NYC Food Identity Platform · Est. 2026

You're not random.You're a type.

A 12-question read of how you actually eat in New York places you in one of seven archetypes. From there: vendors, events, neighborhoods, and partner experiences built to match your pattern — not what an algorithm guesses about you.

7
Locked Archetypes
75K+
Live Event Attendees / Year
30K+
Newsletter Subscribers
200+
NYC Operators in Network
The Seven Types

Seven ways to eat New York.

Every New Yorker eats by pattern. How you eat is not random. The system locks seven archetypes — built from twenty years of operator pattern recognition across markets, events, and neighborhoods.

/ 01

Regular

You keep it simple. You keep it good.

/ 02

Pilgrim

You'll go out of your way for the right spot.

/ 03

Cynic

You've seen it before. You're rarely impressed.

/ 04

Purist

You don't experiment. You refine.

/ 05

Chaser

If it's trending, you're already there.

/ 06

Skipper

You skip meals, not standards.

/ 07

Local

You don't chase hype. You move by block.

/ 08

Which one is you?

60 seconds. Get your type.

Get typed
How It Works

Three steps. Built for New York.

01

Get typed

Twelve questions. Sixty seconds. No email gate to reach the questions — built on Interact's personality-quiz format so you finish before you'd close the tab.

02

Get your type

One of seven archetypes lands in your inbox with a results card you'll want to share. That archetype becomes the signal every recommendation runs against from here.

03

Get matched

Your archetype is the key. As the operator network and the data behind it come online, it unlocks matched vendors, events, neighborhoods, and partner offers — routed to how you actually eat, not how an algorithm guesses.

The Network

Built inside New York's food ecosystem.

Taste ID is not a startup that landed in NYC. It is the personalization layer for a working operating system — events, media, and operator relationships that have run for years and feed the platform from the ground up.

For Partners

Three ways to work with Taste ID.

Brands reach archetypes. Operators get matched to demand. Venues license the system. Pick the path that fits.

Brands
$25K+

Sponsored Archetype Package

Own an archetype across a season. Newsletter blocks, event activations, archetype-targeted email, on-site presence at HSN, BXNM, or LFF. Built to reach the right type, not the random scroll.

Brands
$75K+

White-Label Activation

We build a full Taste ID-powered brand activation end to end. A Chaser Trail. A Purist Series. Real-world experiences, archetype-matched audience, production handled.

Venues
License

Taste ID for Venues

Food halls, festivals, hotels, campuses, and mixed-use developments license the system to personalize their own guest experience. Quiz, archetype matching, programming intelligence — your visitors, our infrastructure.

Operators
Trade

Operator Network

Restaurants, vendors, and food businesses get matched to the archetypes most likely to show up and return. No pay-to-play in the feed. Inclusion is earned by hospitality, not bought.

Talk To Us

Tell us what you're building.

Brands, operators, venues, press. Tell us what you're trying to accomplish. 48-hour response.

Received. We'll be in touch within 48 hours.

Or email hello@tasteidnyc.com