The Alburtis Tavern

I chose to look at the review published in The Morning Call, written on the Alburtis Tavern. I chose this review because my parents have recently gone there, it is close to home, and I love food so it is definitely something of interest. The review starts off stating their first observations when they arrived, noting the amount of people at the tavern. Then the review goes into some facts about the Alburtis tavern. These facts included when it opened, the previous establishment, the structure of the building, as well as many details about the character of the building.  Continued with more details about the location and building, they speak of the theme of the tavern and how it carries over to the menu items. The review includes many of the entrees, what they ordered, including very descriptive statements. I noticed that many positive adjectives were used including “delicious," "perfect partner," and "light and luscious." The review also notes many of the prices, I’m assuming for readers to get an idea of a price range.  The review then goes on stating the owners including facts about other restaurants they own and the success of them.  The reviewer says, “It’s looking like they share one important characteristic – success.” This statement being added in the review makes it quite obvious to readers they this is defintely a good place to go. The review ends with the address, hours, phone number, and other useful data about the new Alburtis Tavern.

            I believe that this review was very useful and over all contains many of the characteristics to a good review. To start the review was written right after it had opened which is good because reviews are to cover places people haven’t gotten to see or try yet. The writer does a very good job at balancing facts with reactions. She included many facts that readers will want to know as well as an overall opinion of the tavern.  The review also answered the question stated in the book. “Is this thing worth my time and money”, which is exactly what readers what to know. The only thing that I did question about this review was the use of the word “I” in the very beginning. The writer used “I” twice in the first two sentences. Knowing that reviews should be written in the third person I’m not sure if this could be considered an exception. Overall I think this review was written very well. It gave me exactly what I wanted to know in order to decide if this place is somewhere I would like to go.