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Restaurant Critic Mimi Sheraton is feared and followed
Finally someone hit back. When Mimi Sheraton, restaurant critic of the New York Times and the most influential commentator on dining out in America, was spotted at a table in a new Manhattan spot, the owner threw her out. Fumed Michael O'Keeffe, proprietor of the Water Club: "The public loves something, then a critic comes along and says it's not good." O'Keeffe's stand was brave but futile. Sheraton took to her Friday column last week and described the encounter in her usual remorseless detail, ending with some speculation on the rights...
...city that boasts 16,000 eating places, her review columns, usually covering at least two restaurants, enjoy a huge following. Thus, even before its official publication next week, a selection of 350 Sheraton reviews in book form has sold out its first printing of 25,000 copies. Awkwardly titled Mimi Sheraton's The New York Times Guide to New York Restaurants, the $9.95 paperback is as diverse as the city, ranging from minuscule Chinatown dim-sum joints to the midtown cathedrals of continental cuisine...
...roast pork and onions stand. Mimi Sheraton, the New York Times's food critic, singled out this stand as a trichinosis hazard. But it was so good
...Cambridge Rent Control Board will mail notices of a general rent increase to the city's landlords in the next few weeks, but the effect of the hike on tenants' bills has not yet been determined. Executive Director Mimi Imparato said yesterday...