Opinion, Served Cold
In 1981, a French restaurant guide reviews Mr. Chow, a fashionable Manhattan restaurant, and says the green peppers were "still frozen on the plate" and the pancakes were "the thickness of a finger." The restaurant sues for libel, and the trial brings a professor of French, a cooking video, and a chef demonstrating, live in federal court, how he makes pancakes. Maggie walks Joel through the case over whether a bad review can be a lie, and what every owner should know before firing back at a critic.
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