32 posts and columns on restaurant
OpenTable Devours FoodSpotting for $10 Million in Cash
OpenTable gets more serious about mobile.News Byte
NoWait Hires New CEO; Founder Will Become Chief Product Officer
Pittsburgh-based NoWait, which is trying to become the OpenTable for restaurants that don’t take reservations, has hired a new CEO. Ware Sykes will replace NoWait founder Robb Myer, who will stay on as president and chief product officer. Sykes was previously VP of Sales & Services at TheLadders, a career advice site. The company, which raised $2 million in August, has seated more than six million diners at places like Texas Roadhouse, Red Robin and T.G.I. Friday’s.Tasty: FoodyDirect Gets $3M, as Former Goldman Tech Banker Turns Entrepreneur
Can you make lox, bagels and a schmear digital?Bill-Splitting Causing a Splitting Headache? Try These Apps.
Let’s face it: Splitting the bill can get holy awkward. But these apps might help make things less complicated.Desti, a Virtual Personal Assistant for Travel, Launches on iPad
Can artificial intelligence improve vacation-planning? Desti thinks so.HotelTonight Makes an Acquisition as Others Launch Last-Minute Booking Apps
For its first acquisition, HotelTonight has purchased PrimaTable, a company that developed last-minute pricing tools for the restaurant industry.Do You Have a Reservation?
I didn’t realize how hard it was to run a small business.
— Andrew Mason, speaking to Lauren Etter and Douglas MacMillan of Businessweek about his gig as a maitre d’ in a Chicago restaurant
Confirmed: Schultz and Efrusy to Leave Groupon Board; “Accounting Types” Joining
Will a shake-up of the board of the daily deals company help its prospects?Snapfinger Lets You Peer Inside the Restaurant — From Your Living Room
Ordering food online can be a crapshoot (although we don’t mean that literally).News Byte