Overheard this Evening

Everyone has menus, all over the world, so why is menupages exclusive to New York?

Great question, anonymous reader. There's no good answer.

Comments

[Donald]

Scaling's not an issue? The focus is New York City and that's already over 6500 menus. The format kinda reminds me of Curbed. Just imagine what a nightmare THAT would be to scale up statewide/nationwide/globally. Okay, not a nightmare, but definitely issues of scaling a website to account for those different levels and having the local resources to have a person on the ground in all those different locations - yeah, I'd say those are pretty good reasons to focus on what you can deliver. At least for the time being ... no?

[Matt]

Why don't they have more cities? Because they do.

[Donald Andrew Agarrat]

That CHANGE CITY link was easy to miss (and it would also help if www.menupages.com redirected to newyork.menupages.com), but yes, they most certainly do have more cities! I just signed up for an account. Even though the confirmation seemed to note that I happened to be browsing in San Francisco when I registered, the account is global and works the same in any city. I Skyped one of my best friends, a fellow foodie who lives in Arizona, just to tell him about it.

[adriana]

I also missed the "change city" link. In fact, I have never seen the start page. When I type in the URL, it takes me straight to NYC menu listings. The option to change cities should be a more prominent, don't you think?