John Galardi, the founder of restaurants such as Wienerschnitzel, has died at the age of 75.
According to the Galardi Group, Galardi died on Saturday after battling pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his wife, Judane, and four children.
Galardi founded his first restaurant, Der Wienerschnitzel, in 1961 at the age of 23. The business began as a stand in Wilmington, Los Angeles. The hotdog-based chain grew, and now has over 350 franchise restaurants located in California and the Southwestern U.S.
In 1979, Galardi founded The Original Hamburger Stand restaurants, which competed with other burger-based fast food restaurants in the U.S. Southwest. In 2003, the Galardi Group also acquired the Tastee-Freez company and has begun serving Tastee-Freez soft serve ice cream in Wienerschnitzel restaurants.
Galardi handed over leadership of his company in 1993, though he remained chairman of the Galardi Group until his death.
Restaurants in which the waitresses wear skimpy outfits have been the norm in the U.S. for decades. Now, one Texas sports bar has taken the moniker “breastaurant” and made it its own.
Doug Guller, the founder and CEO of Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill, this month trademarked the word “breastaurant” through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The Texas restaurant chain has long billed itself as “America’s Only Sports Breastaurant” but has now made the designation official.
“We’re really excited about receiving this federal trademark,” said Guller. “Our team has worked hard over the last seven years to offer a unique experience to our fans. It just further solidifies that Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill is America’s ONLY ‘breastaurant.’”
Bikinis offers the standard spread of sports bar fare, such as chicken wings, burgers, nachos, and a variety of beers. The catch is that all of their waitresses dress in cowboy boots, short jean shorts, and bikini tops. The restaurant even sells a yearly bikini calendar featuring its waitresses.
This isn’t the first time Guller has used naming to gain publicity. Last year he purchased the ghost town of Bankersmith, Texas on Craigslist and renamed the location to Bikinis, Texas. Guller has stated that he intends to turn the town’s empty post office building into a Bikinis hall of fame.
(Photo courtesy Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill via Facebook)
Dunkin’ Donuts this week announced it will be expanding its stores into Southern California. The restaurant’s goal is to have more than 15,000 Dunkin’ Donuts locations throughout the U.S.
Multi-unit franchisees are now being recruited throughout the Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, San Bernardino, Ventura, and Orange counties. New Dunkin’ Donuts locations are expected to open in the area starting in 2015. The company is also looking to sell donuts and coffee in universities, casinos, military bases, supermarkets, airports, and travel centers.
“This past year was an exciting one for Dunkin’ Donuts’ growth in the United States, and we are delighted to begin 2013 with the long-awaited announcement that Dunkin’ Donuts will be opening restaurants in California, where there is already incredible passion for our brand,” said Nigel Travis, CEO of Dunkin’ Brands and president of Dunkin’ Donuts U.S. “Expansion to California has always been part of our plan to grow Dunkin’ Donuts’ presence in the U.S. We have maintained our disciplined approach to expand steadily while focusing on initiatives to improve restaurant economics and franchisee profitability. These initiatives include our recent agreement with our franchisee-owned and operated distribution and procurement facility, which ensures the same cost of goods to franchisees in both established and new markets by 2015.”
Dunkin’ Donuts also announced that it opened 291 new locations in the U.S. during 2012. It has plans to open 330 to 360 new locations in the U.S. in 2013, and not just in Southern California.
“In addition to California, we believe we have incredible domestic growth opportunities for Dunkin’ Donuts, both east and west of the Mississippi. On a global basis, we remain committed to our long-term development goal, which calls for us to accelerate to approximately a 5 percent net new annual development rate for Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins combined,” said Travis.
Yelp has partnered with the local governments in San Francisco and New York to put health inspection scores on the pages of the cities’ restaurants. It’s part of a bigger open data initiative, however, that Yelp hopes will enable other cities around the country to follow suit.
Participating restaurants’ health scores will be displayed alongside the other business information like hours, price range, etc. If a user hovers over the score, Yelp will display an info box that tells them what it is they’re looking at.
“Yelp works with local governments to show health inspection scores, ranked on a scale of 0-100,” it says.
You can click on through to access a more detailed report, which includes a list of the specific violations, the date in which the inspection occurred, and whether it was a routine inspection or another kind. You can also look at all of that information for previous inspections (but only in San Francisco currently).
This new metric is enabled through Yelp’s new “open data standard” called the “Local INspector Value-entry Specification,” or LIVES for short. They say that LIVES was developed with the encouragement of the White House.
“Public/private partnerships like this don’t necessarily provide a direct contribution to Yelp’s bottom line, but evidence suggests the LIVES open data standard will have a positive impact on society,” says Yelp.
In the future, LIVES could be used by other city governments to follow suit with the inspection ratings on the site – if they so choose. Of course, governments are not always keen on opening up their data to the public.
“We hope other cities will join San Francisco in fully embracing this new open data standard,” says Yelp.
The first two cities to partner with Yelp in the venture are San Francisco and New York, but Yelp expects more to roll out in the coming months.
[Photo courtesy Don McCullough, Flickr]
PayPal announced on Monday that it has reached deals with 23 major national retailers to enable customers to pay with PayPal in stores.
Participating retailers include: Famous Footwear, Dollar General, Mapco Express, RadioShack, Spartan Stores, Abercrombie & Fitch, Advance Auto Parts, Aéropostale, American Eagle Outfitters, Barnes & Noble, Foot Locker, Guitar Center, the Home Depot, Jamba Juice, JC Penney, Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Nine West, Office Depot, Rooms To Go, Tiger Direct, and Toys “R” Us. The other two will be named soon, PayPal says.
“Delivering valuable digital and mobile payments is alive and thriving, and consumers all over the U.S. will now start seeing PayPal more where they shop every day, including the grocery store and at the gas pump,” says PayPal VP, Retail Services, Don Kingsborough. “We believe that by bringing value to the checkout experience ‘every day’ with proven technology that is simple, fast, and secure and offering true benefits such as coupons, rewards and loyalty, we’ve uncovered a winning solution when people pay. No bells, whistles or buzzes – just technology that works and gets the most from your money.”
These are some big name retailers, for sure, and that means a big boost to PayPal as a payment options for many consumers. It stands to reason that the company will only expand on this roster, surely making mobile payments a much bigger phenomenon in 2013. PayPal has an edge over rivals given its longtime brand recognition.
“This is an exciting time at PayPal because our path to enabling people to pay with PayPal in the store has now gone from a vision to a reality,” says Kingsboough. “We are executing on our vision of cloud-based payments to enable true convenience across any channel from your laptop to your smartphone or the store. Some of the competition has stumbled with alternative technology offerings that don’t address true customer pain points – they have created technology, just for technology’s sake.”
According to PayPal, there are 18,000 stores in the U.S. where you use PayPal.
If all of that wasn’t enough, however, PayPal will soon be available in millions of locations, according to Kingsborough. According to multiple reports, PayPal has also struck a deal with NCR, which will see PayPal payments in NCR’s mobile apps and restaurant and retail services. According to VentureBeat, NCR powers payments for half of the major retail chains and 38% of the top 100 restaurants in the U.S.
Update: Kingsborough just formally announced the NCR partnership on the PayPal blog. He gives the following details:
In the first phase, NCR will integrate PayPal mobile payment options into the recently announced NCR Mobile Pay application and NCR Aloha Online Ordering. With this integration, PayPal will be a payment option and allow consumers greater choice for simple, fast and secure purchases, alongside credit or debit cards. Consumers will also be able to use the PayPal mobile application to locate, order-ahead and “check-in” at participating NCR Mobile Pay merchants to access the same functionality.
Two other aspects of this agreement will enable the following:
Online reviews have been pissing off restauranteurs for many years now, and Yelp is one of the biggest offenders. I feel their pain – I mean, some woman gets in a fight with her boyfriend and then has one cold fry at your burger joint and she goes on to pen an epic teardown of your establishment that’s on record forever. But on the flip side, online review sites like Yelp and Urbanspoon have helped me avoid bad experiences in the past.
But for a restaurant owner, I’m sure the terrible Yelp reviews are more memorable than the good ones. One restaurant is getting proactive by putting the bad reviews on display in the most clever place possible – the crapper.
San Diego’s Craft & Commerce is taking a fun approach to negative reviews. They’re recording them, and playing them for patrons to hear when they’re going #1 or #2. You know what they say: if you can’t beat them, associate them with human waste.
Craft & Commerce has a 4-satar rating on Yelp with over 900 reviews and boasts a Michelin-award winning chef – so it makes sense that they allow themselves the room to poke fun at themselves.
But if you ever visit the restaurant, here’s are some of the reviews you might hear while taking a pee:
What a disaster. Don’t think it was a typical night and the cocktails/mixology was as advertised but the kitchen was full of smoke and after waiting for an hour and a half we left without eating. BTW the ladies room was having serious issues as well. Sorry, truth hurts!
On the surface, this is creative vibrant pub with loads of potential. What i found, was that if im not a hipster, neck beard vespa rollin’ type, I gets no love here. Terrible service, me and all my friends from work were blatantly dissed just because we opted to buy drinks instead of food and drinks. This ain’t Cuba!
F$#% yo couch.
3 of us walked in for dinner last Sunday. The menu print is too small to read in the dim light. No vodka. Great burger, but they don’t serve ketchup. This place takes it’s identity and itself too seriously. How can you have a burger and fries with no ketchup? They could make their own if they think Heinz is cheesy. Drinks are too froufrou. No vodka soda? You’d gain 10 lbs drinking all the sugar drinks. Would not go back.
And they would probably sound something like this:
[Foodbeast via Fark]
Yelp is rolling out a new Menus feature, which compiles visual menus along with Yelp reviews and user-uploaded food pictures. These will be accessible from business pages, on the website and the Yelp app. You can find them under “Explore the Menu”.
“Specifics on menu items, like description and price, will match up with Yelp’s user generated photos and reviews mentioning that particular dish,” explains a Yelp product manager in a blog post. “Feeling indecisive? Pick something with the “popular” tag – items Yelpers can’t stop talking about – and you’re guaranteed a good meal.”
The feature is starting to roll out today in the U.S. Yelp is quickly expanding its operations in Europe, so I would not be surprised to see the feature launch there in the near future.
Interestingly, Yelp says this the first time it has rolled out a new feature on its website, mobile website and mobile app all at the same time.
Earlier, we told you that Foursquare was planning a new homepage that would put the focus on search and open up their personalized recommendations to everyone – even if they aren’t a member of the Foursquare community.
And now, the new Foursquare.com is live for everyone. According to the company, it will “reinvent local search” by allowing anyone to utilize Foursquare’s billions of check-ins and millions of tips – without having to sign up.
“[W]e’ve been tweaking and improving the formula that supplies those recommendations, analyzing and re-analyzing our nearly 3 billion check-ins and 30 million tips to find the keys to the best recommendations. In fact, we even started running an experiment: without any check-ins, can we still provide the best local recommendations? Thanks to those 3 billion check-ins and 30 million tips (and a bit more magic behind the scenes), we’ve gotten really really good at it,” says Foursquare in a blog post.
Even for a logged-out user, a search on Foursquare will yield plenty of results complete with tips, composite ratings, photos, and a map.
“Foursquare doesn’t just hand you a one-size-fits-all list of suggestions. Even if you’ve never checked in, Explore still can make great recommendations based on a number of signals, like what’s popular in the neighborhood, new places, places that are trending at the moment, where experts go, and what’s popular on that day of the week. If you search for a bar, we don’t just tell you about great bars, but rather the best places you should go tonight,” they say.
With this move, Foursquare is obviously going after other directories with tips, ratings, hours, and menus – think Yelp or Urbanspoon. The great thing about Foursquare is they can not only give you recommendations based on where you are, but they have an insane amount of data that they can use to give you the best choices based on what everyone else likes and recommends. Of course, creating an account, checking-in, making friends, and leaving tips will greatly improve the accuracy of Foursquare’s personalized results.
But for the casual user who’s just looking for a great sushi place in a town they’re unfamiliar with, Foursquare wants to be the go to search engine. And this new interface puts them firmly in the conversation.
Wendy’s is undergoing a transformation it says is aimed at “energizing the brand and dramatically improving the customer experience.” This includes a new logo that will debut in March.
“Key initiatives of the transformation include reinventing the restaurant environment, unveiling a new logo, a successful new advertising campaign, additions to the Mobile Nutrition App and continuing to launch new and innovative products,” a Wendy’s spokesperson says. “New luxuries will be featured in the bold, sleek, ultra-modern restaurant design, allowing for lounge seating, flat-screen TVs, Wi-Fi and digital menuboards. The brand transformation is an evolution of Wendy’s over an extended period, however, Wendy’s won’t change their core values.”
Have a look at the new logo, and let us know what you think.
Google has launched a new Zagat app for Android devices in one of a handful of recent Google+ Local-related announcements from the company. And in case you were wondering, it does come with a Google flavor.
“While our ratings and reviews were always available in guidebooks and to paid digital subscribers, a few months ago, we announced our integration into Google+ Local to help more people easily access Zagat scores, editorial reviews and recommendations,’ says Zagat Managing Director Bernardo Hernandex. “Now, we’re making the mobile app experience more consistent with the one you’re already accustomed to across Google+ Local, Google Search and Google Maps.”
“Through our app you can browse thousands of restaurants in the world’s top destinations and refine your search with more than 100 filters and special features that matter to you, like whether the place has outdoor seating, or is child-friendly,” he adds. “Simply sign-in to Google+ to get the most from the app and to share your experiences with the Google+ community.”
The app (unlike the old Zagat app) is free. Here’s what it looks like:
Google has also adjusted the ratings system for Google+ Local on the desktop to reflect recent changes made to Google Maps for Android, offering a users a simplified rating system, which Google then uses to calculate its 30-point scores.
Google has also added a Local section to user profiles, which link to the users’ reviews they have written for Google.
Groupon announced today that it is launching Breadcrumb, a point-of-sale iPad app for restaurants, based on the software of the same name it acquired earlier this year. Here’s what it looked like pre-Groupon:
The app enables servers to search for menu items and rearrange tables by swiping. It has features to enable restaurants and bars to manage labor, take orders, process payments, and analyze performance. Users can merge or split checks, add or adjust menu items, set employee access levels, and view real-time sales and labor reports.
“I spent years working in restaurants and bars suffering with expensive, outdated and confusing POS systems,” writes Breadcrumb General Manager Seth Harris on the Groupon blog. “We started Breadcrumb to provide the hospitality industry with the best POS experience it has ever had. We do that by combining intuitive and sophisticated software with outstanding support. Gone are the days of clunky terminals and expensive equipment with little or no support – Breadcrumb removes the complexities, frustrations and high costs common to legacy POS solutions. In other words, it’s just what restaurants and bars have been waiting for.”
“Breadcrumb streamlines all activity at local restaurants, cafes and bars, from taking and placing orders, to table management, payment processing and analyzing sales so merchants can learn about and improve their businesses,” he adds.
The app was piloted in New York City, and now Groupon is offering it to all hospitality merchants in the U.S. for $99 a month. Software updates are free, and they happen automatically. Groupon ships customers a box with hardware required to run the app. The company also provides 24/7 tech support from a team, which it says has years of experience in the restaurant business.
Town renamed Bikinis: Doug Guller, the man responsible for creating the bar/restaurant combo Bikinis, recently purchased a ghost town from Craigslist in hopes of transforming the once-abandoned location into a popular tourist destination. In order to lure potential vacationers to the out-of-the-way locale, Guller has changed the town’s name from Bankersmith to Bikinis. That’s definitely a way to raise some interest, so to speak.
“Bikinis, Texas, will be a world-class destination, and I am thrilled to expand the Bikinis brand to include town ownership,” Guller explained. “There can’t be a better way to put Bikinis on the map, literally.” Hey, at least the man has a dream.
Bankersmith, which was established in 1913, was once a railroad stop between the towns of Fredericksburg and Comfort, though the area slowly dried up when people stopped using the Northern Railroad. The town took its original moniker from Temple Doswell Smith, a banker who poured quite a bit of cash into the railroad’s construction. In 1949, there were only 20 residents remaining in Bankersmith. Guller, of course, hopes to turn that around.
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How much money did the Bikinis owner spend on Bankersmith? He’s not saying. However, he is anxious to talk about what he has in store for the area, which includes a number of different activities and events. In fact, one is already scheduled to take place this fall. Not surprisingly, you can expect to see one of the restauranteur’s scantily-clad eateries in the town before long. After all, you can’t call the place Bikinis if there aren’t any bikinis to speak of. That would just be silly.
Dan Rogers, president and CEO of the Kendall County Economic Development Corp, hopes that Guller’s endeavor brings folks to nearby Boerne, as well. “It’s another day trip for folks who like to hang out in Boerne,” Rogers explained. “Anything that comes alive like this will certainly be a great opportunity to bring more tourists to Kendall County.”
Unfamiliar with the aforementioned restaurant? Bikinis, which opened its doors in 2001, is a little place where folks can eat food served to them by women wearing next to nothing. If the idea of having a half-naked young woman place delicious dishes on your table sounds like tons of fun, then you should definitely stop by one of the restaurant’s locations. Don’t have a Bikinis Bar & Grill in your area? There’s no need to worry — the United States has several different “breastaurants” to choose from at the moment.
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Jack in the Box’s waffle sandwich sounds like something that was created to test my dietary will. Would I eat a waffle sandwich? Of course I would. Don’t be silly. The question remains: Should I eat a waffle sandwich? Probably not. That’s because I couldn’t stop at just one; my will power obliterated, I would order as many as my poor little stomach could hold. Then regret would kick in, and there’s really nothing sadder than a grown man crying over the crumbs of his delicious Jack in the Box waffle sandwich. It’s a pretty sad sight.
For those of you who actually have a Jack in the Box in your state — Kentucky, by the way, does not have any locations to speak of — the aforementioned culinary delight is now available, though it will only be on the restaurant’s menu for a limited time. Kind of like the McRib, except less visually revolting. It’s worth noting, however, that the item is not available in Indianapolis, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Sacramento, San Antonio, Baton Rouge, and Greenville.
Tracy Dunn, director of menu marketing and promotions, said in a statement, “Jack in the Box is combining three popular breakfast choices—waffles, egg and our new country-grilled sausage—to create a distinctive, craveable sandwich that is easy to eat on the go. Our new Breakfast Waffle Sandwich is the perfect balance of sweet and savory.”
If you plan on nomming down on this potentially delicious breakfast treat, it might be wise to know what’s under the hood. Each sandwich reportedly contains 479 calories, 33 grams of fat, 11 g of saturated fat, 1 g of trans fat, 271 mg of cholesterol, 983 mg of sodium, 230 mg of potassium, 24 g of carbohydrates, 1 g of fiber, 6 g of sugar, and 19 g of protein.
Planning on picking one up? Be sure to bring $2.79 plus tax with you for a single sandwich. If you want a combo, which includes the sandwich and hash browns, as well as a coffee, orange juice, or soda, you’re going to need $4.19 plus tax.
Burger King’s bacon sundae doesn’t sound like something that is fit for human consumption. Although I’m a huge fan of bacon on just about anything, the idea of combining it with my dessert isn’t immediately appealing, though, apparently, there’s a market for such a dish. Burger King is set to unleash its latest menu item on Thursday, which should sit nicely next to the health-conscious fruit smoothies and salads it debuted earlier this year.
The bacon sundae is a 500-calorie monstrosity consisting of vanilla soft serve topped with fudge, caramel, bacon crumbles, and a whole piece of bacon for good measure. Once consumed, your body will be the proud recipient of 8 grams of fat and 61 grams of sugar. If you’re on the cusp of becoming a diabetic, I’m sure this baby will gleefully kick you across the proverbial line and directly into the abyss. I’m sure you’ll be smiling all the way down.
This deranged concoction isn’t the only new item available on Burger King’s summer menu. In addition to the bacon sundae, adventurous fast food fanatics can indulge in a Memphis pulled-pork BBQ sandwich, Carolina BBQ Whopper or chicken sandwich, Texas BBQ Whopper or chicken sandwich, sweet potato fries, and, last but certainly not least, frozen lemonade. At some point during the next few months, I may indulge in a little calorie bombing of my own. Of course, I may ultimately regret the decision moments after the last bite has been consumed, but I’m sure the experience will be heavenly until that point.
What do Twitter users think about Burger King’s bacon sundae? You can find a sampling of their thoughts and opinions below. Who knows? Maybe the dessert is the greatest gift the company has ever bestowed upon the populous. Perhaps I’m missing out on something truly remarkable. I suppose I’ll just have to deal with the loss as I’m pounding a BBQ sandwich into my gaping maw.
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Burger King is releasing a Bacon Sundae, much like Zeus released the Kraken.
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Burger King, on its new bacon sundae: “We never stop thinking of new ways to kill people.”
Burger King is making a sundae with bacon now. McDonald’s is now planning to counter with ham shakes. (Meh, I got nothin’.)
Urbanspoon has completely redone its iPhone app. While it still features its signature slot machine-like shaking feature, it goes far beyond that now, potentially making it more competitive with other apps people use to find places to eat. The new app lets users filter restaurant info by their own needs, with a more photo-rich interface.
“We know that users are faced with review overload when it comes to deciding where to eat, and are often forced to choose a restaurant based on what is important to others, rather than their own preferences,” Urbanspoon Marketing Director Conrad Saam tells WebProNews.
“The Urbanspoon app update brings personalization to the restaurant discovery process–helping users access information that personally resonates with them, so they can choose the perfect restaurant for their needs,” Saam tells us. “The new visual Urbanspoon app enables users to get a quick snapshot of the top restaurants as selected by the James Beard Foundation, Eater, and Village Voice, as well as filter based on individual preferences such as price, location, cuisine, tables available tonight, and short form user feedback.”
New features include: filters for personalization, editorially selected lists, a mapping feature, a wish list feature, and of course the new user interface itself.
The app is available in the iTunes store. No word on when the Android version will get the upgrade.
Here are a few screen caps:
In recognition of how vital service is to the dining experience, OpenTable, Inc., a provider of free, real-time online restaurant reservations for diners and reservation and guest management solutions for restaurants, has announced the 2012 Diners’ Choice Award winners for the 100 restaurants in the United States providing the best service. These awards reflect the combined opinions of nearly 5 million reviews submitted by verified OpenTable diners for more than 12,000 restaurants in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Regionally, the honorees span 29 states and Washington, D.C. The South reinforces the notion of southern hospitality, with 22 restaurants in the region being singled out for best service. The Northeast boasts 15 winning restaurants, including 10 in New York alone. The Pacific region accounts for 14 winners, 10 of which are in California, as does the Mid-Atlantic, with six restaurants in Virginia claiming spots. Eleven winners come from the Great Lakes Region, four of which are in the Twin Cities area. The Pacific Northwest and the Southwest follow with seven honorees apiece. The Rocky Mountain States count five winners, while the Central Plains has four, three of which are in Missouri. One restaurant in Hawaii also earned a nod.
Superior service can be found across a number of cuisines. Restaurants serving American food, however, account for 40 winners. French restaurants earned 25 places on the list. Steakhouses followed with 17 spots. Seven Italian restaurants are among the winners. Other cuisines include continental, global international, Japanese, seafood, and sushi.
“The most memorable part of a meal may not be just what’s on your plate, but also, that exceptional staffer who goes the extra step to ensure an enjoyable dining experience,” says Caroline Potter, OpenTable’s Chief Dining Officer. “These winning restaurants understand this concept and have consciously created a culture of hospitality that is embraced by both front and back of house professionals. Whether it’s a grand gesture, such as a tour of the kitchen, or a simple one, like a warm smile from an attentive server, diners are coming away from these restaurants feeling special.”
The Diners’ Choice Awards for the top 100 restaurants providing the best service are generated from nearly 5 million reviews collected from verified OpenTable diners between February 2011 and January 2012. All restaurants with a minimum number of qualifying reviews were included for consideration. Qualifying restaurants were then scored and sorted according to the highest average rating in the service category.
Based on this methodology, the following restaurants, listed in alphabetical order, comprise the top 100 restaurants with the best service in the U.S. according to OpenTable diners.
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White Bear Lake |
MN |
Italian |
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San Francisco |
CA |
Italian |
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San Diego |
CA |
Contemp. French |
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Atlanta |
GA |
Contemp. American |
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Philadelphia |
PA |
French |
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Cave Creek |
AZ |
Contemp. American |
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Woodbridge |
VA |
French |
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Pocantico Hills |
NY |
American |
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Kansas City |
MO |
American |
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Atlanta |
GA |
Steak |
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Vienna |
VA |
French |
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Seattle |
WA |
Northwest |
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Minneapolis |
MN |
Steak |
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Portland |
OR |
American |
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Downers Grove |
IL |
Steak |
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Baltimore |
MD |
American |
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Charleston |
SC |
American |
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Vermilion |
OH |
Contemp. French |
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Humble |
TX |
Contemp. French |
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Washington |
DC |
Contemp. American |
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Austin |
TX |
Contemp. American |
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Hayesville |
NC |
Steak |
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Louisville |
KY |
American |
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Healdsburg |
CA |
Contemp. French |
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New York |
NY |
French |
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New York |
NY |
French |
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New York |
NY |
Italian |
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Modesto |
CA |
Californian |
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Asheville |
NC |
Contemp. American |
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New York |
NY |
American |
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Savannah |
GA |
Contemp. American |
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Forestville |
CA |
Californian |
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Williamsburg |
VA |
Contemp. American |
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Pittsboro |
NC |
Contemp. American |
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Charlotte |
NC |
Continental |
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Salt Lake City |
UT |
Contemp. American |
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Philadelphia |
PA |
Global, International |
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Boulder |
CO |
Italian |
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Dallas |
TX |
French |
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Portland |
OR |
Italian |
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New York |
NY |
Contemp. French |
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Naples |
FL |
Steak |
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Avon |
CO |
Contemp. American |
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Charleston |
SC |
Steak |
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Rancho Santa Margarita |
CA |
Steak |
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Cary |
NC |
American |
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Birmingham |
AL |
Southern |
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Orange |
CA |
Contemp. French |
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Saint Paul |
MN |
American |
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Chandler |
AZ |
Southwest |
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Pearland |
TX |
Steak |
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Sacramento |
CA |
Contemp. American |
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Minneapolis |
MN |
French |
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New York |
NY |
French |
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Honolulu |
HI |
French |
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Great Falls |
VA |
French |
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New York |
NY |
French |
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Chicago |
IL |
Contemp. French |
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Madison |
WI |
Contemp. American |
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Healdsburg |
CA |
Contemp. American |
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Omaha |
NE |
Steak |
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Washington |
DC |
French |
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Myrtle Beach |
SC |
Fondue |
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Boston |
MA |
French |
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Las Vegas |
NV |
Continental |
|
|
Columbus |
OH |
Seafood |
|
|
Portland |
OR |
Steak |
|
|
Myrtle Beach |
SC |
Steak |
|
|
St. Louis |
MO |
American |
|
|
Red Bank |
NJ |
Contemp. American |
|
|
Boston |
MA |
Japanese |
|
|
Williamsburg |
VA |
Steak |
|
|
Cincinnati |
OH |
American |
|
|
Newberg |
OR |
Contemp. American |
|
|
Denver |
CO |
Contemp. American |
|
|
Charleston |
SC |
American |
|
|
Colorado Springs |
CO |
Steak |
|
|
New York |
NY |
American |
|
|
Washington |
DC |
Contemp. French |
|
|
Dallas |
TX |
Brazilian Steakhouse |
|
|
Saint Helena |
CA |
Californian |
|
|
Memphis |
TN |
French |
|
|
Seattle |
WA |
Contemp. French |
|
|
Galveston |
TX |
Seafood |
|
|
Williamsville |
NY |
Steak |
|
|
Jacksonville |
FL |
Steak |
|
|
Raleigh |
NC |
French |
|
|
Greene |
ME |
Contemp. American |
|
|
Princeton |
MA |
Global, International |
|
|
Chattanooga |
TN |
American |
|
|
Ferndale |
WA |
Steak |
|
|
St. Louis |
MO |
Italian |
|
|
Chicago |
IL |
French |
|
|
Austin |
TX |
Sushi |
|
|
Austin |
TX |
Sushi |
|
|
Philadelphia |
PA |
Italian |
|
|
Las Vegas |
NV |
Steak |
|
|
Suffolk |
VA |
American |
|
|
Kennebunk |
ME |
American |
|
|
Atlanta |
GA |
Contemp. American |
Urbanspoon, the popular mobile app for restaurant discovery is getting a new “personal dining timeline” feature called Dineline.
“As you know, Urbanspoon has always been a great way for you to find your next favorite restaurant,” a spokesperson for Ubranspoon tells WebProNews. “Now, we’ll help you remember all of the places you’ve eaten — the epicurean adventures, the everyday neighborhood lunches, and even the terrible dives.”
“Dineline lets you quickly and easily record your dining history,” she explains. “You can add as much or as little information as you want. You can keep it as simple as noting the time and place. Or you can capture what you ate, take pictures, and leave notes. Your information stays private unless you choose to share it.”
“Dineline’s more than a way to help you remember where you’re eating,” she continues. “We’ll also compile interesting statistics for you. What’s your favorite cuisine? Your most popular restaurant this month? Dineline can show you this and more.”
For now, it’s only available on the iPhone version, which can be updated/downloaded from the Apple App Store. No word yet on the Android version.