It may be your mother’s mac and cheese. Or her Sunday gravy and meatballs. Perhaps it’s her chicken empanadas. Whatever the dish, many folks have a favorite meal that mom made best. In honor of mom and her culinary gifts, we’re giving away five $200 gift cards, May 6-10, 2013. To enter for a chance to [...]
Tweet of the Week: Keeping It Simple Since 1998
Life can be hard, but making restaurant reservations shouldn’t be. In fact, that’s how we came to be. Back in the 1990s (Good times!), Chuck Templeton observed that his wife was having an unnecessarily tough time booking a table at a restaurant — and, thus, the idea for OpenTable was born. We’re glad to continue [...]
Extended: Enter the #PerfectPairing Twitter Giveaway for a Chance to Win a $100 Gift Card!
OpenTable and Foodspotting go together like champagne and caviar. Help us celebrate our union by sharing your favorite, delicious pairings on Twitter for a chance to win a meal for two. Every day from April 22-26, 2013, we’ll be giving away a $100 American Express gift card or a Treatful gift card to one lucky [...]
Best Restaurant Dishes + Jamie Oliver’s Best Meal of the Year; Turn-of-the-Last-Century Thanksgiving Menus; Crazy Cakeage Fees in the U.K.; and, the ‘V’ Word
Dining and food news… * The top 10 of ’11. These are the 10 best restaurant dishes of the year. That’s a bold statement, but, as we’re nearing the end of the year, you might as well brace yourselves for a slew of these highly subjective listicles. [Food + Wine] * Jamie Oliver’s top 1 [...]
A Look at the English + Vongerichten Empires; Food Trucks Beget Restaurants; Kids and Restaurants; Picky Eaters Cooper + Seinfeld on Pancakes vs. Waffles
Dining and restaurant news… * Pair of kings. A look at the culinary empires of Todd English and Jean-Georges Vongerichten. [HuffPost] * Keep on truckin’. Or not, if you wind up with your own brick and mortar restaurant. [Chicago Business] * When Jerry met Anderson. Picky eaters Anderson Cooper and Jerry Seinfeld complain about food. [...]
Join Today’s twEAT OUT in Support of Share Our Strength!
Tweet to help make sure kids have enough to eat! Share Our Strength, the very worthy organization that seeks to stamp out childhood hunger in America, raised more than $1.5 million during their annual Dine Out For No Kid Hungry in 2010, thanks to the more than 4,000 restaurants that participated. This year, [...]
Dining Poll: Should Restaurants Call to Confirm Your Reservations?
From time to time, we hear from diners (mostly on Twitter) who aren’t that thrilled when restaurants call to confirm a restaurant reservation. While every restaurant sets its own policy about reservation confirmations, we’re curious how you feel. Weigh in on this hot topic today! Do you mind when restaurants call to confirm your reservations?online survey
Trivia Tuesdays: Follow @OpenTable_ATL and @OpenTable_Chi to Earn Free Meals
If you’re an OpenTable diner who lives or dines in Atlanta or Chicago, follow our local Twitter handles — @OpenTable_ATL and @OpenTable_Chi – for news on new restaurants, dining deals and discounts, and for a chance to earn free meals even faster. No, we’re not talking about 1,000-point reservations (although those help)! Next week, we’re [...]
‘Sex and the City 2′ Twitter Trivia Dinner Giveaway: Follow @OpenTable Today
There’s no free lunch, but thanks to our ‘Sex and the City 2′ Twitter trivia giveaway, there is such a thing as free dinner. Today between 1PM-2PM PST (4PM-5PM EST), we’ll be giving away dinner for four at the restaurant of your choice in honor of the return of Carrie and Co. to the big [...]
State Your Complaint: Restaurant Critics; Restaurant Designs; Restaurant Menus; Restaurant Websites, and Being Treated Like a Regular (Huh?)
* Will a Twitter campaign take out your least favorite critic? Doubtful, but one tweeter is trying, taking aim at Los Angeles Times restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila. [Grub Street Los Angeles] * Phil Vettel stews over restaurant design flaws. I would concur with the oversized menus being a problem. I never know what to [...]