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Track our launch, city by city.

theBEAT launches on June 1 for the DMV, and grows from there one city at a time. Below is the live status of every city we're working on — measured by how many dishes our editors and Tastemakers have seeded, ranked, and verified.

A city earns its place by depth, not by speed. We open when the register can hold its own.

Updated weekly · Last refreshed 2026-05-23 · Reservation list open

How to read the status
In the kitchen

Editors and Tastemakers are seeding dishes. Not yet enough density to ship a daily verdict. Reserve a seat and we'll write when the city opens.

Soft open

Enough dishes to use the app meaningfully. The daily Edit may still be light. Subscribers welcome — the work is honest about where it is.

In service

Full daily Edit live. Tastemaker network active. Filters and Hunt modes operating at full depth. The city is open.

Completion percentage reflects dish density — the count of verified, ranked dishes seeded by editors and Tastemakers against the threshold we set for each city. It is not a guess.


26 cities · live status

In progress, everywhere we work.

WashingtonD.C.
96%
In service
BethesdaMD
88%
In service
Silver SpringMD
84%
In service
ArlingtonVA
82%
In service
RockvilleMD
76%
Soft open
AlexandriaVA
73%
Soft open
BaltimoreMD
68%
Soft open
New YorkNY
42%
In the kitchen
BrooklynNY
38%
In the kitchen
Los AngelesCA
35%
In the kitchen
San FranciscoCA
31%
In the kitchen
ChicagoIL
28%
In the kitchen
BostonMA
26%
In the kitchen
PhiladelphiaPA
24%
In the kitchen
MiamiFL
22%
In the kitchen
AtlantaGA
21%
In the kitchen
AustinTX
19%
In the kitchen
HoustonTX
18%
In the kitchen
SeattleWA
17%
In the kitchen
PortlandOR
15%
In the kitchen
NashvilleTN
13%
In the kitchen
CharlestonSC
12%
In the kitchen
New OrleansLA
11%
In the kitchen
DenverCO
10%
In the kitchen
TorontoON
9%
In the kitchen
Mexico CityMX
8%
In the kitchen

Don't see your city? Put it on the map.

The order we open cities in is shaped by where the demand is. A reservation here is a vote — the cities with the most reservations move up the queue.

One email per reservation. We'll write when your city goes Soft open.