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Re:Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub C... by retsibsi on Monday November 16, 2020 @10:58PM (#25120134)
> When we got there it turned out the glowing reviews were all written by the owner's son.

How/why was this revealed to you?

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Re:Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub C... by nitrogen on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @08:39PM (#25132204)
Apparently they didn't normally get many tourists, and the owner's son was who served us.
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