Before heading off to Wooster last week to visit the Ohio Light Opera, I checked Yelp in search of a worthy restaurant to stop at for lunch, not wanting to rely on whatever fast-food monstrosity happened to be visible from the highway. About 2 1/2 hours out (which based on our planned departure, would be just the right time for lunch), in a little town called Acme, I found a spot called Brady’s Restaurant, which at first seemed as if it would not be a place anyone would want to eat.

There were lots of one- and two-star reviews for Brady’s on Yelp, complaining about the “terrible service,” turkey that “always tastes gamey,” and “the absolute most disgusting meatloaf ever” … but as I read on, I came across this review by Greg B.—

Good food at decent prices. If your some snooty tourist who is used to eating hormone injected slop that’s full of who know’s what, then don’t come here. The meet is locally raised and some of the fish is from right up the road. The people who own this place are decent hardworking people who give allot to local charities. The original owner was a hard working business women who employed 100’s of people in the area and never turned someone down in need. My family fell on hard times many years ago and Mrs. Brady was always willing to help us out and even brought us christmas gifts one winter when my wife passed away. The night she delivered the gifts, my children and I watched her through the candlighted window as she walked over 30 yards in her work dress through a snow drift to bring my kids a christmas ham and I’ll be damned if I will stand for some jerk with a smartphone disparage her and the business she created. This place serves good food at decent prices. IF you want something fancy, then go up the highway . The Brady’s don’t need your cash. Excuse me, you people with your bad reviews probably pay with credit cards because you spend your paycheck before it came in.

Which had me saying, I don’t care what all those other reviewers say—I’m in!

So last week at noon on a weekday, we stopped at Brady’s, where I ordered a hot roast beef sandwich and Irene ordered the turkey. (She was kind of hoping it would be gamey.) When asked by our server if I wanted gravy on the fries, I said, sure!

And what can I say? It turned out to be an excellent sandwich, though one which I needed to eat with a knife and fork because of the gravy.

Good roast beef on good bread, served with good french fries … and good gravy! It was just the sort of comfort food that was needed on a long road trip. Plus our server was energetic and attentive, taking great care of us. And Irene’s turkey wasn’t gamey!

Which proves once again that reading Yelp isn’t as important as figuring out which reviews are worth paying attention to and which can be ignored.

If I ever pass through Acme again, I’ll certainly make another stop at Brady’s. And I urge you to, too!