New website helps find affordable restaurant deals in Waterloo Region

While many Canadians are struggling with inflation and rising prices, one website is trying to make it easier for people in Waterloo Region to find a deal.

Pubhubbub.ca was launched last week with the goal of finding happy hour and daily food specials to help make going out to eat easier. They have over 60 restaurants on that list, all of which are local to the region.

“I think a lot of people are worried about affordability right now, but I think people still want to go out. They want to go socialize; they want to meet up with their friends but its not as cheap as it used to be,” said the owner of the site, Mark Weinstein.

“Pub Hub Bub gives people an easier way to find happy hour and daily specials across the region, that’s really what it comes down to.”

Weinstein mentioned the idea was sparked out of a request from a friend who knew Weinstein liked to make spreadsheets. While trying to build out a spreadsheet with weekly food specials in the region, Weinstein came up with the idea to launch a website that provided that information to everyone.

“A lot of them are wings and beer deals but there’s half deal prices on wine, there’s tacos, there’s pizzas, there’s burgers, there’s ribs – it’s actually pretty remarkable how widespread the deals are and of various offerings. There are some places that offer a good burger for 18 dollars and others that offer a good burger for seven dollars – there are deals there for all budgets,” added Weinstein.

There are plans to hopefully expand the site to other cities in the future, but Weinstein said he wants to make sure it works well in the region first.