For a while now I just treat Yelp and IG as a brainstorming list, still need to vet through reviews because even at risk of sounding like an elitist, a lot of people don't really know what they're talking about.

I'm not a food critic but am very familiar on certain select genres. I often see places that I know are crap pop up on local influencer pages.

It's made worse because I personally know one local food influencer and the motivation was just to get free food.

What's a foodie anyway, people who like good tasting food?