Buck’s Has a Cow
Over at DCFoodies.com, our restaurant-reviewing pal Jason Storch has run into some legal trouble. It seems that he received a cease-and-desist letter from an attorney purporting to represent Buck’s Fishing and Camping.

What did Storch do to deserve this? Did he too loudly insist that chef Carole Greenwood stop stalking him through his television set? Did he open a restaurant next door called Jason’s Hunting and Whitewater-Rafting? No, it simply seems that Storch took photos of Buck’s food in anticipation of using them on his Web site for a review of the place before Greenwood demanded that he stop.

Putting aside the purely legal question of whether Buck’s may ban its patrons from taking photos inside the restaurant and subsequently using them without permission, we — like Kenny Rogers — think that you’ve got to know when to hold ’em and know when to fold ’em. Why owner James Alefantis and Greenwood, who consistently turns out delicious fare, would put the kibbosh on potential publicity (which, according to Storch, would have been positive in any event), we have no idea. It’s not as if Storch was the Good Burger to Buck’s Mondo Burger. The C&D threat has thus far generated much negative publicity for Buck’s — and showcased, ahem, the importance of blogs in the foodie community. What’s more, the whole thing reminds us of one Gillian Clark — the Colorado Kitchen maven who does things exactly her way, PR be damned.

Quite honestly, we don’t blame Storch for not wanting to return to Buck’s.