Angie laments to Doris that business has been bad, which Doris doesn't understand since she believes the food the best in town. Doris' efforts to bring at least her friends in, either by changing where they normally eat or encouraging them to eat out if they generally eat in, don't seem to help. When Angie says that Louie has been offered a job at a high end restaurant recommended by well-known critic Dudley Grey, Doris believes that what Palluccis needs is for Dudley Grey to review their restaurant, this advice regardless of the fact that both Doris and Angie personally thinking that the power Grey wields is ridiculous. They first have to bring Grey in, which is a tall order since he generally only reviews higher end establishments frequented by high society. And even if he does come in, they have to make the restaurant look like an "in" place, complete with wait staff and a room full of customers clamoring to get in. The other problem is that they can't cater directly to him, as no one, even his editorial staff, knows what he looks like. Doris has some intel as to who Grey would be, but if that intel is wrong, their efforts to impress that one person may backfire.
—Huggo