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I Don't Trust Restaurant Letter Grades

When you're choosing a place to eat, how much do you factor in the rating from the Department of Health? Personally, I barely think about it. Far more important to me is—is it close to me? Does the dining area look okay enough? If it's a restaurant or food truck I'm unfamiliar with, then I'll consider the Yelp rating. But it seems to me that if a restaurant passes my eyeball test—looks clean, no visible signs of serving actual garbage—it's probably fine, right? I mean, they're open. They must be doing something right. Right? I obviously have no idea what I'm talking about.

Los Angeles follows the A/B/C grade system with the rating displayed prominently on the storefront. While I've…

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 I Don't Trust Restaurant Letter Grades

A, B, or C? IDGAF. Fancy letter grades doled out by clueless health department inspectors are less important than common sense and letting a restaurant earn your trust.

Eat This, Not That!

Today, thanks to the work done by Eat This, Not That!, most restaurants now post their calorie counts on their websites and even right in their stores. Instead of hiding their nutrition, chains from Boston Market to California Pizza Kitchen are introducing healthier options and letting us make informed choices about the most important choice of all—what we put into our bodies. And this website will help keep you informed.

Foursquare

Foursquare helps you find the perfect places to go with friends.

HappyCow

Our purpose is to make healthy food easy to find and more accessible. Founded in 1999, HappyCow was created as a public service to assist travelers and people everywhere find vegan, vegetarian, and healthy food.

Healthy Dining Finder

It is the word on everyone’s lips and the thought on everyone’s minds. Nutrition. Once thought to be a vague and even unappetizing topic, nutrition is now a rapidly growing part of our lives. It has become a driving force in our culture, defining sweeping policies and individual choices alike. Now, with growing concern for spiraling rates of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity, we are finding an effective and simple solution in nutrition.

HealthyOut

Looking for healthy food when you eat out? HealthyOut finds you dishes at local restaurants that match your diet and nutrition preferences. Under 500 calories, low carb, Italian? We have just the meal for you. We make it easy to eat healthy and stay on your diet when you're eating out!

NoWait

“They have a great system: You give them your phone number and they text you when the table is ready! Why doesn’t everywhere do this? Courtney C | As featured on Yelp.com

OpenTable

OpenTable is the only app that helps you make reservations at over 20,000 restaurants in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Explore great restaurants, find available tables, and earn reward points for every reservation.

Resy

Reserve is your personal dining concierge. With just a few taps, Reserve enables a more seamless experience, from getting the table you want to paying effortlessly at the end of the meal.

VegDining.com

Your Online Guide to Vegetarian Restaurants Around the World.

VegOut

Every vegetarian knows that eating out can be a difficult task. VegOut makes this task easier by providing you with the world's largest international listing of vegan, vegetarian and vegetarian-friendly restaurants at your finger tips.

Yelp

Heading out? Bring Yelp with you! Find the best businesses around you, save money by discovering nearby deals, and share your experiences with Tips, Check-ins, and Photos.

Zomato

Our mission is to ensure nobody has a bad meal ever again.

Best New Restaurant

Over twelve seasons of Top Chef, Tom Colicchio has scoured the nation for the greatest new talents in cooking. He's expanding his search with Bravo's new show Best New Restaurant, where the cooking legend will seek out the most promising new biz in the U.S.

Chefs Feed

The inside connection to the best dishes and food culture, proudly presented by chefs.

DoorDash

DoorDash enables delivery in areas where it was not available. Our mission is to empower small business owners to offer delivery in an affordable and convenient way. We are achieving this mission first by enabling restaurant food delivery.

EAT

EAT is a local to BC magazine and news website covering all things food and drink related in BC. Magazine is bi-monthly, website is daily.

Eater

Eater is the source for people who care about dining and drinking in the nation's most important food cities. A favorite of industry pros and amateurs alike, Eater has an uncanny knack for finding out what's opening where, who's serving what, and how it's all going down.

GrubHub

Order delivery food online from nearby restaurants.

Iwaspoisoned.com

Iwaspoisoned.com is for people who love to eat out but don’t expect to be ill because of it. It is a consumer led website for diners to report suspected food poisoning or bad food experiences. This real time information is shared by consumers, food authorities, restaurants, and industry with one aim – to make eating a safer experience.

Seamless

Seamless is simply the easiest way to order food for delivery or takeout. Whatever you’re in the mood for, wherever you’re in the mood for it, you’ve got it. No menus, no phone calls, no repeating yourself.

Bento.com

Tokyo Food Page/Bento.com is a complete guide to Japanese cuisine and eating in Japan. With great recipes, tours of Japanese markets, and tips on the best places to eat in Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe.

Find Me Gluten Free

Find Me Gluten Free helps you eat gluten-free. View local business ratings and reviews, gluten-free menus, get directions, and call them right from the app. Also, easily view gluten-free menus and allergen lists of chains and fast food restaurants. Find gluten-free pizza, bakeries, fast food, local businesses, and more!

Restaurant Nutrition

The Restaurant Nutrition application allows a user to easily view nutritional information about restaurant menus and track what they have eaten.

Starbucks

Dietary and nutrition information on many of our beverages and foods, including seasonal, regional and limited-time offerings, are provided here so you can find a balance that's just right for you.

Tabbedout

Tabbedout is your answer. Our free app for iPhone and Android lets you take control of your tab and pay securely with your phone. Stop dealing with the hassle of waiting, leaving your card at the bar, dealing with coupons, or a pile of cards when you split your tab with friends.

WaitAway

Say goodbye to pen and paper lists! Manage your wait list and reservations, all through a simple, single app.

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