With so many headlines addressing hectic weekends and busy nights at bars and restaurants around Chicago, not to mention the cravings of our inner snacker, it’s good to know what’s being touted as being the best deal around town! (Or at least a popular option!) Take a look at this aforementioned spreadsheet that pits some of the city’s most popular eateries against their top-rated dishes – head on over the Reddit thread for more information.
Why should you use a spreadsheet for your Chicago Restaurant Week?
Chicago Restaurant Week is on for three days where meals normally $5+ each go for $12. This is a great event to sample some new restaurants and find a new favorite. To make sure you don’t miss out, use this public spreadsheet of all the participating restaurants and their specials from the start of the Chicago Restaurant week. Note: the current version for this Restaurant Week comes from the 6th January 2015. For a full list of participating Chicago Restaurants please click here. To edit edit and update this spreadsheet I recommend using Excel 2010 or really any newer and supported version of Excel.
To download the data, save it to your desktop as a .xslx file, look in C:Users[Username]. If your logged in but you don’t know what that is try looking there then
The Pros of using this type of spreadsheet
The use of a public spreadsheet has its benefits and drawbacks. Staff have the opportunity to edit their own data with the understanding that it is being shared. It’s a good way to share new information that saves limited time. However, some may argue that the limitation causes havoc and complication on a spreadsheet like this one, but the main reason that I hear for using this type of spreadsheet is convenience. A potential downfall is security. The data and the tools used to view it are outsources from an external party. With this comes added value for a bank, like increasing visibility into costs for customers and individual transactions and costs for industries, but others look at it as a huge disadvantage. This is especially true if the biggest customer of a bank has their account information available to the world via some form of public spreadsheet on their computer. Obviously, IT service providers can do their job and keep employees
What should you put in the spreadsheet?
Users that are looking for good restaurants and/ or deals should input these into the spreadsheet on Reddit. This helps to keep everyone up to date with current prices in an entire area. That way, people can know if they need to buy a Groupon voucher or not! You could also compare prices in different cities, along with user ratings and ratings from others.
Why wouldn’t something like Groupon not be of use?
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his is a single sheet so it can be easy to view
Someone on Reddit has created a public spreadsheet of all the best restaurants and deals in Chicago. It is searchable, so you can easily find your favorite restaurant or find a new gem in the city. Created by Reddit user street0n43.
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Tips when creating a Spreadsheet
A Reddit user created a Public Spreadsheet with hundreds of restaurants and discounts that are available to the public. He or she created this spreadsheet to “help guide [their] friends” when they go out so they can find the best deals.
There are many ways to contribute to this spreadsheet and become an actual moderator of this spreadsheet. You could do anything from donating and officially joining the Spreadsheet as an Admin, adding features, or writing reviews for a specific restaurant in order to help other people find the best deals. If you’re able enough, you can go as far as becoming a Spreadsheet Admin and adding your own deals to the sheet.The purpose of using this is to help other people save money when going out for dinner. So if the user receives a positive response from his or her friends, it’s likely that more people will take a look at this when going out for dinner and probably make more frequent use of this spreadsheet. The Organizer of the table (i.e. User who created the