Field notes from menu world.

Writing about restaurants, the software that fails them, and what we’re learning as we build MenuPublish. New essays land here as they’re written.

• Field note

  Why most restaurant websites lie about what's on the menu

  We pulled up 100 independent restaurant websites and checked whether the menu matched what the kitchen was actually serving. Roughly two in five didn't. Here's why menus drift and what it costs.

  May 12, 2026 · MenuPublish
• How it works

  Reading a handwritten chalkboard with a vision model

  What we learned shipping the parser. Where vision models succeed at reading menus, where they fail, and the specific kind of cursive that breaks everything we throw at it.

  May 10, 2026 · MenuPublish
• Agencies

  Pricing menu updates: hourly vs. per-revision vs. don't

  A short opinionated guide for agencies who keep eating the cost of weekly menu updates and want to stop. Three pricing models that work, one that doesn't, and a fourth option.

  May 7, 2026 · MenuPublish

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