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Who writes Google Maps restaurant descriptions?

Who writes these things?

A few examples from around here:

Students & professors alike head to this alehouse for its beers brewed on-site & bar food.
Charming neighborhood bistro serving Sicilian dishes & Italian wines in rustic-chic digs.
Locavore-friendly counter-serve chain specializing in organic salads, soup & bowls.
Cozy counter-serve setup putting a healthy spin on poke bowls, curries & other Japanese dishes.
Charming, industrial-chic bakery & vegan deli for pastries, coffee & creative vegetable-based mains.
Chinese restaurant with a chic, modern atmosphere & a menu that offers Peking duck & other classics.
Elegant outpost serving a modern Japanese izakaya menu with California & global influences.
Socially conscious pie parlor showcases specialty pizzas, a full bar & live bands in a funky space.
Bustling counter-serve destination for hearty salads & sandwiches served in friendly environs.
Long-running (since 1977) shop, open late, offering frozen yogurt in simple digs.
Italian deli & market offering housemade pasta, imported cheese, charcuterie & more in homey digs.
Burritos stuffed to order & other Mexican fast food make this Bay Area chain outpost a popular pick.

I never get quite as annoyed as when I read these damn things. Why is everything chic? What is a locavore? Why is it an outpost? Environs? digs??

Someone definitely writes these things. Some poor person sifts through reviews and photos and pulls out the Google Millennial-approved list of adjectives and just starts throwing them together to get... something.

This would be a pretty good set of data you could train a markov chain on and get a bunch of absolutely flawless results. That sounds pretty fun actually, I might give it a shot.

Last updated Mon Mar 14 2022 in Berkeley, CA

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