Example: Each time I go to Greenbush, I never know what to expect.  I went once on a Monday afternoon and there were hardly any doughnuts - no glazed doughnuts at all.  The worker told me it was because they got a late start on Mondays.  I went last Friday night around 9:30 pm and had 3 of the best doughnuts I'd ever had.  I went today (Tuesday) at 2:00 pm and the doughnuts are stale - they are at least a day old.  Why not let the customers know that the doughnuts are not fresh in the afternoon so we know not to buy them?  Why sell stale doughnuts?  If you open at 6:00 am, why are the doughnuts stale at 2:00 pm? It wasn't until I got home and ate a doughnut that I realized they were stale.  So, go at night.
Class: unlifting


Example: We visited Cafe Boa on Saturday night with a 7:30 reservation.  Long story short, we didn't leave until 9:30 and not by our choice.  It literally took 2 hours for our fairly simple pasta dishes to be delivered to the table.  Aside from that our salads arrived well before our appetizer.\n\nIt gets worse...\nThere were 3 other 2 tops on the patio with us that all experienced the same service.  I witnessed a person from each of those tables literally get up to find the manager to complain.  Suspiciously, a 4 top sitting right next to us that was seated at the same time as us and received all of the items they ordered in a reasonable amount of time and in the correct sequence.  Someone at that table must have been very special for them to not experience what every other table around us did.\n\nBut wait, there's more...\nWhen the manager finally showed up at our table he apologized and explained there must have been an issue with taking too many reservations.  I completely understand that mistakes happen, but I expect that they will do the customary restaurant thing and make it right.  He offered us each a glass of wine, which was a step in the right direction, but that was not nearly enough.  When the bill arrived I was shocked that the food we waited 2 hours for remained on our bill.  \n\nOur experience was so disappointing on many levels.  This restaurant has a good reputation, really good food, and I've never heard anything bad about the service.  The food was fantastic but the service was really bad at every step of the way culminating with the lack of compensation for the ultimate reason we were not happy.  I wish I could recommend this place just for the food.  Maybe a take out would be the better option.
Class: unlifting


Example: There are places that you talk about to visitors as a must taste and there are places that you will miss when you move. Gallo Blanco is both of those things to me. \n\nI've been there near the beginning and I've seen them adapt from feedback and change over time, all while maintaining a consistent Mexico City style to their food with excellent quality.I have yet to brining a single guest here that doesn't speak highly of it when they leave.\n\nDrinks: Picoso if you like spice, tangy and spicy \""margarita\"".\nFood: Guacamole for starters and the Elote, for variety go a 1/2 Torta and a few tacos. Ahi comes and goes from the menu, but if there is a Ahi Taco go for it you wont be disappointed.
Class: equalize


Example: This place should be listed under great local dive bar. Friendly service, cold beer, sports on the TV. As for the Mexican food? Just because it's in a store bought taco shell and there is rice and beans next to them does not make it Mexican food
Class: unlifting


Example: OH MY GOD IS THIS REAL LIFE.\n\nThis place is so bomb. 7 of us came and we all got the \""all you can eat\"" dinner special, and we gladly paid the 18% gratuity for big parties. We are from LA so we thought maybe since Vegas in inland, the sushi here wouldn't be that great. We were so wrong, and I've never been happier. \n\nThe range for the all you can eat is incredible. We had everything from tuna sushi to shrimp tempura to green tea tempura ice cream to seaweed salad to beef tataki to fried calamari to mochi ice cream. Incredible. All for $27 (tax, tip, etc).
Class: equalize


Example: Due to the third annual Schizophrenia hardcore/gabber event, my friend Aaron and I found ourselves on the outskirts of Madison and in need of whiskey.  Luckily the warehouse we were destined for was by Slices' (Slice's/Slices).  Boy, oh boy, factory bars in Wisconsin pour stiff drinks!
Class: equalize


Example: If you're from out of town, don't be tempted by the deals you find online. This was over a $20 cab ride from the strip. The massage was okay but it was so dark and weird in this place that we couldn't wait to get out of there.
Class: unlifting


Example: Nothing like having yummy food right at the elevator entrance to make you almost OK with dining in your pajams on the late-night. I said ALMOST.... ::hangs head in shame::\nAte there twice this past visit and both times, service was pretty stellar. Both times, the waitress was attentive and quick to bring us what we needed. My girls and I shared orders from the \""Small Bites\"" section during our first visit, which were exactly what we needed to fuel our subsequent visit to Azure afterward (because who really wants to see my extended post-nosh belly? Not me!). We ordered a couple plates of the mini-tacos (both pork and fish), the mac and cheese and the ahi ceviche. For having such an extensive menu, all items were tasty and left very good impressions with all of us. Between three rather ravenous girls, we were satiated without being uncomfortably full. \nThe second visit was a post-drinking munchy-fix, so burgers were on our mind. I originally ordered the veggie burger and the waitress was quick to check to see if I had ordered it before, as she did NOT recommend it (love honesty from waitstaff!). I went with her recommendation of the mushroom burger, which was satisfiying, if a little mushy (might not be extremely possible to construct a firmer mushroom patty than what it was). Our water glasses were never empty and we were never neglected, despite the late hour and the hordes of Vegas revelers that were all looking for their drunken nosh.\nThe Palazzo is a definite repeat for me, and hence, so is GLC, ESPECIALLY during those late-night seshs.
Class: equalize
Classify the following: As a Phoenix native, there are a number of places in the Valley that are quintessentially Phoenix to me.  I've visited many of them and love them just as much as the next desert dweller.  But every now and then I have pangs of guilt and inadequacy over having never been to a place that everybody else identifies as a Phoenix institution.  Like I'm an impostor and haven't really earned my Phoenix stripes yet because I haven't visited Carolina's or Ranch Market or Pete's Fish and Chips. \n\nWell, my Phoenix cred just ratcheted up a notch or so with my visit to Pete's Fish and Chips on Indian School and 44th Street.  This place has been here forever.  I've seen the bumper stickers (I'm addicted to Pete's Fish and Chips!) on the back of cars since, oh I don't know, birth??  It is a family owned business with a friendly, but no frills attitude.  There are all kinds of rules and restrictions, but that keeps the prices at amazingly low levels.  If you go to Pete's, keep the following in mind....Bring cash, its all they take.  Also, know that the sauce they serve is a spicy red sauce similar to cocktail sauce.  They have tartar sauce on hand but you have to request it.  \n\nWe ordered a 4 piece fish and chips and a 10 piece shrimp and chips.  I picked it up at the drive thru and brought it home.  Honestly, I was a bit worried about this scenario because I thought I might run the risk of having the food be cold and soggy by the time I got home.  And really, what's worse than cold fish and chips??  Luckily, I don't live too far away and the food was still piping hot 10 minutes after we unwrapped and started eating.  \n\nThe fish was crisp, flaky and delicious.  Very good with the red sauce.  I wouldn't say that this type of fish and chips is representative of the British pub style meal.  It is more in the style of beach shack dining on the East Coast.  The shrimp were less than impressive, 90% breading, 10% shrimp.  Don't think we'll order that again.  Chips were standard fare.  Nothing impressive, but they did the job.  The total for the two meals was $14.02.  Just the right price in this economy.  And even better?  Pete's is the kind of place where if you pay that bill with a $20, they just go ahead and give you $6 back in change.  No messing with a handful of coins.  We'll be back to Pete's when the f'n'c craving hits us.  Glad to have it in the neighborhood.