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Monday, May 4, 2009

Drunk / Tech New Mercury iPhone App: Cocktail Compass!

Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:08 PM

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If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, then do yourself a favor and download our brand spanking new iPhone app Cocktail Compass: Portland Happy Hour Finder. (This opens iTunes.) Not only does Cocktail Compass find the closest Happy Hours happening right now, IT'S TOTALLY FREE!

HERE'S HOW IT WORKS!

• Let's say you need a cheap drink (NOW) or some cheap bar food. It doesn't matter where you are in town, simply tap the Cocktail Compass icon, and poof! You'll have the closest happy hours at your fingertips, along with how many hours or minutes you have left until that particular bar's happy hour is over!

• Don't know how to get there? Tap the bar's name for the address, phone number and yes, even directions. You'll also get bar details such as hours, specials, and other important deets.

• Not that desperate? You can also use Cocktail Compass as a local bar search engine. Look for bars by neighborhood, or special features such as patios, wi-fi, karaoke, and tons more. You can also compile a personal list of "favorite" bars for future reference, and share the bar's info with your friends!

• BUT HERE'S MY FAVORITE PART. Had a wee bit too much boozing? Then simply hit the big blue button that automatically dials you a cab! Finally, an app that can keep me out of the hands of the po-po.

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Download the new Mercury Cocktail Compass: Portland Happy Hour Finder for FREE, and find the happy hour of your dreams… NOW!

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Note: Is your fave happy hour missing? Email us here with your bar updates or here with any technical problems/suggestions!

 

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Oh this is awesome! It's like the Future!
Posted by kiala on May 4, 2009 at 11:52 AM · Report
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OMG thank you. Was going to be really jealous if those snot-nosed punks at The Stranger got the happy hr app and Portland didn't. A shame that Urbandrinks.com doesn't work well on the iPhone, it's my go-to when I have access to a computer.
Posted by FeloniousMoz on May 4, 2009 at 12:17 PM · Report
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This is such a genius idea. I wish I had an iPhone so I wouldn't have to actually talk to people to find out about happy hours.
Posted by s.mirk on May 4, 2009 at 12:27 PM · Report
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Make this same thing for the Android Platform!!!!!!!
Posted by themonkeysknow on May 4, 2009 at 12:53 PM · Report
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Looks great - I'll have to try the results during normal happy hour times. One problem, though - there's no search on the search tab, just browsing categories.

Also, is this live updated from the Mercury's listings? Or is it fixed in the downloaded bundle? I imagine this sort of thing changes a lot.
Posted by robotadam on May 4, 2009 at 1:16 PM · Report
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I am waiting for a wifi connection, as I only have a Touch. This sounds ginchy, though.
Posted by tk. on May 4, 2009 at 1:22 PM · Report
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robotadam: True, the Search layout does not have a keyword search, it is really to narrow results by the features listed. The All Bars layout will let you browse by alpha, so if you are looking for a specific bar, that is the way to go.

Right now the data is updated weekly from the Mercury web site. We will be moving to a live stream in the coming versions. Thanks for asking!
Posted by Robert Crocker on May 4, 2009 at 1:57 PM · Report
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FeloniousMoz, we (UrbanDrinks) are working on an iPhone app now actually. In the meantime, we just released an iPhone-friendly version of the site today: urbandrinks.com/iphone

It's not an iPhone app (so you can't use the GPS functionality), but it looks like a native app and will hopefully do the trick for now.
Posted by UrbanDrinks on May 4, 2009 at 5:20 PM · Report
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No iPhone here--but a note about a HH that I'm hoping maybe maybe someone with an iPhone post on the app: We went yesterday to local Mexican-flavored spot Trebol, which posts a daily HH 5-6:30 and were told they wouldn't be doing doing their HH this week "because of Cinco de Mayo." ???WTF?? The three of us went to another local spot for our fix (and guess what--there ARE still several Mexican restaurants around that're keeping their HHs this week). What's Spanish for "local price gouge?"
Posted by 34npdx on May 4, 2009 at 5:25 PM · Report
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this is fucking incredible
Posted by Niiiice on May 4, 2009 at 5:49 PM · Report
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Wow, it's getting really hard for me to justify not buying an iphone.

As a short aside, I'm no expert, but I am a delivery driver, and being 3.8 miles away from both N Killingsworth and SW Bvrtn/Hillsdale and 3.9 from Hung Far Low doesn't seem possible. Maybe I'm wrong - or maybe that's just a sample, and not an actual screenshot?
Posted by Broseph Goebbels on May 4, 2009 at 6:17 PM · Report
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I'm no expert, but being 3.8 miles away from N Killingsworth and SW Bvrtn/Hillsdale and 3.9 from Hung Far Low doesn't seem possible. Maybe I'm wrong, or maybe this is just a sample and not an actual screenshot?

In any case, sweet app.
Posted by Broseph Goebbels on May 4, 2009 at 6:19 PM · Report
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I also noticed that. I believe it's just a sample, not an actual screenshot.
Posted by ezra on May 4, 2009 at 6:49 PM · Report
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Another happy hour site:
http://www.unthirsty.com
Posted by organic.brian on May 4, 2009 at 9:37 PM · Report
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Dudes, Hung Far Low moved to 82nd awhile back. The screenshot is accurate.
Posted by Chris Higgins on May 4, 2009 at 10:02 PM · Report
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frinkiac, no one said the address was wrong. They commented on the array of milages being impossible, which it is.
Posted by A CAT, probably on May 5, 2009 at 3:08 PM · Report
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Obilgatory -- of course it's possible, if you're in between the two locations. The screenshot was taken in inner southeast, which accounts for the distances. Check a map (as I did) and you'll see. Keep in mind that distances are as the crow flies, not driving directions "distances."
Posted by Chris Higgins on May 5, 2009 at 7:05 PM · Report
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The array of mileages is right, but they are crow fly distances, not driving distances. (The screenshot was taken at roughly SE Harrison & 7th, no comment on how big of a geek I am to draw the circles to figure that one out.)
Posted by Matthew D on May 5, 2009 at 7:08 PM · Report
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this is the only reason I want an i phone.
Posted by Crystal on May 13, 2009 at 5:07 PM · Report
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Ohhhh Please make this for the Palm Pre!!!! I just got mine over the weekend and it is AWESOME!!! I need this!
Posted by JoshH347 on June 10, 2009 at 10:50 AM · Report
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Make for android !!!
Posted by tiger860 on June 17, 2009 at 4:49 PM · Report
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Indeed, there are a lot of us who have the G1, or an android device. This needs to get ported out. Id do it myself, but I have no idea how that works.
Posted by burn on July 30, 2009 at 7:02 AM · Report
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OK so if you are headed back to school like me you gotta get iShot Machine for your iPhone. It’s cocktail-shot recipes and a slot machine in one. It works pretty good for picking up girls or boys for the ladies out there. The coolest part it is free. http://www.iShotmachine.com
Posted by DeanS on August 24, 2009 at 9:01 AM · Report
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Please oh please make this for Android!!!!
Posted by megand on March 6, 2010 at 1:02 PM · Report
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still waiting for android yall
Posted by truthypup on April 20, 2010 at 12:21 PM · Report
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Please make for Android. I'm no longer rocking an iPhone and I miss this app.
Posted by McAngryPants on August 5, 2010 at 3:52 PM · Report
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another desparate plea for android
Posted by Jennlovesbooks on May 1, 2011 at 10:21 AM · Report

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