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We got rejected :). We didn't build our startup for YC, though. In fact the YC application was just a super great opportunity for us to have a 'checkpoint' at our startup. So, I think this was great. Good luck to everybody else! Check out http://eatfindr.com/ if you'd like to find out more about what we applied with. ShowHN coming soon. :)

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I know so many people with allergies that need this app. Will certainly pass it along. Throw a like button on that page ;-)

we're on it .. and not stopping there .. you'll even be able to pin-it :P, if you so desire .. in a few hours, that is.

ok, page is like-able now. Thanks frankdenbow for suggesting this fairly obvious miss on our part :)

Done. Looks funky in safari on iPad btw

this is a great idea, i had someone the other day ask me to make an app like this. have you thought about expanding it to help people when choosing groceries in the supermarket? i guess that would be a bit of scope creep though. good luck!

Hi monkeygus! Thanks for the comment!

Yes, that has floated around as an idea. Totally not out of the realm of possibilities! We think that eating out is such a big problem for people with dietary needs, that it often affects their social life very negatively in many ways. This is the big challenge we are after.

But we are definitely on the lookout of our users telling us what they want to see in Eatfindr and following their needs. We've been live for a couple of weeks now, so our selection database is still growing, but we have over 15,000 gluten-free restaurants from across the US, as well as over 1,000 humane & organic restaurants.

You are right about it being hard to eat out. Anyway in case you are interested here is what my friend is begging someone to make - she says 'its a total pain to go shopping and come across a product that LOOKS gluten-free and you buy it then go on-line and find out it's been cross-contaminated at the factory. im wondering if there's some way the app can scan something so that i can find out AT THE STORE when i'm looking at the food.' cheers

got it. We'll definitely consider it in our next rev! I'll let you know.

Great answer, llaxsll.

I agree that the checkpoint brings some value.

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