That's complete BS. If he was running a little neighborhood place selling dinner for $30, I'd buy what you're saying. But he's not. Google "Le suquet", and in

That's complete BS. If he was running a little neighborhood place selling dinner for $30, I'd buy what you're saying. But he's not. Google "Le suquet", and in the Google tagline, you get: "Le Suquet at Laguiole the three star gastronomic restaurant of Sébastien Bras." He'd rather Le Suquet be forever known as "the place that was 3 stars until the Chef told the reviewers to fuck off" rather than "the place that was 3 stars but isn't any more because quality control has slipped".