Leader in Online Ordering Gives Bay Area Residents Internet Access to Local Favorite

SAN JOSE, CA , December 13, 1999 - Bay Area residents hungry for authentic, Chicago-style pizza can now order Pizz'a Chicago's popular menu items through Waiter.com's online service.   Internet users can log on to www.waiter.com and access Pizz'a Chicago's complete menu and instantly order the items they want, with the option of delivery or take-out.   Orders are sent immediately to the restaurant by fax, providing a written record to ensure an accurate order.

By partnering with Waiter.com, the nation's premier online restaurant ordering service, Pizz'a Chicago is providing their customers with the convenience of food ordering through the Internet, a natural option for the technology-savvy Bay Area consumer.

The site features Pizz'a Chicago's complete menu as well as restaurant hours, payment methods, and maps.  Waiter.com also provides MyWaiter personalized home pages that allow users to save past orders for quick, instant replay - completing the online ordering in 15 to 30 seconds. Waiter.com's online ordering is especially convenient for large group orders.  Users can simultaneously view the same menu and individually place their item in a shared "shopping cart" allowing for a single "checkout" total.   Another customer benefit is the WaiterPoints reward program, which allows users to earn rewards of free food certificates and movie tickets.

"We're very excited to have Pizz'a Chicago as partners," said Craig Cohen, president and CEO of Waiter.com "They're a local favorite and we immediately received many orders just minutes after we put their menus online at Waiter.com".

"Forming a partnership with Waiter.com was a logical step for us," adds Kelly Marik, co-owner of the Palo Alto, San Jose and Foster City Pizz'a Chicago locations.  "With more and more households and businesses surfing the web, we wanted to make sure that our customers had the option of ordering any of our famous pizzas online."

Art Harris, owner of the San Francisco and Santa Clara Pizz'a Chicago locations, says "Online ordering through Waiter.com frees up my staff from having to take orders over the phone - having a written order sent via fax is simple and easy."

There are five Pizz'a Chicago restaurants, located in Palo Alto, San Jose, Foster City, Santa Clara and San Francisco.   All locations are online, and some menu items or prices may differ from each restaurant because of different ownerships.

Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Waiter.com pioneered the concept of online restaurant ordering in 1995 when it started with 60 Bay Area restaurants.  Today, with over 1,300 restaurant partners nationwide, Waiter.com is the premier online ordering service for the hungry web surfer.   It's restaurant partners include Chili's Grill & Bar, Boston Market, The Olive Garden, Round Table Pizza, TOGO's Eatery, World Wrapps, as well as local favorites offering varied cuisines such as Chinese, Japanese, Indian and Mexican.  Waiter.com can be reached at www.waiter.com or1-800-WAITER-9.   For press inquiries, please contact Marissa Panlilio at 408-524-8412 or marissa@waiter.com.