Reference Points

September 21, 2008

Mappetite

Mappetite, $14

Calling all foodies. Here's a new way to get recommendations for where to eat when you're playing tourist.

A new product called Mappetite combines a guidebook to basic landmarks with a restaurant guide, in a simple, lightweight, fold-out map format.

The series offers maps for New York and London now, with San Francisco due out in November and Chicago and Paris next year.

For example, if you're on the East Side of Manhattan, fold out that section of the map to reveal listings for Grand Central, the United Nations, the Whitney Museum and the Frick Collection, along with recommendations for restaurants ranging from the Oyster Bar to Cipriani Dolci to Burger Heaven, Serafina and Payard. The maps are available at amazon.com.

More details at mappetite.com.