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Make Dinner Reservations Online

We’ve all been there. It’s Friday night and you and some friends have decided at the last minute (of course) that you want to go out for a nice dinner. Every restaurant, it seems, is booked, not taking reservations, or puts you on hold for eternity. Before you give up, check out OpenTable.com. It’s a web site that books reservations at over 7,000 restaurants across the country (and more being added every day).

Simply choose your city (almost every state and every major city is represented), the time and date you want to make the reservation, and the number of people in your party, and it will show you restaurants with tables available. You can even narrow your search by cuisine and price range. Change your mind? Cancelling is as easy as one click of the mouse. And the best part is that the service is 100% free to the diners.

For restaurant owners, the service is indispensable. Not only are all their reservations easily organized and ready to go during the Friday night rush, it’s also a handy way to keep track of regulars’ requests. Notes flash up when regulars make a reservation with helpful hints like “likes to sit in the back corner” or for one customer who frequently brought first dates to the eatery, “don’t treat like a regular.”

Restaurant owner Danny Meyer told the New York Times “In the old days, the question was, “‘Where should we eat?’ Now it’s, ‘Where can we eat?’”

Posted Jun 20, 2007 by themagster | 3 Comments | Share It

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