Food Genius, a mobile app that makes tastebud-based dish recommendations, is now live! Harnessing our database of over 4,000 Chicagoland restaurants and 150,000 dishes, we help hungry people discover and share their next favorite dish.
Our native Android app is available in the Marketplace (search for Food Genius or visit https://market.android.com/details?id=com.foodgenius.beta), and an iPhone-optimized web app is available at our website www.getfoodgenius.com.
We're working on a series of posts highlighting fun and hilarious facts about food in our awesome city. For example, did you know that there are 292 different bratwurst dishes in Chicago? Follow us on Twitter or like Food Genius on Facebook to stay up to date on both the app and awesome Chicago food news.
Happy eating!
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Food Genius Helps Mobile Users Find and Share Delicious Restaurant Dishes
Powerful Mobile App Personalizes Menu Recommendations for Thousands of Chicago Restaurants and Over 150,000 Dishes
July 15, 2011 -- CHICAGO -- Food Genius has launched an app that helps users find and share delicious restaurant dishes. Unlike restaurant apps and sites that tell you where to eat, Food Genius’ tells you what to eat. From a database of more than 4,000 restaurants and 150,000 dishes in Chicago, Food Genius recommends dishes based on what you love to eat.
“Anyone can tell you the names of five great restaurants, but only Food Genius can give you a list of the five best dishes at those restaurants – and thousands of others,” said founder and CEO Justin Massa. “Like a ‘Netflix for Foodies’, Food Genius delivers personalized recommendations about dishes you’ll love, and combines it with tools to share those dishes with friends.”
Using Food Genius is easy. Intuitive menus let you quickly rate dishes or add them to a “Faves” list. When you find a dish you love, you can rate it and share it with one of your friends. As you eat and rate more dishes, your Food Genius suggestions get smarter and tastier.
What makes Food Genius unique is the system’s ability to gather and analyze massive amounts of information on restaurants, foods, spices, dish attributes and ingredients. Every morsel of every dish in the database is uniquely identified and categorized. Based on this sophisticated understanding of hundreds of thousands of restaurant dishes, Food Genius can then deliver personalized, relevant recommendations based on individual tastes – right to your mobile device.
To use Food Genius, simply visit www.getfoodgenius.com from your smartphone. Bon appetit!
About:
Food Genius helps people discover and share their favorite restaurant dishes. Food Genius is part of the 2011 class at Excelerate Labs, an intensive summer accelerator for ten of Chicago’s most successful startups, driven by proven entrepreneurs and investors. The Food Genius team is based in Chicago with an outpost in San Francisco. Learn more at www.getfoodgenius.com.
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