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Best User Reviews Ever
By Nick Berliner | April 29, 2008
Last week, Marchex announced partnerships with six local content partners to add over five million user reviews and ratings to our over 150,000 local Web sites, including our primary hub, Openlist.com. This is huge as it further establishes Openlist.com as the premiere source for locally focused business listings, reviews and ratings. With our shiny new partners all under one roof, I’d like to highlight some of the more colorful and memorable reviews in the network.
King’s Hardware, Seattle | Openlist.com via Seattle.citysearch.com
“Let’s face it. A mind numbing suburban plague has been marching over Seattle like the Red Army hopped up on Pottery Barn toffee. That being said, King’s Hardware is a lone foothold of grit in that rising sea of sameness. It harkens back to the days when walking into a Ballard bar and saying hello would either get you a 30 minute dissertation on trawl gear, or a fat lip. It’s got the best outdoor deck in the city, an open causeway to Rudy’s Barbershop next door, Skee Ball and floors of scarred timber. The burgers are top drawer and the staff knows what they’re doing. They’re easy on the eyes too…real easy. Sometimes I wish they were easier but that most likely has something to do with me. So, if you’re looking for a quiet place to schmooze your Suzy, stay home and listen to records. Otherwise, swing by King’s and find out what Seattle used to be like, before the end started marching in.”
NB: This is a great review: metaphoric, insulting and apocalyptic…
Blend, New York | Openlist.com via Urbanspoon.com
“My girlfriend and I found this place by accident. The food was awesome! Order all of the apps, they are great. Very romantic ambiance, my girl and I really loved it. I took my wife there a few weeks later and she loved it as well.”
NB: Nothing like brazenly broadcasting you have a girlfriend AND a wife over the Internet…
Earwax Café, Chicago | Openlist.com via Gusto.com
“My buddy Chad and I were vegging like zombies at his pad on Sunday night after two days of solid partying and didn’t feel like getting up for anything. But we were getting hungry and bored. No problem. My pal called Earwax Café, mumbled an order for something or other, and low and behold 20 minutes later, this delivery dude from Earwax showed up with some awesome food and a movie (“Wedding Crashers”). The next day we went by Earwax to return the movie, and grab some more grub. Very cool place. We sat in one of the booths that were painted in crazy colors and patterns. Real good vibe in the place.”
NB: Dude, where’s my brain cells…
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