Archive for the ‘AllergyEats’ Category

AllergyEats was launched to the public in February, 2010.  That followed 20 months of consultation and development with many outsiders who were critical in helping shape our original vision into the much better AllergyEats you see today.
Still, we knew it wouldn’t perfect from day 1.  It was time to go live and let user feedback help guide future [...]

Fastest Growing Source for Finding Allergy-Friendly Restaurants
(a pdf copy of this press release can be found here)
BOSTON, MA (August 24, 2010) – AllergyEats (www.allergyeats.com), the fastest growing source
for finding allergy-friendly restaurants, is celebrating its six month anniversary. Since its inception,
AllergyEats has provided valuable peer-based feedback about how well (or poorly) restaurants
accommodate the needs of food-allergic [...]

Sometimes it’s the simple things that make the biggest difference.  And sometimes you say “I can’t believe I didn’t think of that until now.”
So, better late than never, AllergyEats has added a “Refer a Friend” feature on the home page and all other pages.  (Click here to visit the home page.)
All you have to do is [...]

While I try to keep the focus of these AllergyEats Blog entries on DINING with food allergies or intolerances, our AllergyEats Facebook page is taking on a broader array of food allergy subjects, driven by our fans.  I love this, since fundamental to AllergyEats is the concept of peers helping peers.  And while I will keep this blog [...]

(The following is a reprint of an article from the Daily Grommet that appeared on 8/2/10.  It can be found at the following web address: http://blog.dailygrommet.com/featured/need-an-allergy-friendly-restaurant-visit-allergy-eats/)
Need an allergy friendly restaurant?  Visit AllergyEats
by Tori
As families enjoy more free time this summer, they’re likely to be eating out, either in their hometowns or while traveling during summer [...]

BOSTON (June 25, 2010) – As families enjoy more free time this summer, they’re likely to be eating
out, either in their hometowns or while traveling during summer vacation. AllergyEats, a new, fastgrowing,
interactive website, is a valuable resource, helping people with food allergies find allergyfriendly
restaurants, whether they’re dining close to home or hitting the road for [...]

It’s very humbling and actually somewhat embarrassing to have an article about me titled the way this one is (see below), but at the request of my “advisors” and friends, I have decided to re-print the article here.
ParentDish, owned by AOL, ran 24 articles on Father’s Day titled “Amazing Dads” (there’s the embarrassing part!). I [...]

KANSAS CITY, MO (JUNE 8, 2010) – The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America’s Greater Kansas City chapter has endorsed AllergyEats, a website designed to help people with food allergies and intolerances find restaurants where they can dine comfortably.
The Greater Kansas City chapter has a history that goes back over a quarter of a century [...]

Freedom to Dine and AllergyEats have come to an agreement whereby Freedom to Dine’s restaurant reviews are now being listed on AllergyEats.
For those who might be unfamiliar with Freedom to Dine (www.freedomtodine.com), it is a website devoted to “Restaurant reviews and experiences for those living gluten and allergen free.”  Since launching in March 2009, Freedom [...]

Good news from AllergyEats!  We have added over 57,000 new restaurant listings to the AllergyEats database.  Total listings are well over 600,000 now.
Many of you have sent messages during these first three short months asking why you couldn’t find certain restaurants you wanted to rate.  That should be much less of a problem now.  Please consider going back to [...]