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Dear Google Maps, Part Deux

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Dear +Google Maps , Part Deux, A few days ago I sent feedback about a location. Specifically, that the location no longer held a certain business, The Salad Bowl. Local Page Let's roll back a few blog posts. Remember this one ? I reported the restaurant closed via the Google Maps report feature and received and email stating the restaurant is still active? Well, Google Maps, you're at it again. You see, I walk past this spot four or five times a week. In street view, do you see that space to the left of the Salad Bowl, the one with the tree? Yeah, that spot. I walk through that every single time I go to the gym and I go four or five days a week, depending on the week. You see that pet store next to the Salad Bowl? Look to your left. Okay, yeah, right there. Yeah, I shop there for dog treats, fish supplies and various other bits. Streetview One might say I'm fairly well versed in that corner of the strip mall. And yet, I receive this email from you: From: ...

Dear Google Maps

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Dear  +Google Maps I sent feedback from the mobile app last weekend regarding a restaurant that didn't seem to exist any longer. You see, I was trying to find this restaurant after having read a 4 year old review on a local dining blog . Yet, I found myself driving around in circles for a few minutes trying to find this restaurant, even though no restaurant with that name seemed to exist. However, I finally found a  restaurant at the address, but not Los Farolitos . As you can see by the Google+ page for the restaurant, there are no reviews and no one from the restaurant has taken ownership of the site, leaving me to believe the place hasn't had any customers in quite some time. Even your very own streetview photo of the location is three years old: September 2011 That being said, the location listed as Los Farolitos is now occupied by a place called Juan's Something or Another. Yes, it is still a restaurant, but no longer Los Farolitos. In fact, I can't fi...