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Google Launches New Zagat App For Android (And It’s Free)
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...
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Here’s What Wendy’s Is About To Look Like
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...
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Foursquare “Reinvents Local Search” with New Homepage
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...
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Yelp Adds Restaurant Menus With User-Uploaded Photos
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...
View ArticleRestaurant Plays Peeing Patrons Their Negative Yelp Reviews
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...
View ArticleIt Looks Like Payments Will Belong To PayPal In 2013
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,...
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Yelp Now Displays Health Inspection Scores for Restaurants in Participating...
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,...
View ArticleDunkin’ Donuts Moves Into Southern California
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...
View ArticleIt’s My Food and I’ll Instagram It If I Want to: A Defense of Amateur Food...
Apart from posting a copious amount of baby photos on Facebook (nobody cares and your kid isn’t even that cute anyway), and going overboard with the politically-charged rhetoric (nobody cares and your...
View ArticleGroupon’s Breadcrumb Adds Inventory Management (And More)
Groupon’s Breadcrumb announced today that it has updated its iPad POS app to include new inventory management features, and some other stuff. The update, the company says, is based on conversations...
View Article‘Breastaurant’ Trademark Registered by Texas Sports Bar
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...
View ArticleJohn Galardi Dies; Wienerschnitzel Founder Was 75
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...
View Article‘Family Table’ Author Michael Romano Talks At Google
Michael Romano, author of Family Table, a book that takes a look behind the scenes of restaurants like Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, Maialino, Blue Smoke, and The Modern, recently gave an “At...
View Article‘Come In, We’re Closed’ Author Jody Eddy Speaks At Google
Jody Eddy, author of the book, “Come In, We’re Closed: An Invitation to Staff Meals at the World’s Best Restaurants” recently gave an “At Google” talk, speaking about her work, which is said to “peer...
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Here’s A Meat-And-Olive Ndamukong Suh (And A BBQ Chicken Jarvis Jones)
You know those Subway commercials with all the athletes? Did you know that when you’re one of Subway’s athletes, you get a sandwich bust in your likeness? Georgia linebacker Jarvis Jones is the latest...
View ArticleSquare Register Gets Smarter for Restaurants
According to Square, the amount of restaurants using Square Register as their main point of sale system has tripled in the past year. Not only that, but the amount of money that they have processed has...
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Lion Tacos Pulled After Restaurant Generates Controversy
There was a time when you could go into a restaurant in Tampa and get yourself some lion meat tacos. Those days are now behind us. Taco Fusion has reportedly pulled lion from the menu after causing a...
View ArticleHooters: Free Food on Mother’s Day
With their scantily-clad waitresses and focus on sports TV, Hooters restaurants aren’t normally thought of as the place to bring your mother. This Mother’s Day, however, the restaurant chain is...
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Groupon POS For iPad Launched In App Store
Groupon has released a new POS solution for the iPad. The app, which can be found in the App Store, is described as “a beautiful and simple way to manage your business and accept payments at the lowest...
View ArticleGroupon Reserve Launched For Premium Deals
Groupon announced the launch of a new service for “premium” deals called Groupon Reserve. According to the company, it’s a destination for “the finest things to eat, see, do and buy.” So all those...
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