I admit that this post is a little off-topic, but ya gotta eat, right?!? I had some questions for Urbanspoon (a restaurant review site based in Seattle) last week and Ethan Lowry, one of the Urbanspoon co-founders, was nice enough to write back in person, and almost immediately (he must live at his computer!). Since Urbanspoon is similar in some ways to parts of what we’re building (i.e. connecting people with the best local resources (restaurants in their case… teachers in our case)), I figured I’d save some time and ask for some advice/pointers — Ethan was incredibly helpful.
As part of that exchange, I admit that I got slightly hooked on Urbanspoon’s ease-of-use. For someone looking for a great restaurant in their local neighborhood, it’s a rapidfire way to make that choice, and the ‘voting’ mechanism is a bit addictive (I ended up placing votes on all of the restaurants near my house and work that I cared for, and ‘favorited’ an even more select few). You can see my local favorites here.
Ethan also pointed out that they have a new feature that shows restaurants near your physical location — here’s the Urbanspoon restuarant map for near our offices — want to stop by and buy us lunch?!?
