Cookie Policy

Understanding how we use cookies to improve your experience

Last updated: 10/17/2025

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners about user behavior and preferences.

Persistent Cookies

Remain on your device when you go offline and can be used to remember your preferences

Session Cookies

Deleted as soon as you close your browser and are used for temporary data storage

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for several purposes, including:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be disabled.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your preferences.

Marketing Cookies

These cookies are used to track visitors across websites to display relevant and engaging advertisements.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website.

Authentication cookies to keep you logged in
Security cookies to protect against fraud
Session cookies to maintain your session
Load balancing cookies
Form submission cookies
User preference cookies

3.2 Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Page view tracking
User behavior analysis
Performance monitoring
Error tracking
Search query analytics
Map interaction tracking

3.3 Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your preferences and settings.

Language preferences
Theme preferences
Filter preferences
Sort preferences
Map view settings
Favorite restaurants

4. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the website, deliver advertisements, and provide enhanced functionality.

4.1 Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered is used to create reports about the use of our website.

Learn more about Google's privacy policy

4.2 Social Media Cookies

Our website may include social media features, such as sharing buttons. These features may set cookies to enable the feature to function properly.

4.3 Mapbox Cookies

We use Mapbox to provide interactive maps. Mapbox may set cookies to enable map functionality and track usage.

Learn more about Mapbox's privacy policy

6. Managing Cookies

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed.

6.1 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings preferences. To learn more about how to manage cookies in your browser:

6.2 Opt-Out Tools

You can also opt out of certain types of cookies using these tools:

7. Impact of Disabling Cookies

If you choose to disable cookies, some features of our website may not function properly. This may affect your ability to:

Stay logged in to your account
Remember your preferences and settings
Use certain interactive features
Receive personalized content
Save favorite restaurants
Use advanced map features
Submit restaurant suggestions
Access admin features

8. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at:

Address

368 9th Avenue
New York, NY 10001
Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan