Talk:Martin's Tavern

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Restaurant notability

What are the criteria? I have nosed around wp:notability a bit and couldn't find anything on point.

I ask because the majority of articles turned up in Google News and Google Books searches for "'Martin's Tavern' Georgetown" are reviews of one form or another. (The linked reference is not typical.) Similar searches for most local restaurants of any longevity similarly turn up several pages of hits. Are they all notable? JohnInDC (talk) 13:24, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

We accept newspaper reviews as reliable sources for books, films, bands etc., so why not for restaurants? Phil Bridger (talk) 14:32, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think there's any dispute that the restaurant exists; that it's in Washington DC, was founded in 1933, and is the oldest family-owned restaurant in the city. Those facts are well and appropriately documented. What I don't understand is why any of that makes the restaurant notable, or how Wikipedia notability is established by a tally of Google items that consist largely of reviews. I'm trying to tease out what the criteria are for "restaurant notability", because they are not that apparent to me, and I have not been able to find any guidance on the WP:Notability pages. JohnInDC (talk) 15:19, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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