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Trotter v Tru: Trib Picks Winner

By Erin in Food on May 5, 2005 12:54PM

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In a world where everyone is a critic, few truly know how to mix criticism and creativity as well as Phil Vettel, Chicago Tribune's restaurant critic. Chicagoist is a huge fan of Vettel's, the most obvious of reasons is that Vettel manages to talk about restaurants in a manner that conveys the heart of the operation and why these places should matter to us.

Oh yeah, and he doesn't come off as a pompous ass, as is so often the case with restaurant critics.

So it was a fantastic treat this morning to read Vettel's witty, amusing, and surprisingly informative piece that pitted Charlie Trotter's and Tru against each other in a "heavyweight title match," scoring each restaurant in 10 rounds, based on not only food and menu but things such as valet parking and "Lovely Parting Gifts."

We won't tell you who came out "the winner" but we will say that we're not completely surprised.