Help Design the New Restaurants Section
When we first started gathering user generated restaurant reviews last summer, we weren’t too concerned about what the Restaurants section of the site looked like, since we knew it would be a while before we had the critical mass of reviews to make it useful as a stand-alone entity (as opposed to daily content on…
When we first started gathering user generated restaurant reviews last summer, we weren’t too concerned about what the Restaurants section of the site looked like, since we knew it would be a while before we had the critical mass of reviews to make it useful as a stand-alone entity (as opposed to daily content on the home page of Brownstoner). But now we’ve got more than 150 reviews in the system, it’s time to start making it a truly useful resource for Brooklynites (and the people who want to eat here). In broad strokes, we want the Restaurants section to be more utilitarian and search driven and look less blog-like than it does now. But beyond that, we’re all ears. We’re also curious to know whether readers think there would be demand for some kind of print guide based on readers’ comments and ratings once we reach, say, 250 or 300 reviews. Fire away.
Thanks,
Mr. B
> “Basically, let people do what databases are supposed to let people do — sort data using any combination of available data types.”
Agreed. I’d add a sort by price ranges as well. Take a look at the Urban Spoon iPhone app for an interesting gizmo.
i’d like to be able to sort restaurants by last update. if something was posted a month ago i most likely will not return to see recent reviews.
A print edition would get outdated very quickly as real time reviews would be great.
What is needed is an easily searchable restaurant guide by cuisine, neighborhood, price, ratings, and links to other site reviews. All this should have dates so one can see when the reviews were posted and is the food getting better or getting worse.
Google maps to see where the place is, restaurant website link to see their menu.
Also it would be great to solicit feedback in an easy to use template on a Monday to have people post reviews on where they ate that weekend for reviews to be current and keep the feedback coming in on a regular basis.
Allow user to browse alphabetically.
Allow user to restrict browse by cuisines.
Allow user to restrict browse by neighborhoods.
Allow user to restrict browse by individual ratings.
Allow user to restrict browse by some combination of cuisines, neighborhoods, and/or ratings.
Allow search with option to either restrict the search itself by the above categories and/or restrict search results after
the fact.
Basically, let people do what databases are supposed to let people do — sort data using any combination of available data types.
I’m spending way too much time looking at website project requirements lately…
as the others have said – i think a “bar of the day” would also be a great addition for this site. i mentioned it a couple of weeks ago in an open thread.
Link the NYC DOH violation results.
***Bid half off peak comps***
I second adding bar reviews to the mix, as well as making the site searchable by neighborhood (or zipcode) and cuisine.
I think to make this a viable alternative to a site like citysearch or yelp, there will need to be more restaurant reviews from different neighborhoods. The vast majority of restaurants chosen are mediocre joints in BoCoCa/PS, while many popular Brooklyn staples from other neighborhoods have been neglected.
yes, browser resizing is annoying.
windows vista, firefox 3.0.6
>Every time I open or close a restaurant review page, my browser window resizes.
Agreed. Totally annoying and unnecessary.