WhatsApplebee's: the premiere Applebee's-based social chat app (whatsapplebees.com)

10 years from now we'll be mourning the demise of apps that would work in more than one restaurant:)

I'm kind of amazed it got in the app store. I would have figured there's a trademark check, but apparently not.

Watch this thing actually take off and become a hit. Then Applebee's sues to take over control of the app.

This is absolutely amazing, just what I was looking for. I'm not even joking.

I love the "I LOVE ENGAGING WITH BRANDS" text in the screenshot.

Applebees: "Hello we would like to buy your app. How does $3Billion sound?"

OP: "Nope. Worth much more."

1 year later... adds video support and valuation jumps to 10B.

Awesome, hope it blows up. Perhaps this should be what season 2 of Silicon Valley is about.

The only thing more awesome than this is the fact that the author's last name is freaking LAZER-WALKER.

Is this a month late April fools joke?

I don't even understand how this got on first page. I submitted a link, even i did not see it on new page after an hour :P

Always good to finish the week with a smile, shame there are (to my knowledge) no Applebees in the UK otherwise I'd give this a try.

Also, please someone make Olive Grindr

Hahaha. I've met some great (shitty) pasta enthusiasts on Olive Grindr

"I like to make things that bring happiness and deeper meaning to people's lives" -- Mike Lazer-Walker

Half-priced apps after 9, every night!

This. I love this.

So is this going to replace the massive amount of Spam emails restaurants send me? Or will it be in addition?

Given the quality of the food the last time I ever ate at an applebee's -- I really think they should be focusing on food, as opposed to apps.

I'm glad Mr. Lazer-Walker is taking on the person corporatehood that many app-makers appear to be content with these days...

It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world, except for WhatsApplebees.

all good apart from the punch line. You should change it because when you say "But Only At Applebee's" means you are underestimating user's power.

Ignore if it's annoying.

I really don't get what is interesting about this. Do people really go to Applebee's often enough to care about this sort of thing?

It's amazing that this app seems to have flown completely over many commenter's heads here. Sort of shows the SV bubble for what it really is.

... This is satire, right? I'm finding it harder and harder to tell these days

This is amazing and awesome and I've totally installed it on my phone.

I don't want to actually go to Applebees to try it out, though.

Fantastic. But, am I limited to anonymously chatting with people in the same Applebee's as me? Or can I chat with Applebee's diners across the globe?

With the current trend of unbundling [1], it seems clear that a great approach would be to start out unbundled and rebundle later. I can't tell if I'm joking or not.

Is Walmart on your roadmap?

[1] http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2014/05/06/large-tech-comp...

If you have a jailbroken iPhone, you can get some apps that spoof your location so you don't even need to go to Applebee's physically to use the app and chat with others.

LocationHolic and FakeLocation are a few of the location spoofing apps you can get on Cydia.