Many of these restaurants won’t ever earn an A - and are perfectly fine with it. In fact, those willing to eat from restaurants sporting B or C ratings comprise L.A.’s true foodie contingent… This is what New Yorkers need to keep in mind as restaurants start posting their grades. Your beloved Thai haunt in Woodside, your favorite clam shack in Sheepshead Bay, might miss out on an A - and that’s perfectly fine. Let the strivers keep their high marks: We know where the real taste is.
- Eater LA editor Kat Odell helps New Yorkers through the transition to Health Department letter grades in the New York Daily News, August 2010.