365PlacesToEat.com - My New Project
Sunday, January 4, 2009 22:56You may or may not have noticed, but I haven’t been posting around here much. I have fizzled out a bit on la.foodblogging and am starting up a new project to get my food writing juices flowing again.
As long as our contributors are willing to write and share their finds with the readers, I plan on keep la.foodblogging going, and I will be popping in now and then. My main focus for 2009, however, will be 365 Places to Eat.
365 Places to Eat is pretty straightforward. I’m putting together a list of 365 Places to Eat, mostly in Los Angeles. My stretch goal is to complete the list with their write ups during 2009. The list of places is mostly complete. The challenge is to complete a short write up for each spot.
It’s fun to think that Los Angeles provides so many great places to eat that you could literally eat at a different spot each day of the year. Of course, there are many, many more dining spots than 365, but how many people can compile a list of 365 places that they have eaten in their home city? Go ahead, see how many places you can list on your own, you might be surprised (one way or the other).
So, I invite you to join me this year as I list 365 Places to Eat. I appreciate your feedback, comments and suggestions. A little more about the site can be found over on the About Page.
Happy New Year to you all and thank you for the support you have given us over the past four years at la.foodblogging!
By Jonah (see more of his posts). Jonah is the founder of la.foodblogging and also created Digesty, a food blog aggregator and Cheww.com, a spam free foodblog search engine.
pluto says:
January 5th, 2009 at 8:09 am
do you think with this recession people are still available to waste their few money in an expensive restaurant ( for expensive i think at least $25 per person) ??
Jonah says:
January 5th, 2009 at 9:07 am
^pluto- That’s a good question. I think that certainly people will be slowing down on their restaurant spending as personal budgets get tighter. I do think that people will still be going out to eat, either for convenience or lack of cooking ability at home. The restaurants that might do better are those that can feed someone a solid meal in the $10 range.
I do think that people will still go out for special meals, but may scale back on extras like desserts, appetizers and expensive bottles of wine.
I also count some of the $$ I spend on eating out as part entertainment, and try not to waste money when I can!
pluto says:
January 5th, 2009 at 9:24 am
thank you for the answer :)
Susie says:
January 5th, 2009 at 11:15 am
At first I thought your post said you were going to write about eating 365 days this year. I thought, hey I’m eating 365 days this year too. ;)
Yesterday I was on Third St and all the eateries like Joan’s and Toast were hopping, crowds waiting on the sidewalk. The line around Pink’s Hot Links wrapped around way into their parking lot. That was pretty interesting to see! I didn’t get around to checking out Carney’s. Would be interesting to do the 365 experiment for meals under $8 or so!
Jonah says:
January 5th, 2009 at 11:22 am
^pluto- You’re welcome, it is going to be interesting to watch how restaurants adapt if people do reduce their discretionary spending. My hope is that the owners will adapt and continue business, but I fear that because of the difficulty in turning a profit during good times, many will not!
^susie- 365 places to eat under $8 would be a very helpful guide! I’m sure that it could be done, but I had a hard time coming up with a list of 365 places that I ate for any price! I have noticed that some of the nicer spots I have eaten at lately have been less crowded for dinner, I suspect that the casual spots will survive.
Anne @ Pink Galoshes says:
January 7th, 2009 at 7:26 am
Can’t wait for this feature. What a fabulous idea!
H.C. says:
January 7th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Love the clean layout of that site and the variety of eateries you’ve featured so far — can’t wait for the remainder 350+ worth of entries and glad there’s another project to re-kindle your passion for foodblogging.
Jonah says:
January 8th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
H.C. - Thanks for the comments, it is a fun way to get my writing engine going again. I know that you have experienced the ebb and flow of motivation in foodblogging!
Mom says:
January 11th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Good Luck with the new site and congratulations on the re-motivation! So far, it looks like we have eaten together at about 50% of your picks. Many more memorable meals to come in the New Year and reading about one-a-day will be a delight!
yumyum in the tumtum says:
January 12th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
for years, i’ve always loved taking pics of the food i eat, but only started food blogging recently (nov’08)… then, i stumbled upon your awesomely delicious blog couple weeks ago. hope you don’t mind me adding you on my blogroll links. :) the 365 project is a great idea! wish i could have the time to food blog everyday. congrats and good luck with the new ‘motivational yummy project’! :) i’ll be checking it, too! happy foodilicious new year!! xoxo
Darrin says:
January 15th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Wow, what a killer idea!! I may try something on a smaller scale with burgers. Thanks for the inspiration!!