Plate Beacon

12/30/2020

We are gearing up for our first 2021 hackathon, but don't worry if you can't join our next virtual event because we will have several sprints throughout the winter months. So if you want to build your coding skills, build with us at Plate Beacon and let's do some good around here!

09/23/2020

UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who gave us some hype and liked our submission during the Winter Dining Challenge. It was a good way for PB to give itself a subtle intro to the City of Chicago and Illinois Restaurant Association. This contest was actually a design challenge. The winners were designs for heated modules to be placed outside on sidewalks during the winter months so that people could still eat outside (yes, i know, during the winter months in the midwest). Such solutions might be too expensive for small independent restaurants to execute. This is something we have taken into account at Plate Beacon when making our pivots. Stay tuned...😉

09/14/2020

https://challenges.openideo.com/challenge/city-of-chicago-winter-dining-challenge/ideas/plate-beacon-solving-local-hunger-one-signal-at-a-time/comments -section
Hey Everyone! Use the link above to check out our entry and don't forget to give our submission a

In a bid to keep restaurants open once cold weather hits, the city has launched a competition aimed at generating creative, yet feasible, ways to extend outdoor dining into Chicago’s winter.

05/04/2020

Shout out to Chef Mychael Bonner, owner of Saranello's and Di Pescara Italian restaurants for doing a User Test on our app from the restaurant owner's perspective. All of your feedback and questions were helpful to our developers and business team. We thank you for your time!

04/30/2020

Shout out to Mr. Randy Kriss, Regional Partner at California Pizza Kitchen, for allowing us to do the app's first User Testing with him. Your feedback from the restaurant user's perspective clarified certain features of the app that needed some improvement. We thank you for your time!

04/29/2020

Day 2 of our three day hack-a-thon is going strong with DSC by Google. Looks like 's first ever virtual hackathon has some real dedicated night owls who are just as passionate about Plate Beacon's mission to solve local hunger, one signal at a time!

04/29/2020

From our friends at Beforewebegin, a guide to navigating the not-so-obvious impacts of . Stay safe everyone!

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04/19/2020

From our friends at Beforewebegin: A guide for navigating the not-so-obvious impacts of

04/16/2020

We are weeks away from Northeastern Illinois University's first ever virtual hackathon to code the Plate Beacon app!

The hackathon has been rescheduled to AFTER final exams. Good luck, Golden Eagles, and then onwards--to submitting an amazing socially responsible app to Google!!

Plate Beacon is a food rescue startup from the collaborative efforts of NEIU students and alumni. If you know anyone from the NEIU community that would like to help us with this endeavor, please refer them to us.