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Announcing the improved Houston Interactive Restaurant Database, now
with a non-java interface. I got so many complaints from people with old
browsers I finally had to do something about it. The database can now
be accessed in both Java and non-Java flavors. The non-Java version should
work with ANY browser, including text-only browsers, like Lynx. It is also
much easier to use.

http://pgsa.rice.edu/~dbadmin

For those wh haven't seen the database before, this is a project I started
back in the early days of the web (1994). It is a database of restaurants
in the Houston area. It's main selling point is that ALL of the data
is provided by the database users. If you disagree with the comments
on a particular restaurant, you can instantly add your own opinion.
Users can also add new restaurants to the database. The database currently
has over 300 restaurants in it.

Here's a sample:
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Hunan Dragon 
3111 S. Shepherd 
- - 

Serves: Chinese         

Open Lunch
Open Dinner

 1  2  3  4  5              (consensus)
-- -- -- -- --
 1 12  0  0  0  Lunch Price ( $3-$6 )
 9  6  0  0  0  Dinner Price ( $6 or less )
 0  0  0  1 14  Service Quality ( Flawless )
 0  0  1 11  4  Food Quantity ( Filling )


 1  2  3  4  5  6  7
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
 0  0  0  1  6  8  1  Food Quality ( Very good )
 0  0  0  0  4  5  6  Overall Reccomendation ( Highly Recommended )


-> Disagree?? Add your opinion. 
-> Something wrong? Please fix it! 
-> Ask Yahoo to map it (only works for real addresses). 

Restaurant added Wed Nov 9 13:23:49 1994 

Comments:

Fri Nov 11 15:44:45 1994 
I love this place!! Good food cheap. Lots of free iced tea, too! The Mongolian beef is certainly the best dish there, so give it a try. 

Mon Nov 14 11:30:26 1994 
You can't _avoid_ the iced tea -- you get it whether you like it or not. I'll second the vote on greasy -- especially the seafood dishes.
Happy All is about the same price, and the food quality is much better (IMHO). 

Mon Nov 14 19:32:03 1994 
I would recommend it to everyone, except that I don't want it to be swamped. 

Tue Jan 24 12:28:23 1995 
The people who run the place couldn't be friendlier. Try the dry fried chicken. The lunch/dinner specials are the way to go (I've got a
big appetite, and I always leave feeling very satisfied) If you don't want more iced tea, leave your glass full : ) 

Sat Mar 4 11:55:21 1995 
THEIR LEMON CHICKEN?, TO DIE FOR A GREAT HIDDEN LITTLE PLACE.

(another 10 or 20 comments ommitted)



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