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Radio Extra: App Creators Hope To End Restaurant Wait Guessing Game

By  Jon Hansen and Paul Biasco | December 18, 2014 7:30pm 

 James, left, and John Yi, founders of NextME.
James, left, and John Yi, founders of NextME.
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LINCOLN PARK — Simply finding the host at some of the city's most popular brunch spots can be a challenge on the weekends for "hangry" guests packed like sardines near the front door.

Two brothers want to end to the madness through an app that will take the guesswork out of restaurant waits.

NextME, which already is used by nearly a dozen restaurants, allows guests to put their name down and leave with the assurance that they can check in on their place in line at any time via text and get an estimate on their remaining wait time.

On this DNAinfo Radio Extra, Paul Biasco discusses the app and what restaurants have already signed on:

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