Opentable Dot Com -- Random Noodlings

I really like Opentable.com. I don't *love* it, but I like it a lot. Like, I could be married to it, but might have an affair and eventually leave if something better swept me off my feet. Sort of.

I'm almost at 2000 points so after dinner tonight I get a $20 "cheque" to use at an opentable restaurant. One can never look a $20 gift certificate in the mouth, even if it's really just rewards points for money already spent. Like any rewards points program, you have to manage it to see it really pay off. I never snagged a 1000-point reservation so I earned mine the hard way -- 100 points at a time!

But I digress. My real speculation is about future Devour Downtown Restaurant Weeks. Currently, 17 US cities have their restaurant weeks listed along with dates and promotional specials. It's great for Opentable and great for the sponsoring organization for restaurant week. It sure would be nice to see the Fall Devour Downtown show up on opentable making it easier for folks to make reservations (for opentable.com restaurants) and to note if they plan to use the Devour Downtown restaurant week menu. That might help make it a little easier for chefs to plan and even draw those customers back again. I know the powers that be read here from time to time, so my suggestion is to find out what it takes to make this happen. There's no reason our two restaurant weeks shouldn't be just as well publicized as the other 17.