How we check
Every dish carries its source and the date we checked it.
- We read each venue's own website: web pages, PDF menus and menu images.
- We keep every menu separate (breakfast, lunch, dinner, Sunday) with its serving times.
- We record the source and the date we checked it.
- Every month we ask the venue to confirm or correct it.
- We never copy menu descriptions or photos.
- We never say a dish is safe for an allergy.
- Paying never changes which venues appear.
What "checked" means
The date on each venue is the day we read its menus from its own website. Today every venue in the pilot is "read from the venue's website": no venue has confirmed its menu yet. When a venue confirms or corrects its menu, its page says so, with that date.
Serving times
We only show the times a menu prints. If a menu prints no times, we say "times not printed" and, where we recorded them, show the venue's own opening or kitchen hours separately. We never guess a time.
Diet labels
A label counts only when the venue prints it on its menu. We also read the listed ingredients and show what they suggest, always marked "our reading" and styled weaker. Our reading never puts a venue on a diet page, and we never say a dish is safe for an allergy.
How dishes are grouped
The dish index groups menu items by the words on the menu (a "short rib and brisket burger" is a burger and brisket). Sunday roasts are the roasts on a venue's Sunday menu. Drinks and children's menus are not counted. A dish needs three venues for its own page, and a dish in an area needs two.
What the labels mean
- Confirmed by the venue
- Confirmed by the venue
- Read from the venue's website
- Read from the venue's website, not yet confirmed
- Menu may be out of date
- Menu may be out of date (for example a summer menu in October)
VG stated by the venueour readingVG from the listed ingredientsV vegetarian · VG vegan · GF gluten free · DF dairy free · PESC pescatarian · H halal · VGO, GFO vegan or gluten-free option