Restaurant reservations have become the hot new scalping racket
by Boing Boing
Boing Boing— Bots, scammers, line-sitters, and mercenaries have made it all but impossible to get a reservation directly from a restaurant in New York. According to Adam Iscoe's piece in The New Yorker, snapping up a prime 8pm Friday table now requires shelling out scalper prices to internet "mercenaries" who deploy bots to hoard reservations. — Read the rest
Washington Square News—Staff Recs: HOT HOT HOT!. The days are getting longer and the heat is turning up. Most of us have nearly finished our classes this semester and are fighting our way through final exams. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel — lazy, hot summer days are, however, still just out of reach. To hold you This story Staff Recs: HOT HOT HOT! appeared first on Washington Square News.
DOTHANFIRST—New deli restaurant opening in Enterprise. ENTERPRISE, Ala (WDHN) -- The city of progress will soon welcome a new soup and sandwich shop! A release from McAlister’s Deli confirmed that a new location at 708 Boll Weevil Circle, Suite 1, will hold a grand opening on Monday, April 29, at 10:00 a.m. The first 100 guests in line on opening day []
Bangor Daily News—New Mexican restaurant opens in Dover-Foxcroft. Forced to close one of his Dover-Foxcroft businesses after a fire in January, a local restauranteur has opened a new eatery in town.