This week from June 21st – June 27th marks The Yelp Eats Event in St. Louis. 12 different restaurants are participating offering a special 3-Course Dinner menu for just $25 + tax and tip. The menus look freaking tasty! Please get out this week and support our local St. Louis restaurants.
Below are the different menus that are offered:
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Across from St. Louis, in the small river town of Alton, IL resides a legendary bar called Fast Eddies Bon Air. Some gather for the drinks, most come for the food. The scene resembles “The Double Deuce” from the movie Roadhouse, hosting everything from bikers to attorneys. The only difference is Patrick Swayze isn’t ripping out throats, and Fast Eddies clientele is MUCH friendlier.
The dark interior of Fast Eddies is lit up with neon beer signs, old memorabilia, and glowing flat screens covering the days sporting events. At first glance, it’s not a place to take your mother. Only to find out, your mom loves Fast Eddies!
So why does Fast Eddies draw such a crowd? I’ve seen Sundays where they ring 500+ food orders by 2pm. That’s just warm up! What is their secret? How do they do it? Here are the 5 reasons why Fast Eddie’s Bon Air sells:
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Won’t you be, my neighbor? This was the theme song to a long airing PBS show called Mister Rodgers Neighborhood. The lovable character, Mister Rodgers, asked this of American children for close to 33 years. He believed in community and crossing the fence to meet your neighbors. You know what? Fred Rodgers would have made an excellent restaurateur!
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Everyday we are working to provide more value to our users. Currently the UB Team is working on adding a new follower feature. The feature will allow people to “follow” their favorite restaurant. Once following a restaurant, you will receive an email notification when they post a new deal. Nothing long and outlandish, just a quick reminder that your favorite restaurant is offering a new deal! You will also be given the option to “unfollow” restaurants in your user profile.
We are SICK of the word “followers.” Therefore, we need your help dreaming up a new name for UB Users! Some current suggestions (seriously in all seriousness dudes):
Bacon-nators
Dominators
Patrons
Supporters
Fans (sorry FB, you gave it up lol)
Ok, none of these are 100% set in stone or even half way serious. That is why we are calling on you guys. Can you help us dream up a new name for our awesome UB users? PLEASE LEAVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS BELOW!
Remember the movie “Field of Dreams?” It’s about a middle-aged guy named Ray Kinsella living with his family among the vast cornfields of Iowa. While farming the yellow fields one day…Ray hears a voice. The voice softly whispers “If you build it, he will come.” Taken by surprise, he continues laboring and tending his precious crops to feed his family. As time passes, the voice starts booming louder and louder – “If you build it, he will come” – “If you build it, he will come.” This sparks relentless ambition into Ray as he realizes what the voice is telling him: Build a baseball diamond. Thus starting the worst movie ever made…
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We have been following the Yelp lawsuits closely at UrbanBacon. As promised, we will occasionally keep you up to date with recent happenings…Check out their blog here for the full story.
This week Yelp decided to change their advertising structure. Businesses advertising with Yelp were previously allowed to highlight their favorite review at the top of their profile. A monkey could figure out why a business would want their best review displayed at top of the page. They are now removing this feature from their business model. Is it too late?
GET EXCITED! We are currently working on revamping our current design. Basically cleaning things out and making the site tidier. We want to provide a simple design for our users while making the best use of white space. So far, it looks flippin’ awesome!
As we work to make things better, please tell your friends. Have them join us at UrbanBacon. Start commenting on deals and give us feedback. Every bit of feedback helps make UrbanBacon a better service for both restaurants and people. We are humbled and thankful for your help!
It’s no secret, the Internet has given individuals a voice. Bloggers are splashed across the canvas of social media ranting about their encounters with restaurants and basically every industry on the planet. Everyone is subject to reviews, and guess what?
People Listen.
This is the basis behind word of mouth marketing. We all value each others opinions to some degree, almost more than we value critics. Critics seem untouchable as humans, and it becomes hard to relate in our mundane lives.
This is nothing new. We’ve been recommending and trashing restaurants for years. Think about the office, how many times a day do you hear people talking about different restaurants? Are they all good? Of course not, people have bad experiences. Not only that, we have been programmed by society to think complaining is rude. So we hold complaints until we leave. Maybe restaurants are to blame, maybe people are to blame. The bottom line: It happens.
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Yesterday, the well-known start-up Yelp was slapped with a class action lawsuit. You can read about the story here. Yelp has been accused of “extortion” by a veterinarian hospital in California. The hospital contacted Yelp asking them to remove negative reviews of the business. Yelp refused to take down the reviews. Then a funny thing happened, the veterinary hospital was promptly contacted by a Yelp “sales representative.” The rep told the company they could delete or lower the negative reviews on their pages for the low cost of around $300/mo.
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In the famous words of Tyrone Biggums from The Dave Chappelle Show:
“Something you might not know about me Joe Rogan…I love happy hour!”
Well, that’s not 100% how it went, but works for the sake of this post. It’s true, I love happy hour in every shape and form. There is nothing like relaxing for a few hours after a long day in the office. This brings us to our discussion for the day:
What are your favorite happy hour specials?
Personally, I enjoy $5 domestic buckets. ½ off apps are also delicious. It really doesn’t get much better than that!
But what I enjoy may not be what you enjoy. So let’s hear it. What are your favorite happy hours? What food specials do you like? Where do you consistently hit up on a weekly basis? Feel free to name your favorite local spots, comment below!
