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// Not sure what the base url should be, but appending the 
// callback=? parameter will help use it jsonp-style
var api_url = this._settings.baseAPIURL +
                      '/search/venue/' + venue_id + 
                      '?callback=?';

// I append things on the end like category=Hamburger&location=Greenpoint           
var ending_url = $.fn.getQueryParameterString();

// call it!
$.getJSON(api_url,ending_url,function (obj, textStatus, jqXHR) {     
     console.log("[jsonRequest] response = ", obj);


     // work with the obj now
     //...
});