decided to ask desk | | | | were visiting Minneapolis. We were staying at |
| clerks at the hotel we were staying about | | | | a nice hotel but one evening we decided to |
| their recommendation of good restaurants. | | | | walk to a nearby pub. It was not Saturday or |
| Although we were happy to get better results | | | | Sunday, so the pub was not crowded. When we |
| than the results we got using restaurant | | | | entered the pub, we sat at the bar and |
| guides, we soon realized that talking to the | | | | ordered a drink. Soon my husband decided to |
| clerks was not the best way as well. Most | | | | ask the bartender whether he could recommend |
| often the clerks were to busy to answer our | | | | us a nice place to eat. A man who was sitting |
| question, so we got no recommendations. In | | | | next to us interrupted us and named a local |
| case they were not busy, they usually started | | | | restaurant before the bartender could answer. |
| to ask questions about what type of food we | | | | Another man immediately added that this |
| would prefer and how much we could afford to | | | | restaurant had been good in the past but now |
| spend at the restaurant. According to our | | | | it was under new management and it was no |
| answers to those questions, they would make | | | | longer so good according to him. Soon all the |
| recommendations. Fortunately, their | | | | people in the bar began to argue. Everyone |
| recommendations were usually very helpful. | | | | was telling various stories his or her |
| Actually, if it happened that we were staying | | | | experience with local stories. |
| at a hotel, which was provided with a dining | | | | |
| room, they would simply tell us to visit | | | | We realized that we are enjoying very much |
| their own restaurant. On the other hand, some | | | | the lively conversation so we asked to |
| clerks were recommending looking for | | | | bartender to make is a pizza. Then we spent |
| restaurant guides provided in the room. We | | | | the whole evening talking to the locals in |
| knew that some local newspapers were | | | | the bar. It was really a nice evening! When |
| publishing restaurant guides. Unfortunately, | | | | they served us the hot pizza, I heard someone |
| this type of restaurant guides was not | | | | saying that we could not find such a meal in |
| offering any critics but just a list of the | | | | the restaurant guides. I must admit that this |
| local restaurants and some basic information | | | | evening was more wonderful that any offered |
| about cuisine, price, and some other | | | | by the restaurant guides. |
| information such as reservation requirements | | | | |