TavernaMap

TavernaMap is a mobile + web app that helps people find genuinely good Mediterranean restaurants and specialty grocers by focusing on authenticity signals, not hype. Users filter by cuisine region (Greek, Levantine, Maghrebi, Turkish, Southern Italian), dish-level searches (e.g., proper toum, charcoal souvlaki, harissa made in-house), and practical needs like halal/vegetarian, olive-oil-forward, or gluten-free. The app uses a combination of traditional app logic and light AI to summarize reviews into specific, verifiable claims ("bakes pita on-site", "uses sheep’s milk feta") and to detect suspicious review patterns. A small but strict community moderation layer keeps listings credible. Monetization is realistic: premium filters, offline city packs, and a modest B2B option for verified restaurants to manage menu data and provenance badges. It’s not trying to replace Google Maps—just to be the specialist layer for Mediterranean food lovers.