Introduction

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Hi an welcome to the introduction of The Gourmet Gentlemen. In this blog I shall be explaining where the idea for the blog came from and why it has taken so long to get off the ground.


Idea and Planning 

The idea fir this blog was first thought up 3 years ago in the Dockyard Pub in Manchester, my brother and I had a few drinks and came up with the idea of writing restaurant reviews. We have had a few back and forth's about the idea to such a point we even thought we might face legal challenges on the name of the blog. Thankfully the name was available to be used, we have had several discussions about how best to put it together and think that we have come up with a potentially great read for those people who want to read it.


Grading Criteria  


Everything we assess will be done on a 1 to 5 point scale 1 being very poor 5 being excellent,  


What we are assessing

We will be scoring points on.


Access

Customer Service 

Quality of food and 

Price


Purpose

The purpose of this blog is to provide a fair balanced assessment of the venues we visit with our friends in the hope of providing a source of information for everyone with the twist of a wheelchair users vuew point 

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