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| Unique Dining Guide Features Wheelchair Accessible N.Y. Area Eateries | |||||
| "Wendy Ballard Dines Out" is the only dining out guide in the world that lists wheelchair accessible eateries. The wheelchair accessible dining section, is organized by the area of town and state, then linked to the reviews within the guide. | |||||
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Whether you live
in The Big Apple or not, you will find "Wendy Ballard Dines Out",
at http://www.594.com, to be an informative
and entertaining online dining out guide. It features reviews
and ratings of restaurants and cafe's in the New York City/Metro
area, but mostly in Manhattan. The majority of the eateries reviewed are
located away from congested tourist traps, and are inexpensive to mid-ranged
in price. Wendy Ballard writes in a local tone, is quite candid about
her experiences, and disses as well as praises.
"Wendy Ballard Dines Out" is the only dining out guide in the world that lists wheelchair accessible eateries. The wheelchair accessible dining section, is organized by the area of town and state, then linked to the reviews within the guide. This was created for our aging parents, the physically challenged, the elderly, paralyzed veterans, and temporarily disabled. If a family has a child in a wheelchair, or Grandma uses a walker, or a person on crutches wants to dine in a nice place, it is nice to know that there are restaurants and cafe's that have no obstacle course. That is, eateries without several steps to get inside and having good manueverabilty to a dining area table. "Wendy Ballard Dines Out" will also come in handy for people in their golden years or people with disabilites who live in New York City, or who don't but just want to visit / vacation here. "Wendy Ballard Dines Out" has over 54 cuisine categories, and other delights. If you're not familiar with The Big Apple, there are tips on NYC public transportation, (so you don't get ripped off or arrested), entertainment suggestions, as well as food product reviews, some information on stores, shops and services. For the timid there are empowering tips on dining out alone. The page views to "Wendy Ballard Dines Out" have quadrupled since Summer 1998 to 9,000+, mostly from word of mouth, posting to different search engines, and exchanging links. The popularity of "Wendy Ballard Dines Out" is expected to increase even more, as it not only caters to the masses but to special interest groups which are now being informed about the guide. Wendy Ballard would like more advertisers on "Wendy Ballard Dines Out", as people who like a *quality for value* meal are not soley interested in food, and a variety of merchandise and services can be marketed to them. While some sections are more developed than others, "Wendy Ballard Dines Out" is a fountain of refreshingly, honest information. There's no annoying sign-in ID's or passwords to remember. Just go to 594.com, and click on "Wendy Ballard Dines Out."
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