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Food, places, events and Live Finds.

Two questions, one app. “What are the people I follow eating?” and “What’s actually open near me right now?” FoodChaser answers both on the same photo.

“What are the people I follow eating?”

The food feed

A photo-first vertical feed. A post doesn’t need a place at all: a plate at a restaurant, something you made at home, a bag of tacos in the car.

  • Likes, comments, and private saves only you can see
  • Follow anyone. No request to send, no approval to wait on
  • Profiles, grids, and hashtags to chase a craving
  • Post publicly, to friends, or just to yourself, chosen per post
  • Camera-first: tap the camera and you’re shooting, not filling out a form
Scout grins at a taco truck counter while a crowd of friends photographs their tacos
Everybody’s posting the birria. Now we’re talking.

“What’s actually open near me right now?”

Live Finds: the clock is the feature.

Report a spot the moment you’re standing at it: a truck on a lot, a weekend pop-up, a stand at a market, a place that just opened. It goes on the map immediately and pings the chasers nearby. Then it stays only as long as other people keep confirming it.

  • A photo is required. Evidence, not a claim.
  • You have to be there. Reporting and confirming both need you within 150 m.
  • 4 hours to start, +90 minutes for every independent confirm, 12 hours at most.
  • Two “Gone” reports close a spot back down.
  • Alerts go by neighborhood, so a find three towns over doesn’t buzz your phone.
  • A vendor’s check-in still wins. It overrides the crowd, always.

A false “closed” costs you a wasted scroll. A false “open” costs you a drive. Disputes break the cheaper way.

A new find
Reported · waiting on a confirm
4h 00m
Confirmed by 3 chasers
Live · on the map
5h 12m
Still thereGone
Nobody’s been by lately
Fading · clock running down
0h 38m
Two “Gone” reports
Closed · off the map
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Events Near Me

The concert’s the plan. Dinner is the actual question.

Nobody drives an hour to a show and then eats whatever is nearest the parking lot.

  • Type a city or use where you are. Concerts, games, festivals and markets, with the day, start time and distance.
  • Set the radius yourself: 10, 25, 50, 100 or 250 miles.
  • Food here swings the map to the venue: what’s good around it, and what’s open near the doors.
  • Along the way finds food between you and the venue, so the stop is on your route.
Browse events
Scout walks through a golden-hour food truck rally, phone in hand
Night market, three trucks, all walkable. Want the chase?

How it works, answered

How long does a Live Find stay on the FoodChaser map?

A new find starts with 4 hours. Each independent confirmation from another chaser adds 90 minutes, up to a 12-hour ceiling. Two "Gone" reports close it, and a vendor's check-out closes it immediately.

Can someone put a fake spot on the map?

Not from their couch. Reporting and confirming a find both require a photo and being within 150 meters of the spot, and that distance check runs on FoodChaser's servers, not just on the phone.

Do I get notified about every find?

No. Alerts go out by neighborhood, about a 5 km area plus the areas around it, so a find three towns over doesn't buzz your phone.

Does a post have to be tagged to a restaurant?

No. A post needs no place at all. It only claims a spot is open if you flip the Live Find switch on the composer, and that is always your choice.

Scout, FoodChaser’s red panda guide, smiling

Let’s eat.

Find what’s open right now, post the plate in front of you, and put a spot on the map for everyone else chasing the same thing.

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