CleanScores on Google Maps. Where Will You Eat Now? - SendMeRSS
Posted by elveston priory at 11:20 pm
When we first heard of CleanScores, the site that gathers health inspection information so you can “know” before you “eat,” we knew that the team would be working to get its data included in local searches for sites like Yelp (see here). Well, it has brokered a deal with Google Maps as well, which will integrate the CleanScores info on a restaurant’s map overview. This currently only displays for restaurants that CleanScores already has information on, and is limited to the San Francisco and L.A. areas.
What’s missing from this Google Maps view, however, is the context which can be found on CleanScores, as pointed out by WebProNews. Even though health code violations are marked minor, moderate, or severe, every health code violation looks bad. At CleanScores, you’ll get a full description of health code violations, some explanation as to why the temperature of the food is more concerning than roaches, and the history of that restaurant’s heath inspections.
Maybe you’ve seen the episode of Friends where Phoebe dates a health inspector, and the happy bunch end up with no places left to eat because they’ve all been shut down. While this isn’t the case with the new integration of CleanScores on Google Maps, it could have the same effect mentally. If you know that your favorite tapas bar has fruit flies, you’ll be less inclined to go (hopefully). But now you have the chore of finding a new tapas bar. There’s a handy feature that Google Maps could throw in here. A more comprehensive tool for recommending or further searching additional restaurants based on CleanScores.
User comment: By: AngelosZagat ratings and health ratings are easily accessible records, but most consumers choose not to investigate. Not sure if the ratings equate to food quality either, since the highest ranked restaurant I have noticed recently was King Gyros. Try prying the thinly sliced, compressed lamb meat from my tzatziki covered hands (an homage to gettit).
User comment: By: Cameron ChapmanA lot of states/cities have this information available online in a pretty easy to use format, and since CleanScores only has two cities available currently, I'll probably stick with those sites (I know NYC has a great one).
User comment: By: gettitExactly-- if i'm not sick, and the place looks clean, and I like the food, I'm set. We all ate, along with every UPS driver and police officer in town at King Tin in Corvallis Oregon when there was a 'Fail' right in the front window. You'll get that Hunan 'Chicken' out of my cold, dead, hands. I do think people are, in general, total pansies about the whole thing. At the same time, I like that people can get the information they want.
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Visit here to subscribe to these commentsUser comment: By: AngelosThis business model is strikingly similar to a Google April Fool's joke from last year, where the map team promised to monitor the rat infestation of local eateries. Had a punny name which I can not remember... A side note - I my bubble of ignorance, I prefer to know little about the preparation conditions. If the bathroom is clean and the food tastes good, I am typically satisfied.