Twitter Reacts to John Tesar's Critic Rant

Chef John Tesar threw some serious punches this morning at Dallas Morning News critic Leslie Brenner in response to her three (out of five) star review of his new restaurant Knife. He expressed his anger via Twitter writing, "fuck you ! Your reviews are misleading poorly written,self serving and you have destroyed the star system and you really suck." Tesar then announced he was banning Brenner from all of his restaurants: "I will never let her into another one of my restaurants again." Tesar quickly garnered a slew of reactions — both positive and negative — from the Twitterverse. Here's what some prominent figures are saying about the debacle (for more reactions head over to Eater Dallas):

.@EricAsimov @CKummer I do love the phrase "destroyed the star system." So cutting, so portentous, so nonsensical.

— Pete Wells (@pete_wells) July 17, 2014

@qualityrye And Been happening lot more over last 20 years as local reviews go global/Internet and are easily rehashed for years. #anger

— Andrew Zimmern (@andrewzimmern) July 17, 2014

Don't chefs have as much right as a "critic" to air their POV ? RT. @qualityrye: Disappointing when chefs lash out against fair criticism:

— Mario Batali (@Mariobatali) July 17, 2014

Disappointing when chefs lash out against what appears to be fair and intelligent criticism: http://t.co/W0u4WEOfZV via @KhushAndOJ

— ryan sutton (@qualityrye) July 17, 2014

@ChefJohnTesar Usually I just shrug, find the good criticisms, address those, and continue trying our best to do good, authentic work.

— hugh acheson (@HughAcheson) July 17, 2014

@qualityrye Geez. What would he have said if it had been, you know, a negative review.

— Ian Froeb (@ianfroeb) July 17, 2014

@CKummer is there a chef who hasn't thought that? A critic who hasn't heard it, one way or another?

— Eric Asimov (@EricAsimov) July 17, 2014

so tantrum wow RT @EaterDallas: .@ChefJohnTesar says dining critic Leslie Brenner is banned from his restaurants: http://t.co/uPnS6sA16K

— Andrea Grimes (@andreagrimes) July 17, 2014

I was vigorously chastised by @ChefJohnTesar after I 1st blogged about his Houston restaurant. But he's funny & talented, & we patched it up

— Alison Cook (@alisoncook) July 17, 2014

Being told F--- you by John Tesar puts our critic @lesbren in a club with lots of members. He might ask, "Is it me?" http://t.co/CQSUxmGuYW

— Alan Peppard (@AlanPeppard) July 17, 2014

Some one needs a better publicist. @ChefJohnTesar bans critic from restaurants after three-star review http://t.co/CKVcg2jnE2

— Lauren Saria (@lhsaria) July 17, 2014

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