Someone needs to build this for dating.
Grubwithus (YC W11) Brings Strangers Together Over Social Meals
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#12What a neat idea! Having food together is the best way to socialize anyway, time flies and you have something to do, no awkward silences :) Maybe this is something to market to the airbnb userbase? Serving food to strangers for a fee is bound to raise some eyebrows though, this time not from jealous hotel operators but from the people that lord over food safety and cleanliness in commercial settings, especially if yo…
Yeah, though "underground restaurants" have been steadily growing in popularity nonetheless. A British example: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/feb/10/undergrou... I also watched a Jamie Oliver documentary series about food in the US and he managed to wangle his way into similar places in a few US cities (mostly oriented around Mexican food).
When you advertise online using a public service it's not very underground any more.
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#13Does the site actually check gender? Saw several female only meals with reservations from guys.
Yeah it's a little confusing. Those are actually the YC alumni that will be speaking to female founders
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#14Out of the box it seems very speedatingesque. While amazingly fun if you have a good group, one bad guest might ruin the night for the rest of the group. If this takes off, then awesome - a new way to meet people. However I think that the grubwithus guys are going to hit quite a few social hurdles along the way.
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#15Congrats, looks great!
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#16Great idea. Suggestion: for me location matters more than date so maybe add a map view?
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#17I tried this a few weeks ago in Chicago and it was great. One of my favorite parts is that we didn't have to worry about splitting up the bill. I'd love to set up grubwith.us's open only to my friends. Paying in advance also eliminates the flake factor.
This will probably change as I say this: but women outnumbered men 2 to 1 in the dinner I attended (8 & 4). What other social startup has an early adopter profile like that?
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#18I just wanted to say thanks for not demanding permission to post to my wall when I linked my facebook account.
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#19Great idea.
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#20Great idea! I'm already signed up :-)