We Make Fondu

Hello friends, Last month we announced that we’ve been acquired by Airbnb and that we’d...

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:34:00 -0400

Hello friends,

Last month we announced that we’ve been acquired by Airbnb and that we’d be shutting down Fondu shortly.

Today is that day. Fondu will no longer be available as of November 1st. We’re so incredibly thankful that you’ve been a part of our community. If you’ve written reviews on Fondu, they are yours to keep and you should receive them attached to an email soon. We hope you smile as you look through them :)

Although we are closing this chapter, we hope that you stay in touch.

Love,

Gauri (manglik.gauri@gmail.com)
Mike (mlewis.mail@gmail.com)
Orion (orionjburt@gmail.com)
Tony (shilmista@gmail.com)
Kiryl (rma4ok@gmail.com)

Happy Halloween!

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:18:33 -0400

Happy Halloween everyone! We hope you fill up on sweets today - we know we will! We’ll keep today’s post short so you can indulge yourself. You may or may not know, but today is also National Candy Apple Day. If only every house actually gave out candy or caramel apples…

Awww, dancing candied apples - how cute!

If you need to stock up on Halloween candy, we’ve got the...

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:33:30 -0400

Economy Candy - 108 Rivington St., New York, NY 10002

Dylan's Candy Bar - 1011 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10065

The Sweet Life - 63 Hester St., New York, NY 10002

Papabubble - 380 Broome St., New York, NY 10013

The London Candy Company - 1442 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10128

If you need to stock up on Halloween candy, we’ve got the perfect places to do so. And even if you have already bought all your Halloween candy, we won’t tell if you get more.

Click on the pictures to find out which places we recommend!

Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of...

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:10:27 -0400

Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways that were charming and interesting and intoxicating to me. The perfect meal, or the best meals, occur in a context that frequently has very little to do with the food itself.

Photo from Flickr.

Food is our common ground, a universal experience.

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:28:37 -0400

Food is our common ground, a universal experience.

NYC Food Film Festival

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:05:03 -0400

It’s NYC Food Film Festival! What is it exactly and why is it so special?

This is not any ordinary film festival. You’re not just going to watch documentaries, features, and short films about food, but…are you ready for this? You’re going to be able to eat what you see on the screen.

This week just got ten times better.

It’s National Pasta Day, so eat up! Here are some of the...

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:17:23 -0400

"The bread is really fresh...the tiramisu is so so and the pasta is home made."

"Testaroli con pesto - a rare regional pasta...Completely unique..."

"Watermelon salad, gnocchi with corn...Amuse bouche from the chef was my favorite part..."

"Best Mac n cheese in town!..Amazing cocktails and great place to just grab a booth and chill..."

"fresh greens salad and watermelon salad...I loved my leek and Gorgonzola ravioli..."

"The pasta da Vinci had a unique character with its mellow cream sauce and comforting simplicity of flavor..."

It’s National Pasta Day, so eat up!

Here are some of the most awesomest pasta-related Fondu reviews. Be sure to click on each image to read its review.

NYC Wine & Food Festival

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:19:36 -0400

Foodies, rejoice! NYC Wine & Food Festival is finally upon us! We’re super excited for 4 days full of food, wine, chefs, and…did we mention food?

I KNOW!!! We’re super excited too (in case you couldn’t tell)!!!

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the...

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:55:31 -0400

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

National Taco Day

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:26:44 -0400

This guy is happy and why wouldn’t he be? He’s a taco and it’s National Taco Day! So go celebrate and grab yourself a taco - we’ve even got some NYC food trucks that dish out some awesome tacos:

Endless Summer

El Rey Del Taco

Super Tacos

And here our are personal favorites near our office in SoHo:

Tribeca Taco Truck

Calexico

Today, we are thrilled to announce…Fondu has been acquired by Airbnb!! Since launching Fondu,...

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:49:49 -0400

Today, we are thrilled to announce…
Fondu has been acquired by Airbnb!!

Since launching Fondu, we’ve been amazed at the wonderful, passionate community that’s flourished around the simple love of discovering and sharing great places. We wouldn’t have made it as far as we did without all of your reviews and dedication, and we never would have discovered all the amazing places around our office either! We’ll be carrying that momentum and passion for offline discovery to our new home in San Francisco with the brilliant product team at Airbnb.

Fondu will be live until November 1st — after that the application will no longer be available. If you’ve written reviews, you’ll receive an email containing a download of them on that date.

To all of our loyal, amazing users: We cannot thank you enough for your support and taking this ride with us.

With so much love,
Gauri, Mike, Orion, Tony, Kiryl

It's Pumpkin Season!

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:39:03 -0400

Happy October, foodies! We’re excited for October because it means Halloween as well as a ton of food made with pumpkin! Am I the only one excited for pumpkin pie and pumpkin lattes? We’re celebrating with a round-up of some awesome pumpkin-y dishes.

Pumpkin Pie - isn’t this an obvious one?

If you’re not inclined to make your own pumpkin pie, fear not for there are many delicious bakeries in NYC to grab a slice: Baked, Four & Twenty Blackbirds, and Little Pie Company.

Pumpkin Masala - like any other masala, just with pumpkin!

Sadly, we’re not too sure where you’re going to find this in New York…got any suggestions?

Pumpkin Gnocchi - we know that plain gnocchi is amazing, so pumpkin gnocchi must be doubly delicious. Makes sense, right?

Apparently Artisanal Fromagerie and Bistro has a delicious pumpkin gnocchi we’ve heard.

Pumpkin Soup - soupy pumpkins, yum.

Boulud Sud and Bouley have some yummy pumpkin soup for those frosty days.

Happy Oktoberfest! In case you’re not in Germany to...

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:00:02 -0400

Happy Oktoberfest! In case you’re not in Germany to experience an authentic Oktoberfest (not many of us are), we’ve got the next best thing: a great German restaurant.

Zum Stammtisch is about as authentic as you’re going to get in New York. The restaurant is actually in Glendale, NY, which is a bit far if you’re in the city but we’ve heard great things about the place. And with a 24/30 Zagat rating, we’ll say that if you want to get your Oktoberfest on, this is the place to go.

Good food ends with good talk.

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:46:52 -0400

Good food ends with good talk.

It’s National Cheeseburger Day! So of course you can has a...

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:13:09 -0400

It’s National Cheeseburger Day! So of course you can has a cheezburger, but only for today…

NYC Pizza Run + NYC Vendy Awards

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:14:50 -0400

Seems like NYC is getting busy this Saturday, September 15 with its annual NYC Pizza Run and NYC Vendy Awards all happening on the same day!

The NYC Pizza Run is happening in Tompkins Square Park at 11 AM. Participants will be running 2.25 miles while eating three slices of pizza at different checkpoints throughout the course. You might want to have a puke bag handy…

The NYC Vendy Awards will be taking place on Governor’s Island from 12:30 to 5 PM. So if you managed to keep down your pizza from the Pizza Run and are still craving some good food, you can head to Governor’s Island and enjoy some great food trucks.

Now that a lot of students are back at school/college, we were wondering…what if cafeterias...

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:01:59 -0400

Now that a lot of students are back at school/college, we were wondering…what if cafeterias and dining halls were restaurants? What would the best “restaurants” be? What if Zagat rated every dining hall and high school cafeteria? Would yours score a high 26 or a non-existent -2? How does your school’s food stack up against others? Is the food at your school one of the best things about it or would you rather live off ramen?

Maybe someone should make a TV show about this - School Food Wars?

Let's Have a Cheesy Good Time

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:00:39 -0400

Why? Because it’s National Cheese Pizza Day! (And yes, we fully acknowledge that the following GIF does not accurately depict a cheese pizza)

But let’s not be picky. Frankly, any kind of national pizza day sounds good to us, right?

Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like...

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:00:46 -0400

Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.

Photo from Flickr.

Life is so brief that we should not glance either too far...

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:44:26 -0400

Life is so brief that we should not glance either too far backwards or forwards… therefore study how to fix our happiness in our glass and in our plate.

Photo from Flickr.