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TasteBuddy

The all-in-one restaurant tracker with AI-powered dining intelligence

April 2026
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How It Started

From spreadsheets and group texts to a fully automated dining workflow

01
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Got sick, couldn't eat out

Recovering from critical illness and stripped away from eating, I realized I wanted to be intentional about every restaurant visit after I was discharged

02
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Tried Excel tracking

My spreadsheet was clunky — manual, no smart ranking, no AI, and no reservation planning

03
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Friends as food concierge

Texting friends "where should I eat?" every weekend wasn't scalable

04
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Built TasteBuddy

Automated the entire workflow: discover → rank → plan → book → log

One App, Not Five

Stop juggling multiple apps to manage your dining life

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Beli
Tracking & social, but fixed categories only
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Resy / OpenTable
Reservations & booking only
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Google Maps Saved
"Want to go" pins with no ranking or detail
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Zesty / ChatGPT
AI food recs, but doesn't know your history
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TasteBuddy
Flexible ranking & custom categories Reservation planning & reminders Smart wishlist with priorities AI concierge that knows your taste Visit history, analytics & maps
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TasteBuddy

The AI-Powered Restaurant “Buddy” for your tastebuds

Remembers every meal. Helps you rank your favorites. Plans your next reservation. Gives you suggestions. Connect with your friends. Dine like your favorite foodie influencer.

🎯 Ranking 🤖 Concierge 📅 Reservation Intel 📈 Analytics

Smart Input & Reservation Flow

From choosing what to eat to booking your table — all in one place

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Search for a restaurant
Type a name to find it on Google Places and add it to your tracker
Search

🍴 Category Selector

Meal Type
Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert
Cuisine
Japanese Italian Thai Mexican
Tag each restaurant with meal types and cuisines to organize and filter your rankings

📍 Neighborhood Selection

Select Neighborhoods
East Village
West Village
SoHo
Lower East Side
Choose which neighborhoods you want to explore or filter your restaurants by location

📅 Reservation Intel

Torrisi
📅 Reservations release: Mondays at 10:00 AM
🍴 Want to eat: Saturday, March 15
🔔 Reminder set — check Resy on Monday at 10 AM
Save reservation release dates and times so you know exactly when to book — all your dining intel in one place

Categories Your Way

Unlike Beli's fixed system, create custom categories and rank the same restaurant multiple ways

Two-Tier Category System

Meal / Occasion (fully customizable)
Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert Coffee Ramen Night Tasting Menus
Cuisine / Food Type (free-form)
Japanese Italian Thai Burger Sushi Mexican
Beli: Fixed categories, one entry per restaurant
TasteBuddy: Unlimited custom categories, drag-to-reorder

One Restaurant, Multiple Rankings

Thai Diner ranked separately for each meal...
Thai Diner
Breakfast Thai
S
Thai Diner
Dinner Thai
A
Thai Diner
Dessert Thai
B
Each entry gets its own tier, visit history, and S-tier position. Your best breakfast spots are ranked independently from your best dinner spots.
Beli: One rating per restaurant, period
TasteBuddy: Rank for breakfast, dinner, AND dessert

The Tiering System

A structured hierarchy for every restaurant you visit

Tier Definitions

S
The Best of the Best Ranked 1 through N via pairwise comparison
A
Great Worth revisiting — a reliable go-to
B
Good Solid choice, nothing extraordinary
C
Below Average Overrated or disappointing
TBE
To Be Eaten Unranked wishlist — haven't visited yet

🏆 Why S-Tier Matters

S-Tier uses pairwise comparison (merge sort) for objective ranking. No guessing, no vibes — every position is earned through head-to-head matchups.

🍣 #1 Sushi Spot
VS
🍝 #1 Italian Spot

Your #1 sushi spot vs your #1 Italian — every S-Tier pick is battle-tested. The result is a definitive, personal ranking you can trust.

Log Every Visit

Visit Form

S A B C
Japanese Italian Thai Korean Mexican
Date Night
$285.00

Le Bernardin

S-Tier
Date Night $285 Party of 2
"The tasting menu was incredible. Butter-poached lobster was the standout. Impeccable service."
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📝 1 visit per day per restaurant — keeps your log clean and intentional

Your AI Food Concierge

Like Zesty from DoorDash, but it actually knows your dining history and personal taste

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TasteBuddy AI
Anniversary dinner? She loves Italian.
Based on your rankings, L'Artusi is your top Italian (A-tier). For a special upgrade, Torrisi is on your HP wishlist — reservations open Mondays at 10 AM. Want me to set a reminder?
Yes, remind me for Saturday
Done! I'll remind you Monday at 10 AM to grab a Torrisi reservation for Saturday. Added to your planner.
💬 Ask about your restaurants...
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Personalized Recommendations

Analyzes your S-tier favorites, visit patterns, and cuisine preferences — not generic reviews

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Reservation Planning & Reminders

Save when reservations open and when you want to eat — get reminded so you never miss a booking window

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New Place Discovery

Finds restaurants via Google Places and web search, cross-referenced with your taste profile

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Ask Anything About Your Data

"What's my most-visited cuisine?" or "Plan a food tour of my S-tier spots in Manhattan"

Powered by Perplexity Research Agent + Claude Sonnet 4.5

Research Agent Pipeline

Two-stage AI: live web research + expert synthesis with your data

1

Perplexity Research Agent

Searches Eater, The Infatuation, Reddit, TikTok, TimeOut, Serious Eats, Bon Appetit, Grub Street with domain filtering and recency filtering (last 30 days in Discover mode)

2

Your Database

Cross-references against your tier rankings, visit history, wishlist, and category preferences

3

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Personalizes research with your taste profile using smart context — only sends relevant restaurants to keep costs low. Includes Resy & OpenTable booking links

Smart Question Classifier Database-Only = Skip Research (Fast) Graceful Fallback Source Citations

Persona Ecosystem

Eat like your favorite food personality — or become one yourself

What You Can Do

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Browse Personas

Discover curated lists from NYC food archetypes

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Eat Like [X]

Ask AI: “Dinner in Chelsea like The Sushi Snob would pick”

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Build Your Own

Your rankings auto-generate your public persona profile

Example Personas

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The Sushi Snob

Only eats fish flown in this morning and knows exactly how much wasabi is too much.

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The Spice Seeker

On a relentless quest to find the dish that finally makes them sweat.

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The Midnight Muncher

The ultimate authority on which greasy spoons and food trucks are open at 3:00 AM.

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The Sophisticated Sommelier

Pairing high-end plates with the perfect pour and impeccable service.

Meet the TasteBoard — Your TasteBuddy Analytics Dashboard

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Listings
Japanese
Top Category
Italian
Top Cuisine

Visits Over Time

Categories

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Greatness
Most S-Tier picks
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Dependency
Most revisited spot
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Versatility
Widest cuisine range

Built With

FlaskBackend
MySQLDatabase
Claude Sonnet 4.5Concierge
Google PlacesSearch API
LeafletMaps
Bootstrap 5UI Framework
Chart.jsVisualizations
PerplexityResearch Agent