foodha for thought – menuism blog

We like to keep a close eye on restaurant trends here at Menuism. To celebrate the arrival of summer, we got our favorite carry-out and dug through our favorites lists to re-visit what was being predicted for this year in restaurant trends. Is 2008 going according to plan?

Bloggers as Restaurant Consumer Advocates? You don’t need to tell us twice. Like Foodie NYC, we love reading our favorite bloggers. We’re happy to play host to those who want to share their opinion with a built-in audience.

Menuism’ll hook you up with a restaurant’s phone number and website, but we’ll even do one better: use Menuism to access OpenTable, where you can make online reservations with no fuss, and as well as online ordering sites so you can get General Tso’s Chicken at your doorstep within an hour.

Only 48%? A restaurant’s web site speaks volumes about a place – and, well, it will tell you the single most important thing: what they’re serving. You can access a restaurant’s website on its Menuism profile.

From Swirlz (Chicago) to Magnolia Bakery (NYC) this is a trend we can really get behind. And frost. And devour.

We’ve made it possible for our users to link their accounts on Menuism & Facebook Eating applications.
Follow this link to open Facebook, and then provide your Menuism screen name (or the e-mail address you’ve registered with us) along with your password.

If you have any questions or comments, talk to us:
info@menuism.com

And happy spring!

Just in time for spring, Menuism is premiering a brand-new look. We’ve added lots of new features that will enrich your Menuism experience and expand your online foodie capabilities.

Keep an eye out for these new features:

Private Notes: Use these like your own virtual notepad, jotting down notes on food, reviewers you want to contact, and ideas for future reviews. These notes will also help you track which restaurants you’d like to visit; you’ll be seeing these synced with your my Menuism area of the site.

Dynamic City-Based Lists: Easily view recently popular local restaurants and reviews.

Rate Reviews & Reviewers: We’ve exacted our system of rating to direct you towards the best reviews. We invite you to vote on the helpfulness of each review with pro & con buttons you’ll find at the end of every review.

Should we do the good news first? Menuism has been growing, and we’re really excited about what that means for you, the user. In a few weeks, we’ll be launching a brand-new design that will really, really rock. Foodha’s been snacking non-stop to keep up his energy up to get the new look out on time.

Bad news: Glitches along the way are, sadly, almost inevitable, and we hit one this week when we were sending out newsletters. Duplicate and stray e-mails may have popped up in some of your mailboxes, and we are very sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

We thank you for the patience, and we very much look forward to seeing all of you around the site. We love reading about all of your culinary adventures.

Lastly, let us know how we’re meeting your expectations. We take our users’ feedback very seriously, so shoot us an e-mail anytime: info@menuism.com