About Schmeear

Schmeear.com brings together editorial expertise, community opinion, and AI-driven insights to map New York City's vibrant restaurant scene. Visitors start on our home page with expert-curated lists for fine dining, casual eateries, bakeries, and cafés. Admins maintain these lists by searching, rating, and reviewing venues, ensuring that quality remains high. Registered users then add their own three-star ratings on restaurant pages, and the site calculates community lists based on the average score—revealing hidden gems and rising stars in real time.

Underneath the friendly interface, Schmeear employs large-language models to analyze which restaurants you view and rate most. That data fuels personalized suggestions, guiding you to spots that match your unique tastes—perhaps a late-night pizza joint near your office or a vegan bakery in your neighborhood. Meanwhile, we collect anonymized metrics on page views, location trends, and rating velocity to understand which cuisines and areas are gaining momentum. These insights help us refine content and can be packaged for sale to hospitality groups seeking forward-looking market intelligence.

Core Features

Expert Rankings

Curated lists in key categories, updated regularly by our admin team.

Community Ratings

Member-submitted three-star reviews aggregated into live leaderboards.

AI Recommendations

Personalized suggestions based on your viewing and rating history.

Data Collection & Insights

Privacy-first tracking of visits and trends, enabling content curation and third-party reporting.

By combining high-quality editorial control with community engagement and AI personalization, Schmeear offers both diners and industry professionals a dynamic, trustworthy view of the city's culinary landscape.