[Sigia-l] Restaurant websites

[W Evans]

Hmmmm -

No9 Park (Boston):
http://www.no9park.com/index.php

Nice - clean - multiple restaurants - they link for reservations to open
table.

For what NOT to do (Will's Paris Hilton Award for Vapid Web Design):
Per Se in NY. I love this restaurant. Love it. Heaven. Web site S*&ks.
Example: Click on Menu&Stories.
 There are no menus. Hmmm.
 This actually matters because some great places have a menu that is 90%
shellfish - and for those of us that have dietary restrictions on shellfish
- well - just not very informative. Pretty - nice design - but essentially
Paris Hilton of web design. All flash, no brains or substance.

On Feb 19, 2008 12:02 PM, Everett, Andy <EveretA at wsdot.wa.gov> wrote:

> Todd,
>
>   This is about as upscale as it get in my hometown of Chicago,
> http://www.charlietrotters.com/ or http://www.everestrestaurant.com/
>
>    Both are definitely out of my price range so I haven't had the
> pleasure.
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 7:17 AM
> To: Eric Reiss
> Cc: sigia-l at asis.org
> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Restaurant websites
>
>
> On Feb 19, 2008, at 12:51 AM, Eric Reiss wrote:
>
> > I need something more upscale than, for example, a take-away fast-
> > food joint. We're looking for a good presentation of venue, menu, wine
>
> > list, catering services (if any). An online reservation system would
> > be nice, too.
>
> This is much tougher than I would have thought. I went to two of my
> favorite chef's sites to track down their restaurants and I wasn't that
> impressed. Alain Ducasse's restaurant site/page doesn't really do it
> justice; Thomas Keller's is better. I'm not sure either of these guys
> really have to worry about their site, considering their clientele.
>
> Alain Ducasse has a fantastic little restaurant in the Plaza Athena in
> Paris http://www.plaza-athenee-paris.com/restaurants_bars/alain.html
> (ate here, site doesn't do it justice)
>
> Thomas Keller's famous French Laundry
> http://www.frenchlaundry.com/frenchlaundry.htm (flash site), albeit a
> nicely done flash site.
>
> Le Bec-Fin (french restaurant in Philly) http://www.lebecfin.com/ (flash
> site)
>
> V.Sattui (my favorite vineyard in N. Cali) http://www.vsattui.com/ (html
> and flash)
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> Todd Zaki Warfel
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