{
  "id": 16901618,
  "title": "TikTok is going after Yelp and Google Maps with an in-app restaurant guide",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/tiktok-is-going-after-yelp-and-google-maps-with-an-in-app-restaurant",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-28T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/news/1020267/tiktok-viral-restaurant-recommendations-must-eat-yelp"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "TikTok is launching an in-app restaurant guide called Must Eat to challenge competitors like Yelp and Google Maps. The new feature, built on 40 million posts, reviews, and comments about dining on the platform, uses videos and discussions to create restaurant recommendation guides. Users can leave reviews, make reservations, and search for nearby businesses on a map. TikTok US CEO Adam Presser called Must Eat \"the compilation of all of the conversation that’s happening on the TikTok platform across creators, restaurateurs, [and] individuals\" who make videos or leave comments about local restaurants. The feature is divided into \"everyday eats\" and \"elevated dining\" category tabs and is initially available in New York City, Los Angeles, and the Bay Area. Restaurants cannot pay to be featured in the recommendation lists. Must Eat is an expansion of TikTok's earlier capability to book hotels and attractions through the app, TikTok Go. The feature is fitting given the app's impact on restaurants, as content creators have become the food critics of the short-form video era, influencing what restaurants put on their menus.",
  "summary": "TikTok is launching an in-app restaurant guide in a challenge to other platforms like Yelp and even Google Maps. The company on Wednesday announced the launch of Must Eat, a new section of the TikTok app built on 40 million posts, reviews, and comments about dining on the platform. The new feature uses videos and […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}