Interview with Jeffrey Webber
Food enthusiast Jeffrey Webber (a.k.a. Jeff W. on Yelp) got into online restaurant reviewing after trying to find restaurants in the D.C. and always stumbling upon Yelp listings. When finding lesser known places with good food, Webber wanted to shar his experiences with others, so he started reviewing a lot of restaurants on the review site Yelp.
He said he used to have a job with a lot of down time, and used that to write reviews of the restaurants he had recently been to. Just posting his 400th review recently, Webber said he has less time to share his dining experiences with his job now.
I saw Webber’s review for the Chameleon Cafe, so I decided to ask him some more questions about his experience there. He said that he was not expecting the food and atmosphere that Chameleon could offer based on the still developing Lauraville area.
“…it’s really intimate and unexpected given the area. It’s basically just a rowhouse turned into a restaurant and it has a great community feel. The food was really surprising since it has a heavy french influence and I wouldn’t expect to find that outside of a more affluent neighborhood. I wasn’t particularly impressed with the surrounding area, but that’s not going to stand in my way of eating good food.”
He said the people he was with enjoyed themselves and the food was great, with a homey atmosphere that still had an upscale feel. Webber said he would definitely go back to Chameleon Cafe again for a special occasion as their food is a bit pricey to go very often.
