www.ilovemiamispice.com
The reason why I chose this website is because it happened to be a surprise for many foodies and restaurant-goers. Every summer, some of the most fabulous restaurants in Miami offer a Miami Spice menu that is $36 for a 3-course dinner or $26 for a 3-course lunch. To stimulate the economy, the Winter Miami Spice menu is being offered at a limited amount of restaurants from January 12th to February 12th so people are flocking to this website for after-holiday steals!
This website was not posted all over the place but it was more of a word-of-mouth operative that local foodies had the pleasure of announcing to each other. I happened to get an e-mail on January 7th from Thrillist.com - http://www.thrillist.com/winter/miami-spice-winter-edition with a link to the website.
Upon entering the website, there is a welcome message with a baby blue background and snowflakes representing the winter element of Miami Spice. There is also a video that can be clicked on to get a visual representation of the restaurants, some of the feature plates, and even the head chef of Azul at the Mandarin Hotel speaking about his menu. The viewer can click on the "participating restaurants" button and is taken to a list of restaurant hyperlinks that are divided by South Beach/Miami Beach, Mainland-North, Mainland-South, and North Beaches. This makes it easier for the viewer to select a restaurant based on their geographical area. Once a restaurant is clicked on, a new window is opened with the restaurant's logo, a picture of the restaurant or feature chef, and a schedule of when the restaurant is offering the Miami Spice menu. In addition, there are hyperlinks that take you to the actual Miami Spice menu so that the viewer can see if they are interested. There is also an option to print the page, another hyperlink that will take the person to the restaurant's website, and a map to show exactly where the restaurant is.
The only criticism that I have about the website is the use of opentable.com. Opentable.com is a website that offers the service of making an on-line reservation without having to call the restaurant. It is at the very bottom of the page on the Miami Spice Website on the participating restaurants page. It should at the very top of the page because most people will not see it. It should also be on the page where the viewer can see the actaul menu because if the person likes the menu, then they can make the reservation right then and there.
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Good thoughts. I am not fond of the "sponsors" page. It is just a list that goes on and on and on down the page. I am not precisely sure what I would do differently. Perhaps something animated. But what they have now if boring and takes away from the design.
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