Comments on: Plans for a kosher directory http://www.kosherblog.net/2005/01/04/plans_for_a_kosher_directory/ Finding the finer side of everyday kosher living Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:18:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: jabbett http://www.kosherblog.net/2005/01/04/plans_for_a_kosher_directory/#comment-1055 jabbett Wed, 05 Jan 2005 12:02:36 +0000 http://www.kosherblog.net/2005/01/04/plans_for_a_kosher_directory/#comment-1055 Jeff-- I know such databases exist, but the ones I've seen -- including the Shamash database -- aren't comprehensive enough, aren't descriptive enough, and aren't updated enough. Certainly, if you compare Shamash to the type of resource I outlined above, you'll see Shamash falls short in many areas of detail. I envision something more like <a href="http://boston.citysearch.com/profile/4790755/brookline_ma/zaftigs_delicatessen.htm" rel="nofollow">Citysearch.com's restaurant profiles</a>, organized in a Yahoo directory format. And to be sure it doesn't end up as "just another restaurant database," I've decided to focus it on New England. My efforts will be concentrated on this small subset of the kosher community. I have plenty of first hand experience to contribute, and judging by the great insider <a href="http://www.kosherblog.net/index.php?title=shalomboston_com_recipe_file&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments" rel="nofollow">comments that showed up regarding Boschetto's and Zeppy's</a> in a recent post, so does the Kosher Blog community. In short, there are a lot of subtleties to any restaurant, and especially kosher restaurants. I don't think they're captured by anything out there yet. Of course, I'm not a stubborn fool; if there's something out there already that does the trick, please let me know. Jeff–
I know such databases exist, but the ones I’ve seen — including the Shamash database — aren’t comprehensive enough, aren’t descriptive enough, and aren’t updated enough. Certainly, if you compare Shamash to the type of resource I outlined above, you’ll see Shamash falls short in many areas of detail.

I envision something more like Citysearch.com’s restaurant profiles, organized in a Yahoo directory format.

And to be sure it doesn’t end up as “just another restaurant database,” I’ve decided to focus it on New England. My efforts will be concentrated on this small subset of the kosher community. I have plenty of first hand experience to contribute, and judging by the great insider comments that showed up regarding Boschetto’s and Zeppy’s in a recent post, so does the Kosher Blog community.

In short, there are a lot of subtleties to any restaurant, and especially kosher restaurants. I don’t think they’re captured by anything out there yet. Of course, I’m not a stubborn fool; if there’s something out there already that does the trick, please let me know.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.kosherblog.net/2005/01/04/plans_for_a_kosher_directory/#comment-1054 Jeff Wed, 05 Jan 2005 10:21:53 +0000 http://www.kosherblog.net/2005/01/04/plans_for_a_kosher_directory/#comment-1054 Great Idea, but already done. check out http://www.shamash.org/kosher/ and update any places that are not current. Great Idea, but already done.

check out http://www.shamash.org/kosher/ and update any places that are not current.

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