Guy Fieri Restaurant Thriving Despite One of the Worst Reviews in History

Maybe Fieri sent the reviewer a thank you note?

guy fieriRemember that time The New York Times’ Pete Wells went all the way off in a restaurant review of celebrity chef Guy Fieri’s American Kitchen & Bar in Times Square?

“Did panic grip your soul as you stared into the whirling hypno wheel of the menu, where adjectives and nouns spin in a crazy vortex?” Wells asked, one of a lengthy series of over-the-top questions that made up the entirety of the article.

“Were you struck by how very far from awesome the Awesome Pretzel Chicken Tenders are?… Hey, did you try that blue drink, the one that glows like nuclear waste?” it continues.

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