The most respected Shirley Temple drink critic is an 11-year-old. Leo Kelly has been a drink critic since he was six-years-old, dubbing his own (parent-run) Instagram account @theshirleytempleking. With 240K followers now, his reviews are genuinely respected by restaurants—even LongHorn Steakhouse changed their recipe after a poor score. And what is that score based on? The color of the drink, the soda base, whether the grenadine is homemade, and how many cherries are used as garnish influence his 10-point scale, on which only one drink has ever scored a perfect 10. Chefs and owners alike are wise to take his feedback, though he does note things like preferring ginger ale to a lemon-lime soda are just his opinion, and he simply wants to better the thing he reviews. (New York Times)
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