In terms of prestige, does the firm or the office location matter more? Forum

[Anonymous User]

Man, we had such a good, respectful thread going about culinary differences based on the city, and you all fucking derailed it with your garbage takes on prestige.

Literally, anyone who has been at a law firm for longer than even a year: "Prestige is bullshit; the only things that matter is you can stomach your work and hours, you make market pay and you live where you want".

Now, back to the food scene. This is a hot take - but if you can name the best restaurants in your city, your city isn't that good at food. Everyone that talks about Chicago food scene, mentions the same 3-5 restaurants (girl and goat, alinea, etc. w/e). You can't compare that to NY, where literally it's impossible to name them because I can't even pretend to say I know all the best restaurants. I can't even do it by neighborhood - there's some ridiculously great restaurants in neighborhoods I've never stepped foot in.

Point being - Chicago food scene just doesn't stack up to other major cities. It's still better than like Denver or Phoenix or whatever. But, you can't compare to NY, SF, etc.

Law firm prestige take checks out. Chicago restaurant scene take not so much. If you seriously think there only are 3 to 5 restaurants worth going to in a city as large as Chicago, I have a bridge to Russia I'd like to sell you.

Seriously, I am not shitting on NYC or SF (in the latter's case, there's no room left for more shit). But Chicago has an amazing food and bar scene that can go toe-to-toe with NYC, SF, or any other city any day of the week.

Evaluating a whole city's restaurant scene is not so simple as counting the Michelin stars of restaurants that you've been to a time or two or only heard about, bud. The amount of coastal copium you see on this board is staggering.

[mardash]

Man, we had such a good, respectful thread going about culinary differences based on the city, and you all fucking derailed it with your garbage takes on prestige.

Literally, anyone who has been at a law firm for longer than even a year: "Prestige is bullshit; the only things that matter is you can stomach your work and hours, you make market pay and you live where you want".

Now, back to the food scene. This is a hot take - but if you can name the best restaurants in your city, your city isn't that good at food. Everyone that talks about Chicago food scene, mentions the same 3-5 restaurants (girl and goat, alinea, etc. w/e). You can't compare that to NY, where literally it's impossible to name them because I can't even pretend to say I know all the best restaurants. I can't even do it by neighborhood - there's some ridiculously great restaurants in neighborhoods I've never stepped foot in.

Point being - Chicago food scene just doesn't stack up to other major cities. It's still better than like Denver or Phoenix or whatever. But, you can't compare to NY, SF, etc.

Law firm prestige take checks out. Chicago restaurant scene take not so much. If you seriously think there only are 3 to 5 restaurants worth going to in a city as large as Chicago, I have a bridge to Russia I'd like to sell you.

Seriously, I am not shitting on NYC or SF (in the latter's case, there's no room left for more shit). But Chicago has an amazing food and bar scene that can go toe-to-toe with NYC, SF, or any other city any day of the week.

Evaluating a whole city's restaurant scene is not so simple as counting the Michelin stars of restaurants that you've been to a time or two or only heard about, bud. The amount of coastal copium you see on this board is staggering.

Fair if you’re limiting to SF County, but if broaden out to the whole Bay it’s full of delicious shit.