did it start with a big bang or was it divine invention? the debate has raged for years with neither side giving any ground. Back and forth, back and forth with each cycle causing beliefs to become more entrenched, more ingrained in a persons core.
at smorgie we look past this debate, because we believe, and hope that someday you will too, that it doesn’t matter how it happened, we should just all be happy that the food truck is here.
so next time your friends start arguing about the origin of food trucks, (did it come about when a pizza delivery van, trying to deliver pizza in less than 30 minutes, crashed into a fine dining establishment? or was it divine invention like the street corner foodies preach.) we ask you to please, drop the debate, grab a korean taco and eat.
Peace.
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Ahh the feel of the open road, wind whipping through your hair as you travel down route 66 searching for your thrills after losing them somewhere between Iowa and Nebraska.
As you start your spring travel plans be sure to bring smorgie with your. Find real live locals in the cities your traveling to and view their lists. You don’t want to end up in the greatest city in the world and end up at the worst restaurant in it right?
Get real restaurants advice from real locals restaurant lists. Who else knows better the best places for breakfast, brunch, lunch, linner and dinner. (Because lets be honest, if you’re a smorgie fan, the grand canyon is a big hole, the golden gate bridge stops you from falling in the water, the Empire State building is just a place you hope you don’t fall from and all you care about is the food.)
Take smorgie on the go with you with out iphone app and or print out your list at smorgie.com before you even leave the house.
resplendent in uniform projecting knowledge like wizards of yore, they know all and see all and share all. delivering your answer before the breath of your question leaves your lips. they are concierge.
yet hark, the power of the magicians of restaurant lore can be in your hands as well. use smorgie to become the concierge for your friends restaurant choices. the magic of facebook, twitter and e-mail allow you to share your restaurant lists and take your place at the table round.
don’t forget to bring the magic to your fingertips with the smorgie iphone app.
the waiter welcomed me with a sly smirk and gentle nod of the head as though there was an inside joke between us. i had never been here before but a memory tingled in my mind like a vision just out of view.
“your seat sir”, he said showing me to a table that seemed hauntingly almost painfully familiar. without glancing at my menu I had a premonition of what I would order as though the menu had already been imprinted in my mind.
In stark contrast to typical embarrassing events I did not walk into the kitchen en route to the restroom. It was as though I knew where I was going.
like a flounder smacking me in the face (you’ll understand this analogy in a second) it hit me that i had been at this restaurant just last week. in fact my date had thrown her meal, which happened to be flounder, in my face. (there it is)
i forgot to update my smorgie list of best places to take a date and ended up back at the restaurant
things change and as you visit places on your smorgie list you should update them. add notes, add photos, move items to new lists and remove restaurants where you have a tendency to stare at the waitresses unintentionally upsetting the person you’re with.
spider man, spider man does whatever a spider can… like spinning a web, weaved with intricate geometric connections in the hopes of catching crooks just like flies. we don’t think spider man eats crooks though. spiders however do use their tangled web of silken connections to find food.
smorgie also offers these food catching super powered features. by making friends, following people, having them follow you, sharing your lists through e-mail, facebook and twitter you too create a tangled web of restaurants in order to find your favorite meal.
every time you log in to smorgie you can view other peoples lists. click on the “add friends” button and you’re instantly able to view their entire selection of lists. you can share your lists by clicking the facebook, twitter or share by e-mail button on your list pages.
two roads diverged in a wood, and i – i took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
because i got lost.
i ended up sleeping in a tree for eight days subsisting off pine cone soup, tree bark jerky and caterpillar ceviche.
a road is well traveled because it’s the right road.
when you search for a place on smorgie you’ll see lists that contain your search item on the right. these are lists created by other smorgie users with like tastes. click on those lists and look for other suggestions from people who have gone down the restaurant path before.
on this presidents day we at smorgie like to reflect on our role in the creation of the united states of america. we’ll retell the story in case you forgot it.
one day george washington was very hungry so he asked his friend benedict arnold for some restaurant suggestion inspired by local cuisine.
benedict sent george a list called ‘colonial cooking’ through the e-mail feature on smorgie.
george was happy and along with his best friend thomas jefferson they went out to try the local fare. (they used the iphone download to map out directions, and follow notes left by benedict) as george and tom visited the first restaurant they realized that it and all the other restaurants on the list were actually british chain food restaurants. benedict had betrayed them.
george and tom were so upset they decided to write a petition to close down the british chain restaurants called “the declaration of independent restaurants” (based on a smorgie list they created) that in effect didn’t allow chain restaurants to be opened up in their neighborhood. after they received 56 signatures on their petition they sent it to their local government who closed down all the chain restaurants in the area.
the ‘fish and chips conglomerate’, ‘bangers and mash consortium’ as well as the ‘afternoon tea sandwich cooperation’ got really upset because of all the franchise fees they were losing. this led to a scuffle between england and the colonies with the colonies finally winning and the united states of america being established.
true story.
a few years ago, a couple of really smart people developed something called running. this new invention was the greatest thing before sliced bread and it’s main purpose was to help people get away from animals trying to eat them. the inventors of running developed a process to achieve running which included crawling and then walking.
a couple years ago, a few different but equally smart people developed smorgie. this new invention has been the greatest thing since sliced bread and was invented to help people get to the food they were trying to eat faster. working with the people who developed running smorgie implemented the same three step (no pun intended) process.
add the location of a restaurant to your side board. personalize it with notes and photos. finally, after you’ve mastered the two previous steps, organize your places into lists.
you have to crawl before you can run so take your time. fill up your side bar, take your time with notes then organize your lists.
Some people find the culture and soul of a city in its architecture; strength in the flying buttresses of Notre Dame, whimsy in Gaudi’s Casa Batllo, tears in the onion shaped roofs of Moscow.
At smorgie we find the culture and soul of a city in its food. For that reason we built a smorgie list and challenged ourselves to go around the world in 80 days. Our list contains cuisine from all over the world so that we can learn the true culture of every nation through its most valued commodity: food.
(While for practical purposes we went with the around the world in 80 days theme, if you know of any restaurants 20,000 leagues below the sea or on the way to the center of the earth, please make a list and share it with us. We always travel with the smorgie iphone app.)
Cold, melancholy and constant rain beats the days rhythmic countdown upon your office window. Melodic sheets of water bring a chill to the air and a primordial longing for warmth and comfort.
As you click send a final time, the desire for your most basic needs of shelter, warmth and food engulf you. From the cold cubicles and sterile desks of work back to the comfort and safety of your couch you rush to find the happiness once left behind. Wrapped up in your snuggie emblazoned with your alma maters colors, mascot and war cry you poke your hand out of the sleeve with remote control at the ready and turn on TBS for a “Friends” marathon.
Sheltered in your house and wrapped in a felt like substance you kept your hands free just long enough to clap out the theme song before reaching for the pinnacle of this trifecta of comfort we call food. As you reach for your plate to fill your stomach with warmth and goodness you realize you don’t have anything to eat and there is no way you’re going to stand in the kitchen and cook something now.
Reach for your computer (or iphone) and grab your smorgie list of favorite cold day delivery meals. With all the information smorgie provides and the notes you left for yourself you’ll have your order complete and on the way before the final credits roll.