import datetime
import urllib2

def strip_tags(elt):
    return ' '.join(elt.findAll(text=True))

def is_todays_menu(page):
    todays_name = datetime.date.today().strftime('%A')
    return todays_name in page

def grab_menu(page):
    # ...
    # ...

def run_this_hourly():
    # get page
    page = urllib2.urlopen()

    if is_todays_menu:
        print grab_menu

if __name__ == '__main__':
    run_this_hourly()