Happy Holidays from Gut Check

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I hope you enjoyed the first annual Gut Check Year-End Bonanza! This year -- both reviewing restaurants for the paper and producing the blog -- has been a blast. I don't know where we're headed in 2008, but I promise Gut Check will continue to grow.

First, though, a rest. Gut Check will return on Wednesday, January 2, with all the usual goodies, including my first review of 2008. Will the new year begin with a bang or a whimper? Here's an awful big hint: We already have a clear -- maybe prohibitive -- favorite for the worst dish of 2008.

Safe travels, if you're headed out of town. Wherever you go, have a great holiday season, and eat something good.

Peace, Ian