{"id":345,"date":"2013-05-15T12:17:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T19:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodtaps.com\/?p=345"},"modified":"2013-07-14T04:36:09","modified_gmt":"2013-07-14T11:36:09","slug":"how-to-find-the-best-local-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goodtaps.com\/?p=345","title":{"rendered":"Accurate way to find the best local food"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of all the local apps I\u2019ve used to discover new restaurants and find other services, the Foursquare database, or \u201cdiscovery engine<\/em>,” has some of the best local information. Compared with Yelp, Google+ Local and others, I\u2019d say Foursquare is better at finding a good restaurant or hotel than the other travel apps in this guide.<\/p>\n

The secret is the \u201ccheck-in,\u201d which I feel is more reliable than reviews. Most apps highlight customer reviews to help you choose a new place to eat.<\/p>\n

But reviews are flawed. The good ones are often faked, bought by establishments trying to increase business with positive reviews. And the genuine reviews are mostly negative. That\u2019s because most people don\u2019t take the time to leave a review unless they\u2019re upset about something and want to vent.<\/p>\n

I look at check-ins. If a restaurant has no reviews but hundreds of check-ins, especially by different people, I\u2019ll take that over one that has great reviews but only a few check-ins.<\/p>\n

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It only takes one tap to check-in to a place but a review takes time. If you see a place that has a ton of check-ins compare to others in the area, it\u2019s probably a good place to check-out.<\/p>\n

If you want to know where the locals eat, there\u2019s no better app, especially if you\u2019re in a non-English speaking country were you can\u2019t read local reviews.<\/p>\n

There is also a game aspect to the app, which is what originally put Foursquare on the map. You can earn points and cool badges that are displayed in your trophy case. You don\u2019t have to play the game to use the discovery engine. However, I check-in as much as possible to contribute to the community and make the database better.<\/p>\n

Some savvy business owners offer rewards for customers who have earned mayor for their venue. Mayors are people who check-in the most at a particular venue. So, it does pay to check-in.<\/p>\n

Foursquare is free and available for Android on Google Play<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

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Of all the local apps I\u2019ve used to discover new restaurants and find other services, the Foursquare database, or \u201cdiscovery engine,” has some of the best local information. Compared with Yelp, Google+ Local and others, I\u2019d say Foursquare is better at finding a good restaurant or hotel than the other travel apps in this guide. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,4],"tags":[55,20,57,56],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/goodtaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/4sq-app.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodtaps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodtaps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodtaps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodtaps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodtaps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/goodtaps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodtaps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodtaps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodtaps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodtaps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}