Monday, November 3, 2008

Tom Sietsema in some hot water...

Tom reviewed the new Logan restaurant named Commissary last Friday. Well, I wouldn't say he reviewed it as much as he slammed it in a piece that was unusually vitrolic for the mild-mannered critic.

Today, the post issued a complete retraction and pulled the article from their Web site. Apparently Tom had a prior "personal relationship" with one of the owners of Commissary's parent company, and the Post (and Commissary's owners) feel as though he should have recused himself from this review.

What the nature of the "personal relationship" was, is unclear. It is clear, however, that Tom was pouring an unusual amount of criticism on the fledgling restaurant - we'll hope he was just having a bad day and there was no sinister intent.

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