The Introduction

Before I say anything, I should say I am not a professional. I'm not a food critic. A couple months ago my friend Andrea and I were looking through one of Raleigh's newspapers (The Independent) and came across a 'Best Of' food ratings for the Downtown Raleigh area. We like eating, we like hanging out, we like trying new places.. so we decided to eat our way through this list. We'd already frequented some of the places on the list (Boylan Bridge - get the pretzels and beer cheese!) so we narrowed it down to only trying new places. I, being unsatisfied to simply eat at a restaurant and not weigh in my opinion, decided to start this blog. This way the two people reading it will see how the places stack up. To be fair, I should add that I prefer a fun, laid-back atmosphere to a snooty one- and I AM a picky eater (thus the blog title) so there will be no tomatoes or seafood on this blog, unless Andrea would like to add in her opinion on the seafood. That all being said, in one very drawn out paragraph, let the judgement begin!