The genre I am going to study is restaurant reviews. In particular, I am going to look at different categories, such as top 10 BBQ restaurants in Austin. Some of the reviews I am going to look at are Fed Man Walking: The Austin BBQ Top 10 , Dallas’ Best for Cocktails, and Top New York Restaurants of 2016. All three of these reviews provide a list of top restaurants for their specific category. All of these reviews list restaurants in order from 1-10 with 1 being the best, rather than being listed in reverse order. Additionally, each source begins with an introduction as to why their reviews are important, followed by their list and a review of each restaurant on the list.

The reviews I am looking at are all posted online and serve the purpose of helping readers choose restaurants to eat at. Online reviews provide easy access as someone can Google search a restaurant they may be thinking about eating at and recieve immediate feedback. One of the questions I have for my peers is what category would be interesting for people to read about? I know I want to do a top 5-10 list but am not sure exactly what category I want to focus on yet. I also want to know if people think it would be better to focus on a general type of food (ex: best Tex-Mex restaurants) or a specific dish (best fajitas).