If you’re reading this, chance are quite likely you have your own Facebook, Myspace and/or Twitter account. But here we’re talking about Facebook, that ever-growing social networking site that’s quickly overtaking Myspace in popularity due its cleaner image, streamlined interface and growing amount of apps that users can take advantage of.

If you do have a Facebook profile and also live on the island of Oahu or Maui, then chances are also highly likely you’re already a “fan” of Zippy’s, arguably the most popular local eatery in these locales. With 5,881 fans currently on their register on their Facebook page, it’s difficult to argue that. What being a Facebook fan of restaurants such as Zippy’s means is that you can take advantage of exclusive weekly coupons that they’ve been posting there, as well as staying informed about current events, promotions and daily specials.

Anyhow, I’m in no way a social networking guru, actually being one who’s quite phobic about it, having only joined Facebook in the last month. Ha! Nor do I have a Myspace profile at all. I just don’t have the time or energy for that stuff. Yet being a webmaster of several sites, I need to at least be aware and educated of the online latest trends, and Facebook is certainly the talk of the internet town (no pun intended) as of right now.

In the business of advertising (my day job), nothing can be more holy than the power of a well-connected network, and that’s what Facebook has to offer. You tell one person something, and that can turn around and tell 100 people something. Then that 2-folds, and 3-folds, until eventually in the case of Facebook, you hope to reach all of the 222 million people who visited Facebook as of last December. TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO MILLION PEOPLE!

On top of that, as it currently stands, the service if FREE! Talk about a no-brainer.

Speaking of FREE!, that’s exactly what you get if you become a Facebook fan of Zippy’s, as is the case with this exclusive online coupon they share with their Facebook, Myspace and Twitter users…

Not being one to slouch at a good deal, I went ahead and redeemed it!…

I tell ya, at $3.75 for these two onolicious bowls of Zippy’s Chili with Rice, you can’t go wrong! I prefer the Vegetarian Chili, as I think it has a cleaner flavor than the regular version, plus I love the large slices of mushrooms in it… yum!…

Zippy’s online coupons tend to run for a short period time during the weekdays, not weekends. When they first debuted on Facebook, they had a KILLER 20% OFF the entire menu from either dine-in restaurant or take-0ut counter. Last week it was that buy 1, get one free Zippy’s Chili and rice, and this past week it was this $1.65 Zippy’s Chili & Cheese Fries Coupon…

So I redeemed that one too! lol…

Oh man, I tell ya’, I’ll never order that again! Way, way too heavy. The greasy fries combined with the meaty chili.. talk about a gastronomic NIGHTMARE after the fact. Contrary to what I just said, it did sound good on paper. lol

As you see, next week’s coupon will be for 20% off the entire menu in the dine-in only restaurant, so if you dine-in at Zippy’s a lot, you might wanna’ get in and become a Zippy’s Facebook fan so you can get the hook-up.

Being I’m a Facebook greenhorn, I’m not aware of all the local eateries that have pages on there. The only other one I know of is Big City Diner, who seems to be using it currently as an events calendar bulletin, as I don’t see any coupons on there yet. I could be wrong.

If you’re a Facebook user and know all the joints around town who have pages on that site that you’re a fan of, let us know so we can check them out.