Truth in Googling: Is Unfair Competition the Answer?
In my freshman year of college, a long-time friend of mine and I decided to drive down to Chicago. Shortly before heading to the Cadillac Palace to claim our seats for a comedy act performing there that night, my companion, being an Asian-food connoisseur, steered our walk downtown towards a Japanese restaurant in River North. The interior design was stunning: dark, vaulting ceilings; a vibrantly colored fish tank as a focal point in the back; and an elliptical-shaped sushi bar in the center emanating the colors of the ocean. I can also picture the black and red sign outlining the specials at the establishment’s door. More vague, however, is my memory of one crucial detail about the restaurant: it’s name.
My inability to recall the name of that restaurant has prompted a flurry of Google searches on River North Japanese restaurants. In the process, I have found many other places with likewise appealing aesthetics and succulent sushi, but my searches have returned no hits that appear to be the restaurant I was looking for. The interior design of the River North establishment I found myself at distinguished it from every other restaurant Google has returned to me. But those searches no less have provided me with other possible establishments awaiting my next trip to Chicago.
Now for a counterfactual. How would my searches have turned out if I did remember the name of the restaurant?