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The last iPhone dining application to make news was Urbanspoon, which frustrated Times critic Frank Bruni a little bit with its random slot machine approach to locating a good nearby restaurant. So we're curious to see if the latest iPhone toy, LocalEats, is more Bruni's speed. This feature seems pretty simple; drawing from a list of the 100 best restaurants in Manhattan and Brooklyn (as decreed by the folks at Where the Locals Eat), LocalEats uses GPS technology to refer users to the best nearby dining options. Which could come in handy when you're getting hangry in an unfamiliar neighborhood.
A LocalEats rep says that the application will ultimately expand into all five boroughs, but in the meantime it also works in the largest 50 cities in America, using the reviews and data from the "certified foodies" who contribute to the print version of Where the Locals Eat. For 99 cents, iPhone users can download LocalEats via iTunes, where it's currently the ninth most popular paid-for application. At least until old man Bruni gets his hands on it.
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That app would be ok if either A) It actually listed places where locals eat, or B) Those were actually the top 100 restaurants in New York... which they certainly are not.
If you want a list of the best *known* restaurants in New York, maybe.
lulz, momofuku is the 1st restaurant in that pic!
ooooh, spnder, you are SUCH an insider. Where does an elite diner such as yourself go that no one else knows of? The Olive Garden perhaps?
I have to agree with spnder on this one. That list is pretty elitist. Most NYers I know can't afford to eat at those restaurants and the few times I've eaten at them they were full of business people and tourists. Also, there is no single Brooklyn pizzeria on that list?! For shame.
I prefer http://outalot.com/
"That list is pretty elitist"
I don't have time to read the whole 100, but out of the few that are on the screen, I know Moustache is very affordable (having lived around the corner from one for a few years) and the prices on Holy Basil's website seem very reasonable. Yeah Momofuku is expensive but you can't fault them for putting some trendy places on the list too.
Wow, an iPhone application, what huge news.
Oh wait, you slipped in a mention of Momo-fucking-fuku. That's why you ran this story, right?
http://www.nyontap.com iPhone app nails bars. Something similar for restaurants would be great.
http://late.gobbl.com/ to see all the restaurants open past midnight in manhattan, queens, and brooklyn. it's accurate! we made the interns call the restaurants!!! check it out and give us feed back!