The Food Journal of NYC

we eat
where the
city eats.

The most viral food videos in New York, curated by borough. Restaurants get officially on the diet. Creators get featured to 51,000+ on @diet.

🗽Manhattan 🌉Brooklyn 🏟️Queens 🦁The Bronx ⛴️Staten Island
// The Scoreboard trophies awarded · all-time
updated weekly
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🌉
Brooklyn
142 🏆
+12 this month
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Manhattan
138 🏆
+8 this month
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Queens
89 🏆
+15 this month ↑
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The Bronx
47 🏆
+4 this month
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Staten Island
23 🏆
+1 this month
Brooklyn locked in 1st last quarter. Queens is gaining fast.
// Explore

What the city is eating

curated · updated weekly

The most viral food videos in New York right now. Pick a borough.

// The City Map

Every stickered spot, mapped.

tap a pin · borough-filtered

The spots officially On The Diet, pinned across New York. Tap any pin for its trophy tier and signature dish. Pick a borough.

3 🏆 worth a flight 2 🏆 worth a detour 1 🏆 worth a try
// The Award

The Cheat Meal
Trophy.

Our Michelin star, except cooler. We pick the New York spots that make us break our diet — the ones worth crossing a borough for.

Restaurants that earn one are officially On The Diet. They get a window sticker, a feature on @diet, and a permanent listing in our stickered directory.

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1 Cheat Meal — "worth a try"
Solid in its category. Locals know.
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2 Cheat Meals — "worth a detour"
Cross the bridge. It earns the trip.
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3 Cheat Meals — "worth a flight"
The best NYC has, in its category. Nationwide pull.
Get your restaurant evaluated →
The @diet Cheat Meal Award sticker — three stars, classic trophy, New York City
// Currently On The Diet

The stickered ones.

439 trophies · 312 restaurants

Spots that earned at least one Cheat Meal Trophy. They display the sticker. They get on the @diet feed. They're permanent.

3 🏆 worth a flight
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Opto
Manhattan · Flatiron
"the best branzino in New York, full stop."
on the diet since 2026
3 🏆 worth a flight
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Fuwa Fuwa
Manhattan · Japanese Soufflé Pancakes
"the fluffiest pancake in North America. handcrafted, slow-cooked, worth the wait."
on the diet since 2026
3 🏆 worth a flight
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Anemi
Queens · Astoria
"timeless Greek tradition, modern execution. the Aegean, in Astoria."
on the diet since 2026
3 🏆 worth a flight
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L'industrie Pizzeria
Brooklyn · Williamsburg
"the $4 slice that broke Brooklyn."
on the diet since 2026
3 🏆 worth a flight
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Birria-Landia
Queens · Roosevelt Ave
"birria tacos that hit different."
on the diet since 2026
2 🏆 worth a detour
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Apollo Bagels
Manhattan · East Village
"the sourdough bagel that ended the debate."
on the diet since 2026
2 🏆 worth a detour
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Hamburger America
Manhattan · Soho
"the smashburger that stopped traffic."
on the diet since 2026
2 🏆 worth a detour
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Joe & Pat's
Staten Island · Castleton Corners
"thin crust pizza, no apologies."
on the diet since 2026
1 🏆 worth a try
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Empanology
Bronx · Mott Haven
"empanadas, no notes."
on the diet since 2026
// What's Cooking

On the way.

The City Map just went live — the native app is next. Follow @diet on Instagram to be inside the day it unlocks.

Live now

The City Map. Live

Every stickered spot, pinned by borough. Tap a pin → trophy tier, the signature dish, the @diet feature. Live filter. NYC food, mapped.

Open the map →
v2 · later

The @diet App.

@diet in your pocket. Push when a new sticker hits your block. Save spots, plan crawls, claim trophies as you go. NYC food, gamified.

native iOS & android · push · gamified
// The Guides

Editorial, weekly. No filler.

Long-form pieces from the @diet team. Locals only. The kind of guide you actually save.

Featured Guide Brooklyn · Manhattan

10 NYC pizza slices we'd commit crimes for.

From the $4 corner slice to the $35 tasting-menu pie. We ate at 47 spots over six weeks. These are the only ten that mattered. Includes one Staten Island sleeper that nobody is talking about and one Bushwick newcomer that is already 3 trophies deep.

By @diet · 12 min read · updated this week
Queens · Coming next week
The Roosevelt Ave food crawl, hour by hour.
Manhattan · Coming soon
Where the chefs eat after their shift.
Brooklyn · Coming soon
Williamsburg, but only the spots locals still go to.
// Creators

Submit your video.

Made a NYC food video that deserves the city's eyes? Drop it. We feature the best ones on @diet — full credit, your @ on every post.

We review weekly. If yours hits, you'll hear back within 7 days.

Submissions open soon. We're going live with the rest of the site shortly — follow @diet for first dibs.
// Restaurants

Get on the diet.

// Packages
📸
Single Feature
$500
one-time
  • One custom video by a vetted NYC creator
  • Posted to @diet's main feed
  • You keep the raw footage
  • Borough tag + permanent web listing
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Most popular
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Trophy Evaluation
$1,500
one-time
  • In-person Cheat Meal Trophy review
  • Window sticker + plaque if awarded
  • Permanent listing on the @diet stickered directory
  • Editorial write-up in our weekly guide
  • Single Feature included
Choose this →
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Annual Pipeline
$5,000
per year
  • Trophy evaluation + Single Feature
  • 1 video per month (12/year) by rotating creators
  • Priority placement in seasonal guides
  • Direct line to the @diet team
  • Quarterly performance report
Choose this →
All packages include creator-pipeline access — you comp the meal, we send a videographer. Custom packages available on request.

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Inquiries open soon. We're going live with the rest of the site shortly — follow @diet for first contact.
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// The List

Stay on the diet, weekly.

Every Thursday: the new spots, the trophies awarded, the videos that broke the algorithm. Zero spam, one click to leave.

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