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If you have a Facebook account (or want to create one), you can check out our application here:

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You can find your favorite city by going to our homepage and using the search box at the top of the page.

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Enjoy!

One thing that we here at Foodry are often currently doing is eating out at restaurants, so to make things a bit easier on Twitterers, we’ve added a button to the upper-right corner of our restaurant pages that will let you easily send a message about that restaurant.

For example, if I were about to go get some excellent Chicago-style pizza at Delfino’s in Seattle’s University Village, I’d head on over to that page, click the “Send to Twitter” button and send out something like “Eating at Delfino’s Chicago Style Pizzeria.”. We pre-populate the message with something useful to make it even easier and also add a short URL to the restaurant page so your friends can see reviews and a Google map of the place, in case they want to join you.

Foodry isn’t associated with Twitter at all; we’ve just taken advantage of their graciously supplied API to post messages. You’ll need to use your Twitter credentials to sign-in on our Send to Twitter form. Don’t worry, we don’t save them or do anything except pass them on to Twitter, so we won’t know anything about your Twitter account beyond what information they return to us when we send them a message.

If you have any comments, suggestions, or bug reports, please post them below. We hope this new feature is something you’ll find useful!

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I’ve already reviewed many of them. The rest will get reviewed before too long.

What are the restaurants in your neighborhood? Sign in, tag them, and let us know!

Enjoy. Comments and suggestions welcome.

Give it a try

Phone Number:

The code:

<script type="text/javascript">
// ---------------------------------------------------------
// Phone number formatter, created for Foodry
// For more info, visit:
// http://www.foodry.com/blog
// ---------------------------------------------------------
function formatPhone(elm, e) {
    var keychar;

    // If used in onkeypress, pass in the event and this will
    // grab the character and do the right thing. This allows
    // for a smoother user experience than if the chars are
    // being visibly deleted.
    if (e) {
        var keynum;
        if (window.event) {
            keynum = e.keyCode
        }
        else if (e.which) {
            keynum = e.which
        }

        keychar = String.fromCharCode(keynum)
    }   

    // Allow a backspace to go through, so the user
    // can correct any typos.
    if (/[b]/.exec(keychar)) {
        return true;
    } else {
        var p = elm.value + keychar;

        // Don't allow a leading 1 or 0. We also strip out all
        // non-numeric characters here to make the formatting
        // easier later on. This could be modified to allow
        // letters if you consider them valid.
        p = p.replace(/^[01]/,"");
        p = p.replace(/D+/g, "");

        // You can easily change the formatting of the phone
        // number by editing the conditionals below.
        if (p.length > 0 && p.length < 3) {
            p = "("+p;
        }
        else if (p.length >= 3 && p.length < 7) {
            p = "("+p.substring(0,3)+") "+p.substring(3);
        }
        else if (p.length >= 7 && p.length < 10) {
            p = "("+p.substring(0,3)+") "+p.substring(3,6)+"-"+p.substring(6);
        }
        else if (p.length) {
            p = "("+p.substring(0,3)+") "+p.substring(3,6)+"-"+p.substring(6,10);
        }
        elm.value = p;

        return false;
    }
}
</script>

Phone Number: <input type="text"
               size="15" name="phone" id="phone"
               onkeypress="return formatPhone(this, event)"
               onkeyup="formatPhone(this)"
               onchange="formatPhone(this)">

Give it a try by clicking on the button below:

You can also add this gadget directly to a website yourself. See the sample below for restaurants in Seattle:

Have a great meal!

• Cooper’s Old-Time Pit Bar-B-Que in Llano, Texas is a favorite of George W. Bush. Cooper’s has catered events a Bush’s Crawford, Texas ranch and has a mail order operation. I wonder how many ribs they send off to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?
• McClard’s Bar-B-Q was the barbecue place of choice when Bill Clinton was growing up in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It’s still a favorite in town and is often packed with diners.
• George Bush, Sr., has a favorite barbecue place in Houston, Otto’s Barbecue. If you go there, you can order the Bush Plate, made up of brisket, hot links, and ribs, the things he usually ordered.
• One of Jimmy Carter’s favorite BBQ joint is The Pink Pig in Cherry Log, GA. Former Georgia Governor and Senator Zell Miller also claims that The Pink Pig has the world’s best iced tea.

First, I’ve added a Top Reviewers list to the home page. Looks like Aaron has taken a huge lead with 31 reviews.

I’ve also improved the city pages a bit. Where they were just a search results page, now they are more of a summary page, with a tag cloud and most viewed restaurants list. Future features will include top reviewed restaurants, top reviewers for the city, and a list of nearby cities. Take a look at a few: Seattle, WA, Cleveland Heights, OH, and, one of the most popular, thanks to Aaron’s reviews, Stevensville, MI.

Look for some more updates coming soon!