MikeRichardson Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating/2014/02/houston_restaurant_news_site_b.php WTF? Why would you close this down?, and not even offer it to anyone else? This was the go to site, at least for me. It was unique to Houston, and therefore was much more relevant than Yelp or any of those other generic sites. Edited February 18, 2014 by MikeRichardson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 That is indeed a shame! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 It had a prehistoric Web 1.0 web design, but was a really good resource for tracking openings and closings of restaurants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomv Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 What a loss! It was a great way to find reviews by neighborhood, type of food, etc.. I emailed them several times with news of restaurant closings, and they emailed me right back with a personal response, thanking me for my input. Just yesterday, I found out from them that Denis Seafood at Memorial City had closed. Maybe somebody could take it over, but without the attention to detail it won't be the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 What a loss. I used b4-u-eat.com regularly. Like others said, the interface was outdated, but it was a great resource. I hope it comes back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brhaltx Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Big loss; I wonder why they didn't try to sell it.I always went there for a dose of reality after looking at the sites that don't allow negative reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrmack Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Sorry to seem them to go. Lots of good information on that site including a great and up-to-date list of BYOB restaurants across the city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRichardson Posted July 26, 2014 Author Share Posted July 26, 2014 I found this interview with Jane Hudson, one of the co-founders of B4-U-Eat, and some magazine I've never heard of called "My Table", that allegedly exists. http://my-table.com/sidedish/13-nosy-questions-with-jane-hudson/ They failed to even ask why the site was closed, but Hudson did vaguely mention "retirement" - and that the database has not been destroyed, but is explicitly not being offered to anyone else, either. I assume that if the database is ever offered again, so much time will have passed that the information will only have historical value. Even if you junked the reviews, the listings alone were probably better than any other site out there, but they become inaccurate, outdated, as more time passes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Rumour has it that towards the end they stopped posting bad user reviews for restaurants that paid to advertise on their site. I know that happened to a review my wife wrote and have seen comments from others to the same effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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