#19 Discovering Web.2 tools

I decided to look in the food category of the web.2 awards, and chose the 2nd selection Urban Spoon www.urbanspoon.com

It took me right to the Tulsa page of Urban Spoon, with a choice of different categories. You can go to restaurants by neighborhood, by price, or by food types. Choices on the left side of the page were fine dining and talk of the town.

Most of the restaurants didn't have menus posted but people have posted comments about the restaurants.

The site is easy to navigate and is simple to use. I am sure it will contain more reviews later, but for now the ones that are posted are fun to read.

I did think it strange that one post, while it looked like it was going to be a review of the Brookside restaurant called Oliver's Twist, was actually a lengthy campaign ad for a candidate in Tulsa by someone who lived in KC....I could've cared less about how she met the candidate and what they ate in college....I wanted to know about the restaurant. Weird!!

The site is useful for find restaurants in different parts of the city. Library applications, hmmmm, well, I guess this site would be one way of finding addresses and phone numbers, though there are probably quicker ways. I think if we had people asking about restaurant recommendations, this site would be a valuable too.