The Death of the Restaurant Critic

Unforked by CBC

Aug 16, 202100:27:08Arts

Websites like Yelp and Google Review were exploding just as dedicated undercover restaurant critics all but vanished from Canada’s major papers. Host Samira Mohyeddin asks what do we lose and what do we gain when anyone...

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