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What does "jatbar" mean?
jason and terry's bay area review
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How long has jatbar been around?
jatbar domain name has been around since Sept 2003 and writing reviews since Jan 2004.
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Whats the purpose of jatbar?
Give honest opinions on our restaurant experiences. We're here to share those hidden jewels lost among restaurant chains. We are not a fake restaurant directory, we eat at every restaurant listed on jatbar. What can we say, we're nerds and have this evergrowing food diary on the web.
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How come you hide your identities?
We don't want restaurant owners to treat us any differently than normal customers
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Are you food critics by profession?
Nope, far from it, we're just normal people who love to eat. We have no formal training in restaurant review etiquette, we don't have degrees from culinary or journalism schools. We'll leave that stuff for the pros. Both Terry and I work for the same computer company in Silicon Valley. We did a couple of years at Microsoft, then moved on to greener pastures.
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How do I become an agent?
Thanks for taking interest in becoming an agent but we are no longer accepting applications right now. We may open them up during Spring 2007. If you're serious about writing reviews, post on the jatboard reviews only section or post a quickie. If you impress us, you'll probably hear from us.
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How often do you guys eat out?
Almost everyday, sometimes twice a day. We focus on lunches and occasionally review dinners
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How come I dont see restaurant chains?
We have maybe 3-4 chains on the site but we try to avoid them since most chains are well-known. We want you to go out and try something new, help your local restaurants, support your community!
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Do restaurants pay to be listed?
NO
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How do you find these restaurants?
Usually by accident but the majority is suggested by users like yourself.
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When do you review these restaurants?
During our lunch break at work and sometimes on the way home from work.
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Where's your pricing and rating system?
Go here for the Pricing and Rating page
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How come you dont post the restaurant hours?
Restaurants have the strangest hours of operation, especially Japanese restaurants. It's a pain to enter hours in the database. Your best bet is to give them a call or view the menu.
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How can you judge a restaurant just by 1 visit?
It's a tough call but your first impression is usually a lasting one. If we had the time and money, we would like to visit places at least 2 times. Our reviews are simply short descriptions of what we saw and tasted. We hope our pictures and words can only help you in making your decision and not be a final judgement. They are merely opinions.
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Do you eat at all restaurants listed?
Yes, to be listed on jatbar, either Jason or Terry need to eat there.
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Do you get free meals for reviewing restaurants?
All meals and expenses are out of pocket.
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There are no ads on the site, who pays for all the stuff?
We pay for all expenses and will try to be an ad free site for jatbar. We hate popups, spyware, random placed ads, and other crap that ruins the user experience.
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Have you guys heard of a spell checker?
Yes, let us know when you find a free spell check API that's free and works with ASP/MSSQL.
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If I join the mailing list, what can I expect?
You can expect emails once every couple of months letting you know what changes we have made to the site and upcoming events. We will NEVER ask you for your password or personal information.
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Can I use your pictures and reviews for my site?
We work hard to deliver quality images for every restaurant. If you use our images, let people know where you got it. Do not remove the jatbar watermark. And please, do not image link us, we have to pay for the bandwidth.
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What cities do you cover in the bay area?
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I hate your rating system, I hate your site.
It happens. We're not forcing you to read the site, you found us. When you're done figuring out why you hate the site, go build your own review site, do restaurant reviews for a couple of months, and let us know how it works out. We'd be willing to bet, you'll quit after the 2nd month and realize it's a lot of work. Suck it....
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