Thanks to the WacoFork family for making November our best month to date in many ways.
We released the iPhone app, which is exciting enough for us, but it's been even better to hear so much positive feedback from the people who have been using it.
We also had more than 50 reviews written during November, which boosts our total since we launched in April to 650. That's a wealth of information on Waco restaurants. So thanks for helping us in that way.
And a reminder: when we reach 1,000 reviews we're going to give away another iPad (whatever the most current version is at that time).
So, now for WacoFork's most beloved (and only) monthly feature, "The Month In Reviews" Because I like to change things up, rather than rolling out a top 10 list every month, for November I give you "Seven Superlatives."
Here we go:
Best use of narrative
"I went in at a slow time of day and talked to the owner. He asked me if I ever tried grape leaves. 'Why, yes, I have, at a Lebanese diner in Europe with a Lebanese friend. And they are horrible!' Ah, the challenge! He told me to wait a few moments and out he comes with a plate of grape leaves and says, "TASTE!" I was changed. Grape leaves here, are perfection."
Best economy of words (this is the entire 4-star review)
"I had a sandwich with chips and both tasted fine to solid, but were overpriced."
Best appeal to sentimentality
"Open over sixty years, my parents actually went here on dates and I often bring non-Wacoans here for the nostalgia of it all. The burgers are greasy and tasty."
Best use of current pop culture entities (specifically The Muppets)
"I love Bush's Chicken like Gonzo loves Camilla."
Best use of crotchetiness
"This is perhaps Waco's best kept secret, tucked neatly away from the 'woooo! college!' set around Baylor and downtown."
Most useful
"I always get a small cup of their pho before any meal (unless of course I can hear the knock of death in my temples after a long night, then you better believe I'll be signing up for a whole darn bowl of the only true hangover cure I know of)."
Best shameless butt-kissing in effort to be included in the Month in Reviews (and get back in my good graces)
"Let me start this little review by saying that I trust Chad Connie. I trust him so much that I'll go all the way out to Bellmead on a weeknight to eat at a place where good folks from the country go and get a bite to eat."
