Comments on: IDEA #27 – Lunch/Dinner/Bar Specials – Updated Daily

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:40:37 +0000

Key differentiator here could be simplicity. I can envision a desktop widget that simply shows a picture of a tempting meal and a price. There would be one button – “I Want It”. When you sign up for an account you can store your credit card/PayPal on file along with your delivery address, so with one click you could get your food delivered right to your office/home/dorm. Would be perfect for those times when you’re right in the middle of a marathon coding session or at a meeting and don’t want to have to have to take a break for food.

By: Grant Bowskill

Grant Bowskill — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:25:10 +0000

What would be really cool is if there were a mobile version of this site that provided a mobile widget, similar to MyBlogLog which showed the people that are in that resturant/bar with you at that point in time.

It could possibly be automated by geodata from the phone or by manually telling the website “I will be at Bar X between 9 and 11pm”. Obiously you could choose whether this data is private, public or friends only.

There are alot of privacy and stalking issues, but if everyone who used it were nice people, it’d be great. Pity its not an ideal world!

By: Mitch

Mitch — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:40:21 +0000

But all those millions of Sites are pretty shit, made badly (design, usability!, …) and haven’t got a good community. It might work if you got some really good software.

Start in your hometown and get all good Bars together, than to the next bigger city where a friend of yours is living and so on.
Must have features are at least weekly updates, good connections to the restaurants/bars and maybe some “discounts” to members.
I got drunk last night would be the easter egg.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:07:51 +0000

There’s already a million websites out there that offer information about restaurants and bars, how are these guys going to stick out? Seems like they’re jumping into an already diluted area.

By: rulepark

rulepark — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:37:03 +0000

I think 1 website will do to combine the bars and the restaurants. Organize a meetup for the social network, spark a date or two within the members.

The most important thing of all for such a website is the latest update of the menu and relevant infos. I would not want to visit a restaurant whose menu turn out to be a dish served almost 3 months ago. Make coupons to attract the user. Do some promotions. Always organize a party by one of the bars. Parties will be sponsored by others. That will really get it going as we have a date matching features on the go! Cupid is in the bar…