blogging restaurant reviews project! please help.

Hey all,
I am a student at Drexel taking an online food writng course given by Craig Laban of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Our final project is to learn how to interview and do first hand report along with writing a 2,000 word piece about a subject of your choice.

I am writing about the effects of food blogs and their impact on the restauant world. I have a couple of questions if anyone doesn't mind answering.

1. Is there anyone on this site who posts food/ restaurant reviews frequently? How frequently? WHY do you write reviews?

2. What are your criterias for judging or grading a place?

3. What makes your reviews true and legitimate? Are you just a foodie or have you had experience in the hospitality field to allow you to know about food?

4. What gives you the right or persission to write restaurant reviews? How are you different from Craig Laban or any other food writer?

5. I heard that there are some restaurant owners who don't read the reviews written about them by average people. Is not listening to the people hurting or helping a business, in your opinion. How does that make you feel as a writer?

Thanks, -Jessica

JessLeung in Food Media & News