Bar Roulette

Bar Roulette

Go bar hopping with the help of Uber + Yelp

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Launch tags:
Web AppRidesharingDrinking
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Tyler Swartz
The app was designed and built by me, Tyler, as a side project to explore a fun way to utilize Uber's new ride request API functionality. I'd love your feedback. The app combines Yelp and Uber to take you to a highly rated bar. Input your location, Uber whisks you to a random (but always top Yelp-rated) bar, which isn't revealed until Uber drops you off. Enjoy the adventure and try to guess where you're headed. It even checks to make sure the bar is open so it works on Saturday morning...I won't judge.
Chris Messina
@tylerswartz can I request Foursquare support?
Brian Jordan
@tylerswartz this sounds like a lot of fun 😆. Have you given it a go? What was it like?
Tyler Swartz
@bcjordan Yes, even after spending so much time building it I was surprised at how much fun it was to try and guess what bar I was headed to in the Uber. Also, the Uber driver started guessing when I explained that I didn't know what bar was at the end of the coordinates he had.
Tyler Swartz
@chrismessina Yes! Added to the feature list ;)
Chris Messina
@tylerswartz now I must insist! :)
Ryan Hoover
Lazy man's date night 😁
Tyler Swartz
@rrhoover haha, no pressure if your date doesn't like the bar. I thought it would be fun to add a "Fancy" setting that only looks for $$$$ bars and sends an Uber Escalade.
Ryan Hoover
@tylerswartz is there a "poor and lazy man" mode? Asking for a friend.
Tyler Swartz
@rrhoover we'll need to come up with a better name for that mode...
Ira Willey
This is awesome. You could add in other random services to the adventure like restaurants & Airbnb for a whole weekend experience.
Tyler Swartz
Thanks @irawilley! Yes it would be fun to add on more services, great idea.