The MoodieFoodie Journal
Field notes from our work to make food discovery more honest, more local, and far more useful than another row of stars.
Featured story
The case for dish-first ranking
A 4.3 and a 4.7 can tell you almost nothing about what to order. Here is why we stopped asking for stars—and started asking which dish you would choose again.
One vague score
4.6
Food · service · parking · price · the whole night
One useful choice
Which dish would you order again?
Our editorial promise
This journal can support the business without blurring the line between an earned opinion, a paid story, and an organic ranking.
We write to help diners decide what to order, not to chase a vague restaurant score.
If a business supports a story, you will know before the first sentence.
Sponsorship never changes a Crave Score or an organic leaderboard position.
