{
    "version": "1.1",
    "updated_at": "2026-09-19",
    "note": "Network master taxonomy for the BellyUp! city network. Headlines use a {city} placeholder so this file is portable to every city property without a fork. A category is published as a page only when at least one real venue resolves to it; zero-venue categories are reported as discovery gaps in the city discovery report rather than shipped as empty pages.",
    "families": [
        {
            "slug": "story",
            "name": "The Story",
            "blurb": "Who built it, how long it has been here, and the rituals that make it theirs.",
            "color": "#7f5539",
            "glow": "#e0a53c"
        },
        {
            "slug": "room",
            "name": "The Room",
            "blurb": "What it is like to sit there. Views, patios, noise, music, the floor.",
            "color": "#14504a",
            "glow": "#3fbfae"
        },
        {
            "slug": "occasion",
            "name": "The Occasion",
            "blurb": "Why you picked tonight. First dates, birthdays, the whole family, twelve coworkers.",
            "color": "#3a0ca3",
            "glow": "#a78bfa"
        },
        {
            "slug": "values",
            "name": "What They Stand For",
            "blurb": "Sourcing, ownership, access, and how a kitchen treats the people in it.",
            "color": "#1b4332",
            "glow": "#52b788"
        },
        {
            "slug": "menu",
            "name": "On the Menu",
            "blurb": "What the kitchen actually serves. The part every other site already covers.",
            "color": "#7a2222",
            "glow": "#e0673f"
        }
    ],
    "categories": [
        {
            "slug": "bbq",
            "name": "BBQ and Smokehouses",
            "family": "menu",
            "question": "Which barbecue kitchen sounds good today?",
            "headline_template": "NYC BBQ Worth Bellyin’ Up For",
            "blurb": "Real smoke, real pits, and the rooms built around them.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "venue_types": [
                    "bbq"
                ],
                "cuisine_contains": [
                    "bbq",
                    "barbecue",
                    "barbeque"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "vegan",
            "name": "Vegan and Plant-Based",
            "family": "menu",
            "question": "Where can I find a plant-based meal?",
            "headline_template": "Vegan and Plant-Based Meals in NYC",
            "blurb": "Fully vegan kitchens and the places that treat a vegan order like a real order.",
            "intro": "Choose vegan Szechuan cooking at Spicy Moon or ask Dirt Candy about a vegan tasting dinner. Vegetarian and vegan are different menu promises.",
            "match": {
                "dietary_attributes": [
                    "100_percent_vegan",
                    "vegan_friendly",
                    "vegan_options"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "craft-cocktails",
            "name": "Craft Cocktail Programs",
            "family": "menu",
            "question": "Who is taking the bar seriously?",
            "headline_template": "NYC Cocktails With a Meal",
            "blurb": "Bars where somebody wrote the drink list on purpose.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "venue_types": [
                    "cocktail_bar",
                    "distillery"
                ],
                "cuisine_contains": [
                    "cocktail"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "brunch",
            "name": "Brunch",
            "family": "menu",
            "question": "Where is brunch worth the wait?",
            "headline_template": "Brunch in NYC",
            "blurb": "The late morning rooms people plan a weekend around.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "brunch"
                ],
                "cuisine_contains": [
                    "brunch"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "late-night",
            "name": "Late-Night Food",
            "family": "menu",
            "question": "What is still open?",
            "headline_template": "Late-Night Food in NYC",
            "blurb": "Kitchens still firing when most of the city has closed.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "late_night"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "gluten-free",
            "name": "Gluten-Free Kitchens",
            "family": "menu",
            "question": "Can this kitchen actually handle it?",
            "headline_template": "Gluten-Free Dining in {city}",
            "blurb": "Kitchens with a real gluten-free option, not a shrug.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "dietary_attributes": [
                    "gluten_free",
                    "gluten_free_options"
                ],
                "cuisine_contains": [
                    "gluten-free",
                    "gluten free"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "seafood-oysters",
            "name": "Seafood and Oysters",
            "family": "menu",
            "question": "Who is getting good product in?",
            "headline_template": "NYC Seafood With a Mexican Kitchen",
            "blurb": "Raw bars, fish programs, and the rooms that shuck to order.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "cuisine_contains": [
                    "seafood",
                    "oyster",
                    "fish"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "steakhouse",
            "name": "Steakhouses",
            "family": "menu",
            "question": "Where do I take a steak night seriously?",
            "headline_template": "Steakhouses in {city}",
            "blurb": "Chops, dry-age programs, and the rooms built for a long dinner.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "venue_types": [
                    "steakhouse"
                ],
                "cuisine_contains": [
                    "steak",
                    "chophouse"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "sushi",
            "name": "Sushi",
            "family": "menu",
            "question": "Who is behind the counter?",
            "headline_template": "NYC Sushi and Omakase Counters",
            "blurb": "Counters, omakase seats, and neighborhood rolls.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "cuisine_contains": [
                    "sushi",
                    "omakase",
                    "japanese"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "great-views",
            "name": "Great Views",
            "family": "room",
            "question": "What am I looking at while I eat?",
            "headline_template": "{city} Restaurants With Views Worth Bellyin' Up For",
            "blurb": "Skyline, sunset, water, or a room with one very good window.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "skyline_view",
                    "sunset_view",
                    "great_view"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "waterfront",
            "name": "Waterfront Dining",
            "family": "room",
            "question": "Can I eat next to the water?",
            "headline_template": "Waterfront Dining in {city}",
            "blurb": "River, intracoastal, lake, and dockside tables.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "waterfront",
                    "dock_access",
                    "water_view"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "rooftops-patios",
            "name": "Patios and Outdoor Tables",
            "family": "room",
            "question": "Can we sit outside?",
            "headline_template": "Patios and Outdoor Tables in NYC",
            "blurb": "Open air, fire pits, rooftop bars, and shaded courtyards.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "outdoor_seating",
                    "rooftop",
                    "patio"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "live-music",
            "name": "Live Music",
            "family": "room",
            "question": "Where can I hear a real band?",
            "headline_template": "NYC Live Music Worth Going Out For",
            "blurb": "Rooms where the music is part of the reason you came.",
            "intro": "Choose a jazz set in the Village or a ticketed band at Brooklyn Bowl. The show calendar gives the night its shape.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "live_music"
                ],
                "venue_types": [
                    "music_venue"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "dancing",
            "name": "Dance Floors",
            "family": "room",
            "question": "Where is the floor actually full?",
            "headline_template": "Country Dancing in NYC",
            "blurb": "DJs, dance floors, and rooms that turn over after midnight.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "dancing",
                    "DJ",
                    "nightclub"
                ],
                "venue_types": [
                    "nightclub"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "quiet-dining",
            "name": "Quiet Enough to Talk",
            "family": "room",
            "question": "Can we actually hear each other?",
            "headline_template": "{city} Restaurants Quiet Enough to Talk In",
            "blurb": "Rooms built for conversation instead of volume.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "quiet_conversation",
                    "intimate"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "dog-friendly",
            "name": "Dog-Friendly Patios",
            "family": "room",
            "question": "Can the dog come?",
            "headline_template": "NYC Outdoor Tables That Welcome Dogs",
            "blurb": "Patios that mean it, with water bowls and a place to tie off.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "dog_friendly",
                    "pet_friendly"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "tableside",
            "name": "Tableside Experiences",
            "family": "room",
            "question": "What happens at the table?",
            "headline_template": "Tableside Dining in {city}",
            "blurb": "Carts, carving, pours, grills, and anything finished in front of you.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "tableside_service",
                    "tableside_grill",
                    "cart_service"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "date-night",
            "name": "Date Night",
            "family": "occasion",
            "question": "Where do I take somebody I want to impress?",
            "headline_template": "{city} Restaurants Made for Date Night",
            "blurb": "Rooms that carry a conversation without trying too hard.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "date_night",
                    "romantic"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "family-table",
            "name": "The Whole Family Table",
            "family": "occasion",
            "question": "Where can the kids have fun too?",
            "headline_template": "NYC Meals Where Kids Can Have Fun Too",
            "blurb": "Rooms that genuinely welcome kids instead of tolerating them.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "kid_friendly",
                    "high_chairs"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "celebrations",
            "name": "Celebration Restaurants",
            "family": "occasion",
            "question": "Where do we do the birthday?",
            "headline_template": "Celebration Restaurants in {city}",
            "blurb": "Rooms that know what to do when the table is celebrating something.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "celebration",
                    "special_occasion"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "private-dining",
            "name": "Private Dining and Buyouts",
            "family": "occasion",
            "question": "Can we take a room?",
            "headline_template": "NYC Rooms for Your Next Gathering",
            "blurb": "Separate rooms, buyouts, and spaces built for a closed door.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "private_dining",
                    "buyout_available",
                    "event_space"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "big-groups",
            "name": "Big Groups",
            "family": "occasion",
            "question": "Will they seat twelve of us?",
            "headline_template": "{city} Restaurants That Can Take a Big Group",
            "blurb": "Long tables, high tops, and rooms that do not flinch at a party of twelve.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "group_friendly",
                    "large_party"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "sustainable-kitchen",
            "name": "Sustainable Kitchens",
            "family": "values",
            "question": "What happens to what they do not serve?",
            "headline_template": "Sustainable Kitchens in {city}",
            "blurb": "Whole-animal butchery, composting, low waste, and honest sourcing.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "sustainable_kitchen",
                    "zero_waste",
                    "composting"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "locally-sourced",
            "name": "Locally Sourced",
            "family": "values",
            "question": "Who are they buying from?",
            "headline_template": "NYC Kitchens Cooking With Texas Ingredients",
            "blurb": "Named farms, named boats, named producers.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "locally_sourced",
                    "farm_to_table"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "black-owned",
            "name": "Black-Owned",
            "family": "values",
            "question": "Who owns this?",
            "headline_template": "Black-Owned Restaurants and Bars in {city}",
            "blurb": "Ownership stated by the business itself.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "black_owned"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "women-owned",
            "name": "Women-Owned",
            "family": "values",
            "question": "Who owns this?",
            "headline_template": "Women-Owned NYC Restaurants",
            "blurb": "Ownership stated by the business itself.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "women_owned"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "accessible",
            "name": "Easy to Get Into",
            "family": "values",
            "question": "Can everybody at the table get in the door?",
            "headline_template": "Accessible Restaurants in {city}",
            "blurb": "Step-free entry, usable restrooms, and parking that is not a project.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "accessible",
                    "step_free_entry",
                    "easy_parking"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "good-place-to-work",
            "name": "Staff Pay and Benefits",
            "family": "values",
            "question": "What does the restaurant publish for its team?",
            "headline_template": "NYC Restaurants That Publish Staff Commitments",
            "blurb": "Benefits, tenure, training, and kitchens people stay at.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "staff_benefits",
                    "known_employer",
                    "training_program"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "chef-driven",
            "name": "Chef-Driven Kitchens",
            "family": "story",
            "question": "Is somebody actually cooking here?",
            "headline_template": "NYC Tasting Dinners and Chef-Led Kitchens",
            "blurb": "Menus that change because a specific person changed them.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "chef_driven",
                    "tasting_menu",
                    "changing_menu"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "historic",
            "name": "Historic Rooms",
            "family": "story",
            "question": "What was this building before?",
            "headline_template": "Historic Restaurants and Bars in {city}",
            "blurb": "Old buildings, long runs, and rooms with a previous life.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "historic_building",
                    "historic"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "neighborhood-institution",
            "name": "Neighborhood Institutions",
            "family": "story",
            "question": "What has been here forever?",
            "headline_template": "{city} Neighborhood Institutions",
            "blurb": "The places locals measure the neighborhood by.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "institution",
                    "long_running"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "owner-story",
            "name": "Origin Stories",
            "family": "story",
            "question": "Who built this and why?",
            "headline_template": "NYC Restaurants With a Family Story",
            "blurb": "Family businesses, second acts, and first restaurants.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "family_owned",
                    "owner_operated",
                    "founder_story"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "service-ritual",
            "name": "Service Rituals",
            "family": "story",
            "question": "What do they do that nobody else does?",
            "headline_template": "Service Rituals Worth Sitting Through in {city}",
            "blurb": "The bread that arrives unasked, the pour, the goodbye at the door.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "service_ritual",
                    "signature_service"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "community-involvement",
            "name": "In the Community",
            "family": "story",
            "question": "What does this place do when it is not serving dinner?",
            "headline_template": "NYC Restaurants That Give Back",
            "blurb": "Fundraisers, feeding programs, school nights, and standing partnerships.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "community_partner",
                    "gives_back"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "michelin",
            "name": "In the MICHELIN Guide",
            "family": "story",
            "question": "Who has the inspectors paying attention?",
            "headline_template": "NYC Restaurants in the MICHELIN Guide",
            "blurb": "Stars, Bib Gourmands and Guide listings, each with the year attached.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "michelin_three_star",
                    "michelin_two_star",
                    "michelin_star",
                    "michelin_green_star",
                    "michelin_bib_gourmand",
                    "michelin_recommended"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "sports-on-tv",
            "name": "Sports on TV",
            "family": "occasion",
            "question": "Where can I watch the game with food and drinks?",
            "headline_template": "Where to Watch Soccer in NYC",
            "blurb": "Local pubs and breweries that publish game viewing on their own channels.",
            "intro": "Explore the NYC places below and choose the setting that makes the meal worth a visit.",
            "match": {
                "experience_attributes": [
                    "sports_tv"
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}