Diablogue.

I recently read a less-than-snappy restaurant review in the Idaho Statesman Scene section that inspired me to post about what I'm doing with this blog. Although I believe that catty commentary concerning just about anything is always appropriate, it's not totally the goal of this project. The blog exists to generate dialogue about drinking and dining in general, but specifically in my home of Downtown Boise.

Since criticism is generally subjective in nature, and since I don't consider myself any great expert on the subject, I hopefully write as the voice of the public; merely a bored watcher and tired reader, hoping to create a platform for some legitimate critical dialogue about the business of feeding and watering the citizens of our adolescent city. If the blog gains popularity, it will be driven by user feedback and comments. Eventually, I'd like the thread to read as a sort of loose conversation between all of us... one that generates improvement and non-defensive feedback for restaurateurs, bar owners, and industry workers. And remembering that this is a mission of SALVATION, I try to write about what I see that is quality-oriented, but also feel free to use a crappy Cable Car, for example, as means to bring the innocent barstander to the saving light of the properly made incarnation of the drink.