The phrase “whoring after the Morning News,” specifically by civic leaders of the Best Southwest suburbs south of Dallas, has been a phrase on my lips for years.
What brings it to mind now is that, after Ed Bailey opens up the first of his Bailey’s Prime Plus steakhouses in Cedar Hill, the Snooze gets an acerbic new restaurant reviewer, who then apparently proceeds to break her own “two-month” rule on a “breathing space” timeframe for reviewing brand-new restaurants, then after reviewing the less-than-two-months-new Bailey’s she gives it a thorough bitch-slapping.
And, other than people who don’t like her reviews in general, other people who spring to Bailey’s defense are almost all from down here, and almost all come off as “whoring after the News.”
Specifically, on her bias, to not review the wines at a steakhouse that has an all-glass wine “cellar” as a point of presentation (which Brenner also misses in her “garish” comments about décor) comes off as willful. At the same time, as far as not getting a baked potato with a steak, Ed Bailey himself made clear he was pitching his steakhouses more toward women, including in the story the Snooze did about the opening of the restaurant. Perhaps baked potatoes with steaks seemed too stereotypically masculine. If so, then Ms. Brenner brought some steakhouse preconception baggage with her.
A one-star rating, rather than, say a two-star, also seems to reflect willful ax-grinding, as well as some advance baggage.
That said, several of the sides that Bailey’s offers, per a sampling I attended, made at least a stab at creativity, and were decent in quality. The steaks? I’ve never been to a high-dollar steakhouse, but, from what I had… I woudn’t use the term “supermarket,” but, they didn’t knock me over.
But, back to the theme of this blog post.
Speaking of that last, denizens of the south of the Trinity portion of the Metroplex will probably keep “whoring after the News” even as the Snooze continues to contract. Talk about a recipe for dysfunctionality.
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And, six years later, that Cedar Hill mall has changed names, I assume changed ownership, and had that Bailey's, and half the other restaurants there, shutter. The Bailey's site has opened again, and closed again, at least once after that.
The rest of the mall is doing OK; it's not tumbleweeds, but it's surely not everything Cedar Hill had hoped.
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