Dining Poll: How Long Do You Wait to Dine at a New Restaurant?

Caroline Potter July 16, 2012 Leave a Comment

What’s your timetable for trying a just-opened restaurant? Do you want to be the first diners through the door — or do you wait for buzz to build? Weigh in on today’s dining poll.

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Caroline Potter is the Chief Dining Officer for OpenTable, Inc. She’s a dining trend-spotter and an OpenTable VIP, who dines out more than she eats in and has accrued more than 10,000 Dining Rewards points. Caroline started working in restaurants as a teen and she’s since tackled every front-of-the-house job, from bartender and hostess to runner and server. She trained as a chef at Manhattan’s prestigious French Culinary Institute, cooking at L’Ecole. In addition to her role at OpenTable, she has written about food from farm to table for New York City’s famed Greenmarket and Edible Brooklyn and Edible East End magazines. Caroline is also a Certified Master Gardener.