Website Design Changes and Apology for Delay of Brooklyn Launch

Dear Staten Island and Brooklyn Residence, Our Designers and Web Developers have been working non-stop in the past few weeks making a few design changes on our website and getting ready for the launch.  The Brooklyn Restaurant Menu and Photos Data information is already inside the Database.  The only problem is the design issues we have been having lately and wanting to upgrade the way our site looks and the way it works.  Please be patient and hopefully early next week we will be able to make it live. 

The following Technical upgrades have been added to the website during this upgrade process:

• Advanced Search: Now displays only what is available within a certain city, So you do not have to select a cuisine or special feature to only realize that “No Restaurants Founds”.
• Narrow Search: Works the same, only displays what other searches are available within the search you have searched.
• Improving Coupon System: We will next month begin offering a Powerful Ultra Enhanced “Special Discounts Inside” listings for restaurants, our coupon system will be easier to see and will work with a “Press to Print” button to make the process even simpler. 
• We will also begin taking ads from local business (Other than restaurants).  Local Plumbing, Barber Shops, Hair Saloon’s, Bridal Party Shops, Discount Stores and all others will soon be able to advertise directly on the Menu Pages on a Impression Basis.  For our visitors, we will try to have many coupons from local shops which will be able to target and advertise on restaurants in a certain Zip code, Island Wide and Even Multiple Cities.

The following Design Changes have been created for a smoother looking and simpler website. (Like it wasn’t simple enough already)

• The Front Page (Select Your City), looks a lot more prettier and tastier than the previous version.  The Advanced Search works with One Select, instead of Click, Select and Search.
• The Restaurant Listings Page has remained similar look but added a more creative looking “Narrow Search” that also works with a single drop and click. We have also upgraded the Featured Listing portion to be able to deliver even more results to our advertisers.
• Saving the Best for Last: The Actual Menu Page.  The menu page is now a lot Easier to Read, Cleaner to Feel, Upgraded our Review Script, Added Gallery Thumbnails (So you can see all restaurant photos thumbnails without having to click through) Although selecting a photo will enlarge the photo, you can now change photos withing having to minimize each photo first.  The coupons on many restaurants now stand out greatly and a much cleaner look to where our local advertisers may go.  We have also upgraded many images on this page.
• User Registration and My Account panel is now easier to use than ever before.  Simply Register for an Account, When browsing for menus you can add them to “My Favorites”, select My Account and View (My Favorites, My Latest Reviews, Latest News and Restaurants Near You).
• Next time you visit our website, you will be auto-redirected to the city which you first have selected.  To switch a city, please look under our logo “Select a City” and simply click and press to change cities.

Special Notes: We put lots of time and effort into making this website run, and greatly appreciate all the suggestions you send us and enjoy hearing the comments.  Please keep doing so as your support is what keeps us going.  Also please help report restaurants that are missing by using the “Report Missing Restaurant” button on the listings page. 
We hope you enjoy our upgrades and wish you the very best dining experience tonight and hope we were of help to you.

Site News: Launch of Brooklyn Restaurant Menus and Photos

Well folks, a long awaited grand launch of Brooklyn is finally arriving.  Although we told you that we would not consider into expanding into other boroughs, the results and requests are in, and you simply want us there. 

Our Promise to you:  We will keep up our top notch service and quality to our visitors, our site will remain as simple to use and as easy to navigate.  We will also keep updating our Menus on a weekly basis to deliver to you an all in one trusted dining source that we have been delivering for the past two years on Staten Island. 

Your suggesting have been helpful in many ways and we have implemented them to make your browsing experience smoother then ever experienced.  (And yes, please keep them coming in so we can keep improving to better suite you)

So for now, let’s celebrate this launch which will be released on July 1st.  Look for our group on Facebook and help support us by telling your friends.  Everyone please enjoy a happy and sunny summer.

Welcome to the NEW and IMPROVED WhereYouEat Blog

 We are improving our Website Quality on a Daily Basis.  And as much as we promised you we will go ahead and make our Blog more friendly and simpler to use.   Looking below you are able to see the Categories available and the latest few posts from each category.  You are also able to browse using the top Navigation (Staten Island).  Our Blog is now Custom Built to revolve around the WhereYouEat.com website which compliments it by allowing us to link to Restaurant Reviews straight from the Menu Pages. 

Of course Suggestions are always required in helping to continue the further improvement of Whereyoueat.com and Whereyoueat (TheBlog), Please bear with us as we are still doing finale testing to the blog and you may experience an error or visual defect once in a while.  WE HOPE YOU LIKE IT and HAPPY EASTER!!!

Menu Updated This week

We have just updated the Menus in Zip Code 10314. The list of all updated menus includes:
Alessios, Al’s, Barios, Bella Vitta 2, Better, Burger Chef, Casa Mia, Dairy Palace, Dakota Diner, East Meets West, Ell Pollo, Famous M and J, Goldens Deli, Good Wok, Grillz, Happy Fortune, Jade Island, Joe and Pats, La PIazza, Lucky Star, Mignosis and Mr Pizzas (Pasta House).

Also we have begun on a new system to keep menus up to date, so please hold on tight as we are going over all the zip codes and updating the menus, Thank you for the support that we have been recieving this week.

Our Blog is Moving: Sad but will be Worthwhile

Please don’t get all upset that our Famous Blog is moving.  It will only get better, that is our promise to you.  So you tell us that we have did a “Pretty Good Job” on our new website and we decided that we should take our blog to the next level also.  It will definently be more appealing, easier to navigate, see latest posts from many categories and easily add your own comments and share blog posts with your friends.  Unfortunetly, we are not able to share our new blogs location while we are doing testing but be assured you will be impressed.

New Blog Launch

Dear Visitors and Passerby’s of Whereyoueat.com We are in the process of Renovating our “Blog” which will be (like our website) more friendly to use and look more appealing. 

Please excuse the appearance, but once it is all cleaned up, it will look Tasty, Once Again. Thank You and we appreciate all suggestions and support using the “Contact Us” from the Main Website.

Vida La Staten Island: A World Cuisine Culinary Food Reviewed

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Well who could have possibility thought that once we got into the joy of writing restaurant reviews, we would find so many great places here on Staten Island.  Well, So many is not to say, but a few very good one’s and Vida is definitely part of this list.  First of, I must say this is only one of the few “Culinary” World food on Staten Island, that serves dishes that take long time to cook and a very long time to prepare.  Many meals that are served here take many hours and some are even prepared the day before and cooked over night.  The menu includes pork specials, Broiled pork, duck, chicken and the other various forms of food that we can consume.  Of course the way each is prepared is where the description can take place.  Well we have enjoyed Duck with little gold nuggets as an appetizer which adds delicatessen flavour to the entire meal with the home made “Sangria” right in front. 

The Food is Truthfully hard to describe and the menu changes constantly (Which is the reason we did not put it up), but it is worth a try and we know you will be back for special occasions.  Although the good food may bring a bit of a negative to this place especially with all the out of townees visiting here this place can get a bit cramped, so its possibly not the greatest choice if you are planning for a quite getaway with a special loved one.  Enjoy it as it is great.
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Description:
The Food: Very Good
The Atmosphere: A bit Cramped
The Drinks: Absolutely Delicious

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Overall Summary: With great culinary foods and not too bad of a price range makes this place a visit every now and then.
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A Successful New Website Launch

We are finally in the second week of launching our new website User Interface.  We have received many support emails which we really do appreciate and are listening to your comments as well.  A few things we need to announce:

1. Closed -> Does not mean the restaurant is permanantly Closed. It means it is “Closed, at this Hour” (Will change Image soon)
2. First search is the main search which cannot be removed: You are able to narrow all searches from the appropriate category
   You are also able to remove any search after narrowing using the little (x) marker.
3. User Registration has a benefit: If you are a registered user, you can add Restaurants to “My-Favorites” and be able to access it in “Your Account” selecting “Favorite Restaurants”,  You are also easily able to view all Restaurants around you and see special announcements.
4. Also when you are a Registered user and you”Add Reviews” they are recorded towards your account and we possibly may reward in the near future. 

In general the website is up to speed like we have hoped and everything seems to work, but as we all know every new software may have a few bugs that still need to be taken care and removed.  If there is anyway we can make your browsing experience more friendly, please let us know.  Thank You.

Our Apology and a Special long awaited Suprise

We have stopped posting to the blog for about 2 weeks but work has been continueing at the Whereyoueat Media Station.   Be patient, we have many reviews and restaurant news coming soon in the next two weeks to make up of everything we have missed.  But on a special note: We have recently redesigned WhereYouEat.com and have been vigirously inputting data and working out the bugs to make a fine browsing experience for our visitors.  You can still continue to rely on us to bring you the latest restaurant information and grand openings on this blog which we will start posting again 2nd week of March.  

New Site: Please preview the new website: http://www.whereyoueat.com/Staten%20Island.htm and you may as well create “My Account”, to allow for even a smoother browsing experience.  We have now included new and more comprehensive search option (Name, Restaurant Type, Cuisine, Price Range, Special Features, Services Offered) you can also see “Who’s open now” and even “Who has Coupons”.  Our narrow search feature is now extremely advanced and allows for multiple narrow searches to find just what you are looking for.

Also please remember to begin changing your Menu Bookmarks as our old site pages will soon be removed (probably by April).

Anyways please let us know how you feel about the new website and Suggestions/Comments please use the (Contact Us) form located at the top of the site.

Holiday Gifts from WhereYouEat – OUT OF STOCK

NOTICE:  We are not shipping out any more gifts for the next few months.  (We have ran out of stock due to the numerous requests that we did not expect) We thank everybody for there input and feedback and who ever requested a gift pack will be receiving it shortly. 

From Previous Post:We are offering Free Calanders (2009), Magnets, Pens, T-Shirts and Bumper Magnets, and a fewGift-Cards to supporters of WhereYouEat.  Email: support@whereyoueat.com  with Items you are interested in, Your Address and we will send you a Gift Pack.  Another Note: We appreciate all the support we recieve from our local visitors and also would appreciate any suggestions you may include with your e-mail.

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