/whats-for-lunch

A simple web application to fight the monotony of lunch options in downtown Des Moines.

Primary LanguageJavaScript

What's for lunch?

This is a simple web application to fight the monotony of lunch options in downtown Des Moines. It takes a dataset of restaurants and randomly suggests a type of cuisine along with places serving that cuisine.

Try it out

Missing your favorite restaurant?

  • Feel free to make suggestions by clicking the little edit/pencil icon on the top of the datafile

Want to run locally?

  • First run npm install
  • Then start the server via: python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080
  • And now browse to: localhost:8080

Possible enhancements

  • allow user to decide whether they want to stay in the sidewalk, go outside, or either
  • allow option for Carry-out vs Dine-in
  • display food court options for variety (this could just be considered a venue... maybe)
  • pull data from some outside API
  • use browserify + gulp to concatenate and minify js