SeamlessWebber of the Week: Steve

Every week, a different SeamlessWeb customer tells us about how he or she orders from the site. This week it’s Steve, a Health & Wellness PR Foodie Guru:

Name: Steve

Age: 29

Occupation: Health & Wellness Public Relations

How and When Did You Discover SeamlessWeb? Oh, well it’s got to be about 3 or 4 years ago now. I was working at a previous job and one of the executive assistants clued me into SW when we were working late. I was starving and refused to give in to the contents of the vending machine. Lifesaver! I hope she was promoted.

Where Do You Use SW? At work, for sure. On busy days there’s just no time for a lunch break I’m sad to say. I can get some grub plus miss the lines during the lunchtime rush.

Favorite Kind of Food: Mexican, hands down.

Least Favorite Kind of Food: Meat. (Ed. note: Hm, did someone read The Ominvore’s Dilemma?)

Favorite Place(s) to Order From on SW? Chop’t!

Least Favorite Thing About Calling Restaurants? Being made to feel like they are doing me a favor when they’re taking my order.

Closest Previous Brush with Internet Fame? Google it. :) (Ed. note: Ummm… OK)

Favorite Celebrity Chef? Paula Deen

Favorite Cartoon Growing Up? Thunder Cats

What Superpower Do You Wish You Had? The one Mary Poppins has where she can snap her fingers and make inanimate objects come to life to do housework. (Ed. note: Sigh… if only we were all like Mary Poppins)

In the Past Year, What’s the Latest You’ve Stayed Up and Why? That’s a loaded question. Too early, and I sound boring. Too late and I sound irresponsible. So, I’ll say this – the latest I stayed up this past year was actually all night long! I had a migraine.

Plans for Tonight: Local dinner with my neighbors in Astoria. 

E-mail us at thedeliverybag@seamlessweb.com if you’d like to be the next Webber of the Week or if you’d like to suggest a friend!

Posted on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 by Jessie in SeamlessWebber of the Week | Comments (0)

SeamlessWeb on the Web (9.1.10)

Here at SeamlessWeb, we work with thousands of restaurants and we love them all equally. But we’re only human, and when blogs and newspapers write about our restaurants, some of them temporarily become more equal than others. Here’s a sampling of where SeamlessWeb restaurants made some news last week:

K Food Pizza adds Latin Buffet – Midtown Lunch

  • Try out all kinds of eclectic, delicious and inexpensive food at K. Food Pizza in Midtown

Dish No. 50: Fish Tacos at Pinche Taqueria – Fork in the Road

  • The Fish Tacos at Pinche Taqueria make Fork in the Road’s list “100 Dishes to Eat Now.” Order them from either one of their two locations on Mott St or Lafayette St!

The Brunch Dish: Eggs & Vaca Frita at Agozar! – Serious Eats: New York

  • Agozar! on Bowery puts a deliciously Latin twist on steak & eggs

Where Am I Eating? Schnipper’s Quality Kitchen - Fork in the Road

  • Fork in the Road heads to Schnipper’s and tries out the green chile cheese dog with roasted poblano peppers!

Check back next week to read about some more SeamlessWeb spots!

Posted on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 by Jessie in SeamlessWeb on the Web | Comments (1)

Popularity Contest: Lenny from the Block

If we learned anything from last night’s episode of Bachelor Pad it’s that the popular crowd always has it right. Here are this week’s most popular restaurants and items on SeamlessWeb:

Most bookmarked restaurant this week:

Known for their fresh sandwiches and great service, Lenny’s offers up delicious meal options for lunch and dinner. They have locations all over Manhattan so you can order a freshly made-to-order sandwich with the best ingredients wherever you are. Other locations include: Midtown West, Upper East Side and Upper West Side.

Most liked items this week:

Hopefully these popular items gave you some ideas for your next online order, but if not, all you have to do is make a few well-timed clicks and next time we could be featuring your favorites!

Posted on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 by Jessie in Popularity Contest | Comments (0)

New Restaurants (8.30.10)

We’re in the final stretch. It’s the last week of “unofficial summer” and it’s supposed to be even more unbearably hot than ever (in the Northeast anyway). Until the cool and crisp air of fall hits, the likelihood that you will leave your home or office for meals is very tiny. If you’re tired of your go-to delivery options, here are some of the newest restaurants on SeamlessWeb in many cities and neighborhoods:

DuMont Burger at DuMont Burger

Have a restaurant that you would like to see added to the site? Send us an e-mail and we’ll make sure to do our best to bring them aboard.

Posted on Monday, August 30th, 2010 by Jessie in New Restaurants | Comments (1)

Twitter Trivia: Rainy Day Recap

Each week on Twitter, @SeamlessWeb (that’s us) runs a trivia contest where the first person to answer each question correctly earns a $10 SeamlessWeb discount code. We usually have 4 or 5 questions spread throughout the day, all related to a weekly theme, so there are plenty of chances to win. Here’s a recap of this week’s questions…and answers.

Twitter Trivia

This week’s theme: Rainy Day Activities

Follow @SeamlessWeb for your chance to win $10 in next week’s Twitter Trivia.

Posted on Friday, August 27th, 2010 by Jessie in Promotions! | Comments (2)

Today’s Brooklyn Order: El Viejo Yayo

The Order:

In the mood for Latin cuisine, my eclectic palate led me to El Viejo Yayo Restaurant in Park Slope. If you’ve been reading my reviews, you’re well aware of my ordering habits by now. I generally select a traditional appetizer, reflective of the country and cuisine of the week, then an entrée, and a beverage. This week I decided to go with a salad, entrée, side dish, AND beverage. My choices? Avocado salad, Stew Chicken with Rice and Peas, Fried Green Plantains and Tamarind Juice.

The Meal:

Each item was separately packaged, so I picked up my meal, took it home and began to dig in. I scooped out a generous portion of rice and peas, mounted it on a large plate and surrounded it with green plantains. I added the stew chicken on top. The stew chicken was succulent and so tender, the heavily marinated white meat delicately slipped off the bone each time my fork picked up a medium, bite sized morsel. The chef added a few pieces of potato and thinly sliced carrots for flavor.

The rice and peas were reddish brown and seasoned with what I believe to be sazon. I tried both the chicken and rice by itself, then together, before picking up a few plantains and mixing them with the dish. The combination was heavenly and filling.

Avocado Madness

I was a bit surprised by both the avocado salad and the tamarind juice. Half a sliced avocado sat in the middle of a large bed of mixed greens and a few slices of tomato. The salad was topped with thinly sliced red onions. I ordered oil and vinegar online, but changed my dressing selection to Italian when I got to the restaurant. Expecting your basic Kraft or Paul Newman’s salad dressing, I was taken aback by the robust taste of fresh spices and garlic. The salad was crisp and delicious. A little skeptical about the tamarind juice that I allowed my coworker to talk me into (thanks, again Elvin!), I sipped it with caution. It was sweet and refreshing with just the right amount of tamarind (similar to a ginger beverage, minus the taste of ginger, but with just enough kick) and ice.

Chicken and Rice and Delicious

The meal was a hit, but once again my eyes were bigger than my stomach. This was partly because I just can’t seem to order only one or two items when I know I have to present my readers with a fair and balanced review and partly because foodies are greedy. Since both statements are valid and true, next week I will use SeamlessWeb’s Pickup Paydays promotion (valid in Manhattan). Earn points when you order pickup online! Once you earn 50 points, SeamlessWeb pays $5.00 towards your next meal! The promotion is valid through September 3rd. I can’t wait to rack up points. Speaking of points, I forgot to grade this meal. It gets a definite B+.

Posted on Friday, August 27th, 2010 by Tomi in Today's Order | Comments (0)

SeamlessWebber of the Week: Sarah

Every week, a different SeamlessWeb customer tells us about how he or she orders from the site. This week it’s Sarah, a SeamlessWeb superstar:

Name: Sarah

Age: 31

Occupation: Director of Operations here at SeamlessWeb :)

How and When Did You Discover SeamlessWeb? When I moved to New York 7 years ago, and they hired me!

Where Do You Use SW? Ummmmm where don’t I use SeamlessWeb? It’s a bit of a problem. On the way to work, at the office, on the Q train on the way home…

Favorite Kind of Food: Mexican. I could eat it every night of the week, which I usually end up doing… (Ed. note: Check out this week’s Healthy Matters for good-for-you Mexi options)

Least Favorite Kind of Food: Eel. It really gives me the heebie jeebies. (Ed. note: That’s understandable)

Favorite Place(s) to Order From on SW? Definitely Crisp. The Africa salad is delicious.

Least Favorite Thing About Calling Restaurants? It’s humiliating to tell the person on the other end of the line all of my special food instructions.  I feel so high maintenance and judged!

Closest Previous Brush with Internet Fame? That would definitely be IMDB, or the site for the internet movie I did last year. It’s embarrassing, so you’d better not do an edit here!

Favorite Celebrity Chef? I love Anthony Bourdain! But does he count really? (Ed. note: Absolutely! He is Chef at Large at Les Halles on SeamlessWeb!)

Favorite Cartoon Growing Up? Jem. She WAS truly outrageous. So much so, that I’ve probably dressed up as her countless Halloween’s (Ed: we wish we had a picture of that). I need to give a shoutout to Thundercats though. That show is a close second, plus I had a crush on Lion-O. (Ed. note: I mean really, who didn’t? What a hunk.)

What Superpower Do You Wish You Had? I would love to fly. I would do it every chance I had.

In the Past Year, What’s the Latest You’ve Stayed Up and Why? Hmm… it was a few weeks ago, when I stayed up until 3am testing our iPhone app. I wish I had a more hip answer.

Plans for Tonight: It’s my birthday, so hopefully out for dinner and drinks, although I don’t have anything planned yet. I’d better get on the horn! (Ed. note: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH!)

E-mail us at thedeliverybag@seamlessweb.com if you’d like to be the next Webber of the Week or if you’d like to suggest a friend!

Posted on Thursday, August 26th, 2010 by Jessie in SeamlessWebber of the Week | Comments (2)

Healthy Matters: Surviving Mexican Food Without the Guilt

It’s happened to all of us: when the craving for some tasty, greasy, hole-in-the-wall Mexican food hits (often on a weekend late-night), so we give in whole-heartedly and feast on chips and salsa, fried tacos and questionable meats, and then… without fail… comes a very rumbly tumbly.

Many Mexican restaurants are full of food that can upset even the most iron-clad stomach.  Seemingly healthy items like taco salad turn dangerous when served in a deep-fried tortilla and topped with sour cream, cheese and guacamole.

But it’s still quite possible to fill your South-of-the-Border craving and keep your normally-digesting stomach intact. After all, staple Mexican ingredients like black beans and tomatoes are some of the healthiest foods around!

Here are a few tips to keep in mind the next time the craving strikes:

  • Fill up on low-calorie chicken tortilla soup as an appetizer or main course.
  • Request whole beans instead of refried beans, which are prepared using lard and grease.
  • Order for your favorite taco or enchilada a la carte, saving the calories that come along with the side of rice and beans.
  • Try ordering grilled, lean meats like turkey or fish rather than carne asada (steak) or pork.
  • Get a deconstructed meal where the meat and contents are served on the side, so you can ration your portion sizes and take control of exactly what goes in that tortilla. Better yet – get fajitas to share!
  • Load up on grilled veggies in meals like fajitas.
  • Top your Mexican food with pico de gallo, hot sauce or lime instead of guacamole – these are two condiments that pack in the flavor without the calories.
  • Experiment with Mexican vegetable dishes like corn on the cob with cayenne pepper and lime or stuffed peppers.

Mexican Chicken Soup

These restaurants offer some lower-calorie Mexican dishes just right for the health-conscious SeamlessWeb customer:

Posted on Thursday, August 26th, 2010 by Brooke in Healthy Matters | Comments (0)

SeamlessWeb on the Web (8.25.10)

Here at SeamlessWeb, we work with thousands of restaurants and we love them all equally. But we’re only human, and when blogs and newspapers write about our restaurants, some of them temporarily become more equal than others. Here’s a sampling of where SeamlessWeb restaurants made some news last week:

Chef Marc Murphy Enjoys the Days of Summer and Keeps His Kitchen Clean – Grub Street

Get Quality Burgers at Schnipper’s Quality Kitchen in Midtown – A Hamburger Today

  • On the hunt for a delicious and filling burger in Midtown? Order from Schnipper’s for a quality AND quantity

Nino’s Special Chicken Sandwich is a Pleasant Surprise – Midtown Lunch

  • Amongst a variety of Italian specialties, the chicken sandwich at Nino’s really stands out!

Inc. 5000: Chop’t Creative Salad – Inc.

Check back next week to read about some more SeamlessWeb spots!

Posted on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 by Jessie in SeamlessWeb on the Web | Comments (0)

Popularity Contest: Lunch Lunch Burger Burger

What’s up with this cold front? Amirite? With weather like this all you want to do is stay indoors, and we don’t blame you. It’s the perfect time to just sit back in your office chair or sofa and order in.  Here are some of this week’s most popular restaurants and foods on SeamlessWeb:

Most bookmarked restaurant this week:

Tender, juicy burgers made with high quality Angus Beef… what more could you want? We’re not sure, but if you also want sandwiches, salads and hot dogs at an affordable price, then Burger Burger is your go-to for ordering downtown!

Most liked items this week:

With topping?! This stuff sounds great. No wonder it’s so popular…

Hopefully these popular items gave you some ideas for your next online order, but if not, all you have to do is make a few well-timed clicks and next time we could be featuring your favorites!

Posted on Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 by Jessie in Popularity Contest | Comments (0)
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