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CheapFoodMap – A map of good meals under $10

CheapFoodMap – A map of good meals under $10

by jaep1·Jul 29, 2026·16 points·16 comments

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Better than Yelp for cheap eats, but inflation makes price data hard to trust.

Strengths
  • Seed data strategy using Google Reviews ensures baseline quality before crowdsourcing.
  • Excluding franchises forces discovery of actual local hidden gems.
Weaknesses
  • Price freshness is a massive maintenance burden without automated verification.
  • Coverage is currently too sparse outside of Texas to be broadly useful.
Category
Target Audience

Budget-conscious diners and students

Similar To

Yelp · Google Maps

Post Description

I was recently laid off after 18 years, and gave myself 100 days to build soething useful in public. CheapFoodMap is crowdsourced map of meal under $10, excluding franchises, local good eats only. It's inspried by 거지맵 (Begger's Map) a Korean crowdsourced map students use to find cheap eats. Ocverage is heaviest in Texas, since I live in Dallas, but have 1200 meals across 15 US cities. Seed data came from Google Review, 4.2 star or higher with at least 500 reviews, and verified price under $10 per menu item. Things I would love feedback on : whether the price-freshness model makes sense, and what would make you trust the price on a site like this. How to encourage people to update prices, since inflation is making food price very frequent. https://cheapfoodmap.com

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