The Woodshed

[secondcurve]

Originally Posted by JDeere

When people write something likes this I really have to scratch my head. In the Woodshed's heyday the food was never "outstanding" it was good and it was very consistent. Atmosphere was pleasant and the service was usually good but rarely did I find outstanding.

I have not been back for years and I keep hoping to find a positive review or a negative review that I can believe. For me the reviews go too far overboard on the praise.....I mean if you want to say outstanding for the Lakes region then that might make more sense but outstanding compared to what is my question.

JD:

My guess is that I enjoy more "outstanding" restaurant visits and likely significantly more "outstanding" life experiences, than you. I must admit, often when I am with my family in a quaint restaurant such as the Woodshed enjoying excellent food and attentive service on a warm summer evening, in the heart of the Lakes Region, I am likely to use the superlative "outstanding". Keep working at it and maybe in time you'll learn to enjoy your experiences more. There is always hope for you curmudgeons. Even Scrooge finally got it!

Best,

[gillygirl]

Originally Posted by secondcurve

JD:

My guess is that I enjoy more "outstanding" restaurant visits and likely significantly more "outstanding" life experiences, than you. I must admit, often when I am with my family in a quaint restaurant such as the Woodshed enjoying excellent food and attentive service on a warm summer evening, in the heart of the Lakes Region, I am likely to use the superlative "outstanding". Keep working at it and maybe in time you'll learn to enjoy your experiences more. There is always hope for you curmudgeons. Even Scrooge finally got it!

Best,

Meow!

[JDeere]

Do not want to reply in kind. I really was not trying to attack the author rather the sentiment.

I will stand by what I have written. Woodshed is not and never was "outstanding." There are plenty of outstanding restaurants in this world but to say any restaurant in the lakes region is outstanding compared to all restaurant
is false.....nope I will take that back....George's in Meredith is outstanding for what it is, a great dinner.

Woodshed is nor WAS ever outstanding...it was good and it was consistent but to overly inflate the review diminishes the veracity of the review.

Seems reviews always go to both extremes and therefore both types cannot be read with confidence that they speak to the truth.

[tc_mike]

Originally Posted by JDeere

Do not want to reply in kind. I really was not trying to attack the author rather the sentiment.

I will stand by what I have written. Woodshed is not and never was "outstanding." There are plenty of outstanding restaurants in this world but to say any restaurant in the lakes region is outstanding compared to all restaurant
is false.....nope I will take that back....George's in Meredith is outstanding for what it is, a great dinner.

Woodshed is nor WAS ever outstanding...it was good and it was consistent but to overly inflate the review diminishes the veracity of the review.

Seems reviews always go to both extremes and therefore both types cannot be read with confidence that they speak to the truth.

So... you are saying that based on your experiences at other restaurants in the world, you cannot label the woodshed as outstanding, right? I think that is fine - sounds reasonable. The part that I have trouble with is that you question the "veracity" of others' reviews in which the author *does* choose to label their experience as outstanding based on their (obviously) different lifetime experiences with eating establishments. You are essentially saying that one mustn't use outstanding to describe a restaurant unless, at the very least, they have shared your very same experiences. Otherwise it would sound like not even you would be qualified to make the "outstanding" claim - unless, of course, you have first hand experience with every possible comparable establishment in the world. For example - using your logic - I would find myself questioning *your* truthfulness simply because *I* once ate at a diner that I considered to be better than George's. But, that would be silly, right?