Posted in May 21, 2009 ¬ 2:18 pmh.fgsteiner
It is great to have a new site and to have it fully supported. Very nice change.
My favourite feature is the new restaurant page with the 8 pictures in the middle and how they open.. very nice.
Saying that there a few things we still want to do and will be doing over the next few weeks to get it to the standard we want it to, so it is a work in progress.
Please have a look and let us know what you think. Hoepfully we will have the same thoughts and new ones always welcome.
Posted in May 20, 2009 ¬ 9:17 pmh.John
Hi everyone!
We’re going to be exhibiting at the Eat! Vancouver show in B.C. Place Stadium this weekend — come by and see us!
We’ll be having a random draw for new members:
- One grand prize of $300
- Two $100 secondary prizes
- And 100 prizes of $5 each!
Plus, keep an eye on our Twitter feed. Craig will be giving away coupon codes good for certificate purchases all through the weekend.
- All new members from Thursday May 21 through Monday May 25 will be eligible, so tell your friends.
- If you picked up a membership card at our booth, and would like to activate it, just fill out our join form.
Posted in April 27, 2009 ¬ 2:12 pmh.fgsteiner
Just back from London and similar to Vancouver, the value oriented restaurants are humming. Walking down North of Regent St all the cafe’s, bars and pubs are heaving in the middle of the week. Go to Chinatown you cannot walk down Lisle St to get to a restaurant for all the people milling about.
But higher end gastropubs and fancy restaurants, I see are suffering and friends say the same. Went to the Chapel gastropub on Sunday, not a sole until after 7pm.. footy on but 3 sets of families came in and ate, but very quiet. The food a lovely cassoulet was great value at £12.50 but was a little expensive compared to my filling £15.00 all in chinese meal at a top Chinese (Imperial) restaurant.
Consumers want to go out just not to spend a bomb.
This is echoed by the rise in liquor sales for home consumption, people want a good time just not an expensive good time.
Posted in April 24, 2009 ¬ 3:32 pmh.fgsteiner
Awards… awards, awards. It feels like we are inundated with awards first the DineOut awards, then the Golden Plate awards, then the Foodies 40 award in Western Living, the BCRFA awards dinner and Urban Diners coming up awards.
It is almost like school now ever child gets a prize… well that is an exageration… the restaurants deserve the attention but the proliferation of marketing/PR events dilutes the value of all.
Congratulations anyway to all winners.
Posted in April 2, 2009 ¬ 9:39 amh.fgsteiner
With the new site, members will be able to more easily learn about which restaurants match their preferences and will be able to buy certificates more easily. We have lots of additional cool features planned which will be arriving in the coming weeks and months. We need your feedback though — if you have any ideas or comments about what you would like to do when using our website, please let us know.
