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Three ways into the same public record: live citywide measurements, plain-English stories that explain the grading rules, and automatic weekly briefs that preserve meaningful changes.
Live city data reports
Current rating distributions, inspection freshness, local-area concentrations and repeated-name comparisons. Thin samples are omitted rather than stretched into a claim.
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Latest stories
Firsthand reporting, explainers and original analysis by Arash Vakil.
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Latest city data briefs
Closures, downgrades, reopenings, neighborhood movement and affected-chain comparisons. Every data fact is frozen from the official record at publication.
Austin data brief
Austin restaurant health inspection downgrades — October 5, 2026
October 5, 2026
Birmingham data brief
Birmingham restaurant health inspection downgrades and recoveries — October 5, 2026
5 October 2026
Boston data brief
Boston restaurant health inspection closures and downgrades — October 5, 2026
October 5, 2026
Chicago data brief
Chicago restaurant health inspection downgrades — October 5, 2026
October 5, 2026
Vegas data brief
Las Vegas restaurant health inspection downgrades — October 5, 2026
October 5, 2026
London data brief
London restaurant health inspection downgrades — October 5, 2026
5 October 2026
Manchester data brief
Manchester restaurant health inspection downgrades — October 5, 2026
5 October 2026
NYC data brief
New York restaurant health inspection closures, downgrade and reopenings — October 5, 2026
October 5, 2026
Seattle data brief
Seattle restaurant health inspection closures, downgrade, reopening and recovery — October 5, 2026
October 5, 2026
Birmingham data brief
Birmingham restaurant health inspection downgrades — September 28, 2026
28 September 2026
Boston data brief
Boston restaurant health inspection closure and downgrades — September 28, 2026
September 28, 2026
Chicago data brief
Chicago restaurant health inspection downgrades — September 28, 2026
September 28, 2026
Vegas data brief
Las Vegas restaurant health inspection downgrades — September 28, 2026
September 28, 2026
London data brief
London restaurant health inspection downgrades — September 28, 2026
28 September 2026
Manchester data brief
Manchester restaurant health inspection downgrades and recoveries — September 28, 2026
28 September 2026
NYC data brief
New York restaurant health inspection closures, downgrade and reopenings — September 28, 2026
September 28, 2026
Austin data brief
Austin restaurant health inspection downgrades and recoveries — September 21, 2026
September 21, 2026
Birmingham data brief
Birmingham restaurant health inspection downgrades and recoveries — September 21, 2026
21 September 2026
Boston data brief
Boston restaurant health inspection closures and downgrades — September 21, 2026
September 21, 2026
Chicago data brief
Chicago restaurant health inspection downgrades — September 21, 2026
September 21, 2026
Vegas data brief
Las Vegas restaurant health inspection closures — September 21, 2026
September 21, 2026
London data brief
London restaurant health inspection downgrades — September 21, 2026
21 September 2026
Manchester data brief
Manchester restaurant health inspection downgrades and recoveries — September 21, 2026
21 September 2026
NYC data brief
New York restaurant health inspection closures, downgrade and reopenings — September 21, 2026
September 21, 2026
Austin data brief
Austin restaurant health inspection downgrades — September 14, 2026
September 14, 2026
Birmingham data brief
Birmingham restaurant health inspection downgrades and recoveries — September 14, 2026
14 September 2026
Chicago data brief
Chicago restaurant health inspection downgrades — September 14, 2026
September 14, 2026
Vegas data brief
Las Vegas restaurant health inspection closure and downgrades — September 14, 2026
September 14, 2026
London data brief
London restaurant health inspection downgrades — September 14, 2026
14 September 2026
Manchester data brief
Manchester restaurant health inspection downgrades and recovery — September 14, 2026
14 September 2026
NYC data brief
New York restaurant health inspection closures and reopenings — September 14, 2026
September 14, 2026
Birmingham data brief
Birmingham restaurant health inspection downgrades and recoveries — September 7, 2026
7 September 2026
Boston data brief
Boston restaurant health inspection downgrades — September 7, 2026
September 7, 2026
Chicago data brief
Chicago restaurant health inspection downgrades — September 7, 2026
September 7, 2026
Vegas data brief
Las Vegas restaurant health inspection downgrades — September 7, 2026
September 7, 2026
London data brief
London restaurant health inspection downgrades — September 7, 2026
7 September 2026
Manchester data brief
Manchester restaurant health inspection downgrades and recoveries — September 7, 2026
7 September 2026
NYC data brief
New York restaurant health inspection closures and reopenings — September 7, 2026
September 7, 2026
Seattle data brief
Seattle restaurant health inspection closure — September 7, 2026
September 7, 2026
Birmingham data brief
Birmingham restaurant health inspection downgrades and recoveries — August 31, 2026
31 August 2026
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