So what is this EatDrinkDeals web site and who is behind it? The creators of EatDrinkDeals
are three guys who live in different parts of the country. One of us is in
Raleigh, NC, another in Seattle, WA, and another in Nashville, TN.
For each of us, our hobbies include web-related stuff, and eating out a lot. We love great food
and wine and other drinks. But we're cheapskates.
A few years
ago we started keeping track of who had deals on what nights. We each kept a little calendar
book with the deal information. Our goal was to have options for
inexpensive food and drink every night of the week.
Nothing pleased us more than to find two-for-one appetizers at an upscale restaurant,
$25 off coupons, half-priced wine, or, the Holy Grail, free beer and free food.
Our friends started asking us for the deal lists, and so we decided to try it out on the web.
Since going out is location-centric, a map seemed like the right interface, and so a Google Map is
what we put on the main page.
To the right of the map is the list of restaurants and bars we cover for the city you've selected.
To get details on a place, including its specials, click on the name
in the list, or click on the place in the map. Every place on the map
is in the list, and vice versa.
To see a different location, click on "Select City". To see only the specials for
a certain day, click on "Specials".
You can also see all the specials at a glance by switching to Table View.
You can even edit specials
information. From the table, click on the Edit button and proceed.
We hope to have all the main bars and restaurants on our map.
We're combing the web and local publications for specials.
When we find one we put it in the map marker.
Right now there is just our small team.
We need a volunteer army to find more deals.
We hope you'll join up and become an EDD-Head.
Register, and if you know of an EatDrinkDeal, post it in the forum.
We started with Raleigh-Durham, and expanded from there.
We'd like to hear from you. Either send an email to us at owner@eatdrinkdeals.com or
post in our forum.
Sincerely,
GM Arnold (covering the East Coast), MW Arnold (Western U.S.), and RE Arnold (Southern U.S.).