Originally Posted by KathyWdrf
"Overnight?"
The 2004 edition would have been updated based on research done in the summer of 2003. (Or was that somehow not obvious to you? You thought that the research was done just a few days before you purchased the book???)
Every other travel guidebook series I have used is less frequently updated than Rick Steves' series. Lonely Planet, for example, typically does updates only every few years.
But, you can often get more recent updates on the websites (Rick Steves, Lonely Planet, and others). However, if you insist on absolutely up-to-the-minute information for your typical printed guidebook price tag of $15-$25, I'm afraid there's no one on earth that will satisfy you.
Obvious to me? Was it obvious to you that I wasn't expecting the book to be literally publish the day before I bought it. How do you know it was updated in the summer of 2003? Did you ask Rick Steves that? Please let me know if you did. If not don't be spewing out stuff you know nothing about. From my impression, the book was updated a while back not a summer ago. I would expect a restaurant that is recommended in his guides to not go out of business that soon. Yes I know Blah Blah Blah restaurants go out of business all the time. What's your point besides trolling for Rick Steves?