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See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shed_at_Dulwich for a summary. IIRC there's also video reportage about it to be found...



>IIRC there's also video reportage about it to be found...

The VICE piece is here:

How to Become TripAdvisor’s #1 Fake Restaurant

The Shed at Dulwich was the number one rated restaurant in London, with foodies, celebrities and bloggers trying to get a table. The main obstacle for them, however, was that it didn't exist. Over the course of 8 months VICE's Oobah Butler used an assault of fake reviews to get his 'restaurant' to the hallowed top spot on TripAdvisor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqPARIKHbN8




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