Spatula Diaries: Is the “Best of 225” in chains?

“In online comments about the recently released Best of 225 Awards, some readers expressed frustration about the number of chain restaurants that successfully placed in the dining categories,” writes 225 food blogger Maggie Heyn Richardson. “Sprinkled across 16 food-related awards in the annual survey, more than two dozen national chains either finished or earned first place.” Find out what readers and editors think about Baton Rouge’s chain obsession in this week’s Spatula Diaries.