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hungry in oakland

note- this page is pending updates. i don't live in california anymore, but i haven't eaten at enough places in the new zip code to build a worthwhile lunch generator. give it a week or two and i'll post something new.

So it's 09:44 PM on Thursday July 29, and you're hungry. Unfortunately your blood sugar has dropped to such a low concentration that you get tired just thinking about STANDING up and WALKING outside to get some food. You'll eat anything, but your brain isn't functioning well enough to figure out where to find sustenance... where to go? lunch knows.

Or try the second scenario- this time you're engaged in heated debate. I feel like going to Ikea for swedish meatballs, you want Mandarin, but we don't have time for either. How do we compromise? lunch knows.

Or maybe it's the offer- she says, "Have lunch with me. Remember that cute little place we went last week? The one with the pasta? Do you want to go there again...?" Well, do you? There's something nagging at the back of your mind... what was it that is making you think twice? You might not remember, but lunch knows.

How does it work? Simple! Whenever you load this page, lunch looks in the archive, and returns a possible lunch location. If you don't like how that one looks, just hit reload. If you want to look inside to see what makes it tick, you can look at a text version of the script by clicking this link, and a text version of the lunch archive by clicking this one.

name:New Lakeside Restaurant
phone:510.839.3498
delivery:yes
reservations?:no
call to pick-up:yes
address:326 23rd St (at Webster)
cost:$-$$
quality:acceptable
distance:3 blocks
walking time:5 minutes
portion size:smallish
review date:12/03/2004
must have:It's kinda all the same
comments :This is an average chinese food joint. The food is adequate, the tables are small, the waitstaff is not particularly well-versed in the english language, but mongolian beef is mongolian beef. Much better than Bay Fung, but doesn't hold a candle to Shan Dong.