In Search of America’s Best Burrito
Seven years ago, I moved to Wicker Park, Chicago. The neighborhood, once heavily Hispanic, was being inundated by hipsters and yuppies, and its taquerias, some run by Mexican families who had...
View ArticleChef David Chang Explains Why Yelp Probably Won’t Lead You to Your Favorite...
The newest article about FiveThirtyEight’s search for America’s Best Burrito featured Momofuku chef and owner David Chang, who served on our Burrito Selection Committee as a scout for the Northeast....
View ArticleOur Food Writer Says the South Has Burrito Variety, But Perhaps Not Burrito...
Bill Addison has eaten burritos in almost every corner of the country. While at the San Francisco Chronicle, he once ate 100 burritos (and 300 tacos) in 10 weeks to find the best taqueria in the Bay...
View ArticleYelp And Michelin Have The Same Taste In New York Restaurants
It’s supposed to be the food fight of the century. In the blue corner we have Yelp, the upstart crowdsourced review site that takes on restaurants of all shapes and sizes. Critics allege that Yelp...
View ArticleRating Subjective Experiences Is Hard, But Fandango Is Really Bad At It
“It’s difficult for us to break down exactly how good an experience was. It’s not, a lot of the time, as mathy as people expect it to be.” By Jody Avirgan More: Apple Podcasts | ESPN App | RSS Fandango...
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