I just think that we show an awful lot of deference to chefs in our culture and maybe not enough deference to customers.

- Pete Wells

Everybody used to say going to restaurants... is like theater, there's stage sets, there's drama, there's play acting and you watch the show. And now…

- Pete Wells

I find that the dead-end route is to try to describe what's going on in your mouth.

- Pete Wells

My feeling is, if I can describe the way a steak looks on the plate, when it's just kind of juices are coming out, and it's almost alive, and just wa…

- Pete Wells

I don't think I've ever met nachos that I didn't like before. It's almost inconceivable that nachos can be bad. It makes no sense.

- Pete Wells

There is often with restaurant reviews in particular, I think, this kind of impulse to be deferential and bow down to the greatness of the restaurant…

- Pete Wells

If you say, 'Oh, there was a little bit of acidity from the lime juice on the left side of my tongue, and then this beautiful, smooth pureed potato w…

- Pete Wells