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As someone else has noted with the cleanup tag, much of this article reads like either a review or an advertisement. I removed some of the unsourced stuff about the wait staff, but other parts are a bit over the top, too. Esrever ( klaT) 02:24, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
What is wrong with sounding like a review? The better reviews try to be NPOV too: addressing facts and citing qualities that are of interesting to people who want to know more about restaurants. So to begin with, it isn't POV to assume that history, ingredients, price, taste, reservations, etc., etc. are the proper components of a good encyclopedia entry. The thing being described--a restuarant--by its nature calls for an examination of the same points that restaurant reviews cover. What I see is that the facts of the place are that they use exotic ingredients, have fabulous ratings from a vast preponderance of expert raters, they charge high prices, and book their tables far in advance and incredibly quickly. The article I see is an NPOV collection of NPOV facts drawn from POV sources...which is pretty much what encyclopedia writing is all about. KevinCuddeback ( talk) 21:53, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone know how much the FL costs for lunch these days? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 171.64.42.89 ( talk • contribs) .
If this wants to be seen as an unbiased article, the fact that this place is ridiculously expensive should be mentioned. Otherwise it comes across as an ad, as the extreme price is certainly notable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.4.132.165 ( talk) 22:57, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
I came across this site as a reference from a salon.com article. Truthfully, I have no experience with fine cuisine or expensivre food but as a novice, I'd be interested to know what it is about a restaurant that justifies such a high price tag and "its good" doesn't seem good enough. If someone good endeavor to provide an explanation for the price it would be greatly appreciated. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Y.Pestis ( talk • contribs) 2006-10-10T19:22:50 (UTC).
This quote says there are three different menus, but the tasting menu is mentioned twice in the sections that follow. Is one of those supposed to be the prix fixe?
"There are three menus daily. Each is $240 (as of 2007) including service. One is a prix fixe menu; the second is a tasting menu, and the third is a vegetable tasting menu. During the holiday season, the restaurant may offer special dishes that would not otherwise be on the menu." WLGades 10:05, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
In what way is the cuisine French, beyond the fact that most top-end Western restaurant food is influenced by classic French cuisine, and much of the language is French? I just looked at the current menu: sure, there's foie gras, but there's also sashimi, pork belly, jamon iberico, Asian pear, even granola. Sounds pretty eclectic to me. Tsuguya ( talk) 04:31, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
Food goes beyond ingredients. Presentation, preparation, style, method, all of these give you a final dish that can be called French. Nukeguy04 ( talk)
I think I saw on the news that this building was damaged by the August 2014 earthquake? ---- Another Believer ( Talk) 18:10, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
I removed this recent addition to the article and put it here:
Time will tell, but I doubt this is appropriately encyclopedic, especially for being sufficiently notable. — EncMstr ( talk) 05:56, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
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Removed, because per what I believe is a reasonable application of WP:NOTNEWS. I think it's more appropriate on the governor's page. This is a controversy about what Newsom did. Although reading https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/01/san-francisco-mayor-london-breed-french-laundry-coronavirus, it could be possibly inclusion worthy, but not in the amount it was covered in. Graywalls ( talk) 06:48, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
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As someone else has noted with the cleanup tag, much of this article reads like either a review or an advertisement. I removed some of the unsourced stuff about the wait staff, but other parts are a bit over the top, too. Esrever ( klaT) 02:24, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
What is wrong with sounding like a review? The better reviews try to be NPOV too: addressing facts and citing qualities that are of interesting to people who want to know more about restaurants. So to begin with, it isn't POV to assume that history, ingredients, price, taste, reservations, etc., etc. are the proper components of a good encyclopedia entry. The thing being described--a restuarant--by its nature calls for an examination of the same points that restaurant reviews cover. What I see is that the facts of the place are that they use exotic ingredients, have fabulous ratings from a vast preponderance of expert raters, they charge high prices, and book their tables far in advance and incredibly quickly. The article I see is an NPOV collection of NPOV facts drawn from POV sources...which is pretty much what encyclopedia writing is all about. KevinCuddeback ( talk) 21:53, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone know how much the FL costs for lunch these days? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 171.64.42.89 ( talk • contribs) .
If this wants to be seen as an unbiased article, the fact that this place is ridiculously expensive should be mentioned. Otherwise it comes across as an ad, as the extreme price is certainly notable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.4.132.165 ( talk) 22:57, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
I came across this site as a reference from a salon.com article. Truthfully, I have no experience with fine cuisine or expensivre food but as a novice, I'd be interested to know what it is about a restaurant that justifies such a high price tag and "its good" doesn't seem good enough. If someone good endeavor to provide an explanation for the price it would be greatly appreciated. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Y.Pestis ( talk • contribs) 2006-10-10T19:22:50 (UTC).
This quote says there are three different menus, but the tasting menu is mentioned twice in the sections that follow. Is one of those supposed to be the prix fixe?
"There are three menus daily. Each is $240 (as of 2007) including service. One is a prix fixe menu; the second is a tasting menu, and the third is a vegetable tasting menu. During the holiday season, the restaurant may offer special dishes that would not otherwise be on the menu." WLGades 10:05, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
In what way is the cuisine French, beyond the fact that most top-end Western restaurant food is influenced by classic French cuisine, and much of the language is French? I just looked at the current menu: sure, there's foie gras, but there's also sashimi, pork belly, jamon iberico, Asian pear, even granola. Sounds pretty eclectic to me. Tsuguya ( talk) 04:31, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
Food goes beyond ingredients. Presentation, preparation, style, method, all of these give you a final dish that can be called French. Nukeguy04 ( talk)
I think I saw on the news that this building was damaged by the August 2014 earthquake? ---- Another Believer ( Talk) 18:10, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
I removed this recent addition to the article and put it here:
Time will tell, but I doubt this is appropriately encyclopedic, especially for being sufficiently notable. — EncMstr ( talk) 05:56, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
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Removed, because per what I believe is a reasonable application of WP:NOTNEWS. I think it's more appropriate on the governor's page. This is a controversy about what Newsom did. Although reading https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/01/san-francisco-mayor-london-breed-french-laundry-coronavirus, it could be possibly inclusion worthy, but not in the amount it was covered in. Graywalls ( talk) 06:48, 6 October 2023 (UTC)