Hello! I'm Rei, an official Notion ambassador.
November… it’s the season for hearty appetites! (Suddenly) How do you all clip the restaurants you're interested in or cafes you want to visit again?
This time, I'd like to introduce a Notion page that received a lot of attention on Twitter previously! 🍜
This is how I clip my favorite ramen shops in Notion... (Now I want ramen again...). Besides ramen, I also manage all my frequent work cafes and restaurants I'm curious about in this single database.
This time, I'll be explaining this database in detail, including how I clip things in Notion and what specific items I write down, along with my specific points of interest, so please read until the end!
🎬 Director: Rei
✍🏻 Writer: Minokurumi
1. Database Overview
First, let's look at the overall picture of the database.
In this database, ramen shops, work cafes, and restaurants are all contained in a single database called "Food." I'll explain why later.👀
Furthermore, I create dedicated tabs by filtering for "work cafes" and "ramen," which I frequently view. These are set to gallery view to display images of the establishments.
For ramen, I use pictures of ramen bowls. (Now I want ramen again...) (Second time)
2. Page Contents
Next, I will introduce the contents of each page. When you open the page, it looks like this:
Basically, all items are placed in properties. There's a reason for this, which I'll explain later.
Here are the items listed in the properties:
- Shop name
- Genre (work, date, solo, coffee, beer, etc.)
- Personal rating (5 stars + Hall of Fame for rating)
- Area
- Google Map link
- Wi-fi / Power availability
- Notes about the shop
And then I put the image I want to display in the gallery view in the body.
This is how I keep a record of good restaurants I've visited and want to visit again in my database.
Especially for Wi-fi and power availability, which are often not listed on Tabelog or Google Maps, jotting them down like this is very convenient for quickly checking later when I think, "Did that place have it...?"
3. Convenient Points I've Actually Experienced
Now that I've given a brief overview of the database's contents, I'd like to elaborate on some of the key features that came up a few times.
POINT 1. Put all items into properties
First, let's talk about the point I mentioned in the section about database contents: "Basically, all items are entered into properties."
In this database, all items like area, genre, and Wi-fi/power availability are entered into properties. The convenience of doing this instead of putting them in the main body is that it allows you to "filter and narrow down results."
When you want to find a work cafe, or search for places in a specific area like "Shibuya," or find cafes with Wi-fi and power, you can apply filters to the properties to narrow down your search, making it much easier to find places.
When searching for cafes with Wi-fi or power, you can filter by checking the "Wi-fi" and "Power" checkboxes as "checked". Combining these allows you to search for "Wi-fi and power available" in "Shibuya," for example, which is very convenient!
POINT 2. Use a single database
The second convenient point is what I mentioned at the beginning: "all ramen shops, work cafes, etc., are in one single database called 'Food'."
The convenience of "using a single database" is not just about avoiding scattered databases (a common Notion user tendency is to minimize databases), but also, for this purpose, it relates to the "filtering" feature I just described.
When you want to filter by "Shibuya" in the properties, it would be a bit inconvenient if you had to apply the "Shibuya" filter to multiple databases individually because they were separated.
Therefore, by having a single database, when you apply a filter for "Shibuya", all shops in Shibuya, regardless of whether they are ramen shops or cafes, will appear. This is the convenient aspect of "using a single database."
POINT 3. Quickly open Google Maps
The final key feature is the integration with Google Maps.
Since I include a Google Maps link in the properties, when I open Notion on the go and find a place I want to visit, I can simply tap the Google Maps link, and it will give me directions to that location.
This is a convenient feature unique to Notion, which is also available on smartphones!
The template I'll be distributing later includes all the items and options I've introduced here, so please feel free to use it.
Conclusion
That concludes my introduction to Notion's usage: managing stores! How was it?
Please try organizing your favorite stores with Notion!
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