Do you believe this SHIT? Andrew Taylor, left, and Mike Wiley, co-owners of Hugo’s, Eventide Oyster Co. and The Honey Paw (along with Arlin Smith) in Maine sound like the most humorless, thin-skinned pussies on earth.
“Smith said to me, ‘We don’t want you to represent us,’ and I said, ‘I don’t represent anyone. That’s not what a critic is,'” said food blogger John Golden, who has also written for Downeast magazine, The New York Times, The Boston Globe and Gourmet, as well as the Maine Sunday Telegram.
In an interview at Hugo’s, Taylor and Wiley said they regret that their disagreement with Golden has become public, but they stand by their decision. “We’re opening ourselves up to criticism,” Taylor said. “There will be people who are going to say, ‘What a bunch of jerks,’ but that’s not necessarily who we are. I’m sure there will be others in the industry who say, ‘Good for you.’ I don’t think we’re alone in thinking John Golden isn’t a particularly professional food writer for this town.”
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