Adam Platt v. Steve Schussler

Writing about the sale of nigh-legendary burger stop Wagner’s — the place will be re-invented as a Jetsonsesque retro-future diner — Mpls.St. Paul editor Adam Platt throws some sharp elbows at the buyer. Theme restaurant mogul Steve Schussler (remember Rainforest Cafe?) draws Platt’s ire as, in essence, a slick-talking purveyor of style over substance. Here’s an amuse bouche: “Schussler’s brand of eatertainment is all fakery and façade—indifferent to the primary function of a restaurant.”