Taz is the first of many Yahoo! Local featured reviewers we’ll be featuring here. An aspiring writer, Taz has written 47 local reviews and counting.

She started writing reviews on Yahoo! Local after becoming a member of 360. Taz loves to write so she thought she would review her favorite restaurants (and also keep wine tasting notes from her favorite local wineries). When reviewing restaurants, if she really likes a place, she will write a couple of paragraphs; if not, she will just highlight the restaurant's features. She loves the fact that she can edit her reviews because she can go back to Yahoo! Local and write more when she has time, or change her reviews if the experience has changed. Of course, sometimes she writes negative reviews.

“I like writing restaurant reviews to share my experiences with my friends and to help my community make decisions on where to eat,” says Taz, a Bay Area resident. Restaurant reviews appeal to her as universally valuable "because we all have to eat." And although we can all read the New York Times for editorial reviews, she sees the value for the local community to write reviews: reading the opinions of 10 to 20 people about a business to get a feel for what the experience will be like from different standpoints is far more beneficial than the opinion of one person.

Taz gave a 5 star rating to the legendary Bouchon in Yountville, CA, outlining that she reserves the 5 star rating for a no fault, perfect type of restaurant. Other ‚Äòexceptionally good’ restaurants that got her 4-star ratings include Auberge du Soleil and John Ash & Companyin the Napa area, as well as San Francisco based trendy French seafood bistro Plouf and tacos joint Nick’s Crisp Tacos. You can also have a look at all the places she's reviewed on Taz's Review Map.

Perhaps you’ve found a great Local business you’d like other folks to know about? It could be a lawyer, dentist, restaurant, dry cleaner or mechanic. Either way, you can Rate & Review it on Yahoo! Local and let everyone know what you think.

Frederique Dame
Product Manager, Yahoo! Local