Released on: March 19, 2008, 4:42 am

Press Release Author: Ajay Rajani

Industry: Food & Beverage

Press Release Summary: TasteSpace is not your typical online restaurant search
engine; we believe our "microsite system" is a generation ahead of other bar and
restaurant entertainment listings. So much so, we intend to share a part of our
future success with our users because they are the real value drivers behind our
website and business

Press Release Body: Unique website offers users a "steak" in their Dot Com future



New York - TasteSpace.com, a user-generated search engine and social community
devoted to New York City food and nightlife, has recently launched!


What makes TasteSpace (www.tastespace.com) different?

For one, up to $250,000 worth of incentives, as part of the "Cheque Please!"
Competition, a promo- tion created to reward TasteSpace's most active users in the
event that the company is acquired through a sale or IPO.

TasteSpace is not your typical online restaurant search engine; we believe our
"microsite system" is a generation ahead of other bar and restaurant entertainment
listings. So much so, we intend to share a part of our future success with our users
because they are the real value drivers behind our website and business,\" says
co-founder Ajay Rajani.

"Yelp.com is a good example of how effective users are at bringing small business
venues into focus for the web community. And we take that model a step further by
allowing both users and the venues themselves to participate," says Rajani, who
along with Jesse Sommer, a former Wesleyan University classmate, has convinced over
250 of their 7,000+ listed NYC bars and restaurants to upload menus, photos,
highlights, event schedules, specials info, and other content to TasteSpace
"Venue Profiles." Venue registration is free, which is why many call the site "the
MySpace for bars and restaurants."



"We centralize all available bar/restaurant content on easy-to-navigate venue
profiles, and then offer a whole suite of searches with which users can browse our
database," says Sommer. "For example, you can use our Tastrix menu search to find a
Gramercy Park pub serving mushroom risotto, or a sushi crib offering a mango samurai
mojito in Midtown. And the Scoop Du Jour search locates drink and dinner specials
in any given area on any given day."


TasteSpace enthusiast Sumeet Sinha says his favorite feature is the Take Me Out, a
brief survey that lets users find bars and restaurants suitable for specific types
of people. "I had two dates in one night last Saturday," says Sinha. "The Take Me
Out led me to the perfect Chelsea venue for a first date. and when that ended,
(badly), I looked at my Take Me Out results print-out for my 'friends-
with-benefits' joint on the Upper West Side."

For smaller establishments that may want an alternative to maintaining an expensive
web site, TasteSpace.com offers lots of services designed to promote a
vendor's wares. For example, registered venues can create a customizable URL
for their venue profiles, while all content listed on those profiles, including the
menu, is Search Engine Optimized. So in addition to appearing in TasteSpace user
searches, venue profiles are also more likely to appear in Google, Yahoo, and MSN
searches. Venue registration is free and, through the Account
Manager portal, venue owners/managers can take advantage of TasteSpace\'s many
web-based marketing offerings.


Other TasteSpace features include:

 Online ordering and reservation services, along with menus, photos,
videos, details, etc.
 The TasteBuzz, a user-generated online magazine of restaurant and
nightlife content available across the web. Users are rewarded for voting on
articles as part of the Cheque, Please! program.
 TasteSpace.com's "Blog Spyder," an innovative technology that scours the
web for articles about specific bars and restaurants, and then adds links to those
sites on the corresponding Venue Profiles.
 Exclusive Bar and Restaurant Deals and Event Listings


The New York State Restaurant Association announced a partnership with
TasteSpace.com on November 1, 2007, designating it as NYSRA's official
partner for online promotion. This prestigious distinction was briefly noted
when Fox 5 featured TasteSpace on its popular morning program "Good Day New York" on
November 14th.

Web Site: http://www.tastespace.com

Contact Details: Address: 19 Hoffstot Lane Sands Point NY 11050

Phone No: 516 330 2947
FaxNo: 212 366 9687

Email ID: arajani@tastespace.com

Url: http://www.tastespace.com