NYC Restaurants

A static, single-page map and list of NYC restaurants to scout.

Files

• restaurants.json — the data (single source of truth for restaurant entries)
• index.template.html — the page markup, styles, and scripts (single source of truth for layout/behavior)
• build.py — combines the two into index.html
• index.html — generated. Do not edit by hand; changes will be clobbered on the next build.

Editing

• To add/edit/remove a restaurant: edit restaurants.json, then run ./build.py.
• To change layout, styles, or behavior: edit index.template.html, then run ./build.py.
• After running the build, commit index.html alongside the source change.

Build

./build.py

The data array is inlined at the marker /* %%RESTAURANTS%% */[] in the template. The generated index.html carries a <!-- GENERATED --> banner at the top as a reminder.

Blacklist (do not re-add)

Restaurants Jim has visited and didn't like get a "blacklisted": true flag (optionally with "blacklist_reason": "...") on their entry in restaurants.json. The template filters these out at the top of the script so they never appear on the map, in the list, or in any counts — but the entry stays in restaurants.json as a tombstone.

Future scout cycles must honor this. When processing a new publication:

1. Look up each candidate by name (and address if the name is ambiguous) in restaurants.json.
2. If a match exists with blacklisted: true, silently skip it — do not propose it as a new add, do not surface it in the recommendation list, do not even mention it. The flag means "Jim has already decided."
3. If Jim asks to blacklist a place that's currently live in the list, add "blacklisted": true and "blacklist_reason" to its existing entry rather than deleting the entry. Run ./build.py.

Sources

Restaurants are added by hand from curated publications. When adding entries, check these regularly and set the source field accordingly:

• Eater NY (incl. Heatmaps, monthly roundups, previews)
• Infatuation (NYC + Brooklyn)
• Grub Street (New York Magazine)
• The New York Times — Food / Restaurant Review
• Luke Fortney's Where to Eat newsletter — Eater NY senior reporter's personal newsletter
• BK Mag
• SecretNYC
• Brooklyn Bridge Parents
• Welcome to Chinatown
• HelpNewYork.com
• What Now NY

Format the source field as Publication Month Year (e.g. Eater NY April 2026) so we can trace where each entry came from.