restaurant hygiene. We first extract signals of hygiene from Yelp. Among all dimensions that regulators monitor through mandated … restaurant inspections, we find that reviews are more informative about hygiene dimensions that consumers directly experience …

and social frictions influence restaurant visits within New York City. Transit time plays a first-order role in consumption … restaurant choices: individuals are less likely to visit venues in neighborhoods demographically different from their own. While … spatial and social frictions jointly produce significant levels of consumption segregation, we find that restaurant consumption …