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← All posts How New York City Inspects Its Restaurants (And Why Lower Is Better)
NYC scores restaurants backwards. It's confusing. It also works.
How Chicago Inspects Its Restaurants (And Why the Data Is Uniquely Weird)
Chicago doesn't give restaurants a score. So we built one.
How Dallas Inspects Its Restaurants (And Why the Data Comes From Two Places)
Dallas gives restaurants a number. Getting that number into our system is where things get interesting.
How LA County Inspects Its Restaurants (And Why the Letter Grade Isn't the Whole Story)
That A in the window? It's real. But there's a lot it doesn't tell you.
How San Francisco Inspects Its Restaurants (And Why the Data Is Three Datasets in a Trench Coat)
SF changed its inspection format three times in eight years. We had to stitch the whole thing together.