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ChowDive A MooreMetrics tool

Restaurant recommendations

Find restaurants that fit.

27,178 restaurants across 51 states, each profiled on eleven dimensions. Describe what you are in the mood for, or start from places you already love, and keep it close to home with the distance filter.

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Restaurants
27,178
States
51
Dimensions
11

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Two ways to find your restaurants

Set the dimensions that matter to you and switch off the rest. Zero is the average restaurant; move toward either end to ask for more or less of a trait.

How highly regarded the restaurant is overall.

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From −4, Modest, to +4, Acclaimed. Zero is the average restaurant.

How welcoming it is for kids and big groups.

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From −4, Grown-up, to +4, Family-friendly. Zero is the average restaurant.

How much it feels like a bar or a night out.

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From −4, Quiet dining, to +4, Bar scene. Zero is the average restaurant.

How strongly Indian flavors shape the menu.

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From −4, None, to +4, Strong. Zero is the average restaurant.

How strongly Japanese flavors shape the menu.

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From −4, None, to +4, Strong. Zero is the average restaurant.

How strongly Mexican flavors shape the menu.

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From −4, None, to +4, Strong. Zero is the average restaurant.

How strongly Chinese flavors shape the menu.

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From −4, None, to +4, Strong. Zero is the average restaurant.

How strongly Italian flavors shape the menu.

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From −4, None, to +4, Strong. Zero is the average restaurant.

How strongly Greek flavors shape the menu.

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From −4, None, to +4, Strong. Zero is the average restaurant.

How central sweets, pastries, and desserts are.

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From −4, Savory, to +4, Dessert-focused. Zero is the average restaurant.

Counter service and casual, quick, mall-style dining.

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From −4, Sit-down, to +4, Food court. Zero is the average restaurant.

How it works

Every restaurant measured the same way

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    Each restaurant is profiled

    Every one of the 27,178 restaurants was rated on a long list of questions about what it serves, who it suits, and how it feels: cuisine, formality, price, atmosphere, and more.

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    11 dimensions

    A psychometric model condenses those ratings into 11 dimensions, each scaled from −4 to +4 around the average restaurant. The sliders on this page set targets on those same scales.

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    Two ways to match, anywhere or nearby

    Describe what you want finds the restaurants whose profile sits closest to your settings. Start from places you like finds the restaurants whose full rating profile correlates most strongly with the ones you named. Add a place and a radius to keep the results within reach; we look the place up on OpenStreetMap.

The data behind ChowDive is available through the MooreMetrics API.