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My next startup is targeting this problem. I'm pitching it as "About.me for restaurants" ... a single-page, instant setup site that has location/hours/menu/contact info.

I'm planning on posting it to HN for review in a few days.

If anyone wants a peak now, drop me an email.

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Don't pitch it as "about.me for restaurants". I had no idea what about.me is and I'm in the startup community, read HN, TechCrunch, etc... The people you're selling to will have no idea what you're talking about.

What about "Facebook for restaurants"?

"Facebook for restaurants" is like another social network.

I know what about.me is, and if he pitched it to me, I would think, "a one page website for restaurants."

I only use that analogy for startup folks and investors. Facebook definitely doesn't fit.

And, for the record, Tech Crunch has mentioned about.me tons of times: http://techcrunch.com/search/about.me

For restaurants that want more than a one page site, some customization opportunity, easy to generate html menus, etc. a new company called Theme Force is offering a hosted service that uses WordPress as a backend. I've done a demo of it and written about the company, and it's a solid solution: http://theme-force.com

The about.me style sounds like a good idea as well, for those that want a super low budget, no frills site. But a menu would be nice, even on something like that.

Sounds like this: http://www.letseat.at/ (not that it should dissuade you from doing it yourself)

You might want to look at http://www.pocketdiner.co.uk to help you with the mobile version.

This sounds like such a great idea. I travel in two circles that would love to check this out. Please do post it.

Sounds like MenuPalace.com's first business, although they never really cared about design/style

Looking forward to it. Interested to see how you solve the problem of menu editing.

You should push this one out as quickly as possible. Superb idea.

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