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Everything journalists, bloggers, and media professionals need to cover Eat Real Food NYC. We are happy to provide data, quotes, and background on healthy dining in New York City.
AT A GLANCE
Quick facts
8,835
Restaurants listed
5
NYC boroughs covered
12
Dietary filters available
Free
No cost to use
Zero
Advertising on the site
100%
Health-graded listings
THE STORY
What makes Eat Real Food NYC newsworthy
Eat Real Food NYC is the first NYC restaurant directory that combines official NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) inspection data with dietary filtering across 12 categories.
While other platforms focus on reviews and paid promotion, we built a directory grounded in verifiable government data. Every restaurant listing shows its actual inspection grade, numeric score, and inspection date — pulled directly from the city's open data portal. This is layered with AI-assisted dietary tagging that identifies restaurants serving vegan, halal, kosher, gluten-free, and eight other dietary categories, applied with conservative evidence thresholds.
The result is a resource that lets health-conscious NYC diners make decisions based on transparent, verified data rather than algorithmic recommendations influenced by advertising spend. The directory is entirely free, contains no advertising, and does not accept payment for placement.
STORY IDEAS
Suggested story angles
NYC food safety transparency
The NYC DOHMH inspection system generates a wealth of public data that most diners never see. Eat Real Food NYC makes this data accessible and searchable at the neighborhood level. Story opportunities include analyzing inspection grade distributions by borough, identifying neighborhoods with the highest and lowest food safety scores, and examining whether popular restaurants maintain their grades over time.
Halal and kosher dining data gaps
There is no centralized, verified database of halal or kosher-certified restaurants in New York City. Eat Real Food NYC's conservative approach to dietary tagging reveals the scope of this data gap — and raises questions about how diners with religious dietary requirements navigate a city with limited verified information. We can provide data on the geographic distribution of tagged halal and kosher restaurants across boroughs and neighborhoods.
Neighborhood health disparities
Our data reveals significant variation in restaurant health inspection grades across NYC neighborhoods. Some neighborhoods have Grade A rates above 90%, while others fall below 70%. This data can be examined alongside socioeconomic data to explore whether food safety correlates with income levels, population density, or other factors — a story with public health implications.
The hidden gems algorithm
Our algorithmic approach to identifying 'hidden gem' restaurants — high ratings, low review counts, currently operational — surfaces restaurants that the major platforms' algorithms tend to bury. We can provide data on hidden gem density by neighborhood and borough, cuisine type distributions among hidden gems, and examples of highly rated restaurants with under 200 reviews that most diners would never find through conventional search.
CONTACT
Press contact
For all press and media inquiries:
press@eatrealfoodnyc.comWe prioritize press requests and can typically provide data, quotes, or background information within 24 hours for journalists on deadline.
We can provide
- Data and statistics
- Expert quotes
- Background briefings
- Custom data pulls
ASSETS
Media kit
Our media kit includes the Eat Real Food NYC logo in multiple formats (SVG, PNG, dark and light variants), brand colors, approved boilerplate text, and high-resolution screenshots of the directory interface.
Media kit download coming soon. In the meantime, contact press@eatrealfoodnyc.com and we will send assets directly.
Want to learn more about how we work?
Dive into our methodology, editorial standards, and the story behind the directory.