Free, Comprehensive Online Guide to San Diego Restaurants
SAN DIEGO, CA June 15, 2006: Greg’s Guide to San Diego Restaurants (www.gregsguide.net) today launched their guide to San Diego restaurants. This comprehensive online guide features over 2000 restaurants in San Diego county and provides the information that diners are looking for including prices, type of food, atmosphere, contact information, accessibility and a powerful mapping feature to pinpoint the restaurant’s location. Diners can search Greg’s Guide by type of food, location, community, prices, and distance from a particular location.
"We wanted to build a guide that was truly comprehensive, so we mapped the area from Escondido to the Mexican border and set out to visit every single restaurant and have listed those with wait-staff dining for all ages", says Greg Knight, president of Greg’s Guide. "Bars and fast food places come next."
The easy-to-use search function lets diners find all of the sushi restaurants in Hillcrest, for example, and to narrow their search by price range. Or users can look for all restaurants that are within 5 miles of their home or hotel. The results include an interactive map of the location, powered by Google’s satellite technology. The guide includes more than 40 types of cuisine including Chinese, Mexican, Continental, Asian Fusion, Pizza, Thai, Vietnamese, BBQ, Sushi, and Vegetarian. Plus Greg’s Guide features distinctly San Diego features such as the Top Ten Bay View Restaurants and the Best Ocean View Restaurants.
"Greg's Guide is a very convenient way for anyone to find any restaurant in San Diego County," said Eddie Rose, Chief Concierge of the Hotel Del Coronado. "Unlike other guides, it shows all of the restaurants, not just those that have bought advertising on the web site", he adds.
Diners will also enjoy the real world restaurant reviews written by customers, not just food critics. Anyone can add write and post their reviews, which adds to the character and fun of the site. Access to GregsGuide.net is free and users can also sign up for free newsletters, the e-mailing list and create their own accounts to personalize their search features even further. New restaurants are added all the time, and Greg’s Guide’s staff stays on top of changes in the always dynamic restaurant business.
Pg. 2 Announcing Greg’s Guide to San Diego Restaurants
Formed in 2005, Greg’s Guide to San Diego Restaurants is the brainchild of Greg Knight, a local businessman and home-grown San Diegan. After many years owning a very successful kayaking school and retail store, Greg had the belief that it should be easy to find what type of restaurant you are looking for and exactly where it is. With the help of fellow extreme kayakers, Greg built the site from the ground up, literally by mapping the city from Escondido to the Mexican border and visiting every restaurant. The result comprehensive, easy-to-use online guide with a powerful search function and vivid mapping feature. Access to the guide is free and anyone can sign up for free newsletters and custom accounts. Greg’s Guide to San Diego Restaurants works closely with city’s travel and hospitality industry, including the San Diego Concierge Association. Local businesses also have the option of including a Greg’s Guide search page on their web site, so customers can locate nearby places to dine. An example of can be seen on the website of tour operator San Diego Bike and Kayak Tours (www.sandiegobikeandkayaktours.com/san_diego_restaurants.html)/san_diego_restaurants.html).