Blackpool's Grub Guide
A local food directory helping residents and visitors discover the best places to eat across Blackpool — from hidden gems to well-known favourites.
What is it?
Blackpool's Grub Guide is a community-focused food directory built to cut through the noise. Instead of relying on big review platforms full of incentivised listings, this guide is curated locally — covering restaurants, takeaways, cafes, and street food across the town.
Listings are kept up to date as venues open, close, or change ownership. Each entry shows key details at a glance: location on an interactive map, cuisine type, and contact info — so you can make a quick decision without clicking through a dozen sites.
Who runs this?
Blackpool's Grub Guide was created by Charlie as a local resident passionate about showcasing Blackpool's independent venues. The site is built and maintained with input from their partner.
The ratings and reviews reflect personal opinions, but Charlie is committed to being honest and transparent: distinguishing between personal taste preferences and objective quality of food preparation. The goal is to highlight venues worth visiting, not to be a definitive ranking.
Built with
AI-assisted development
Most of the code on this site was written with the help of AI tools. Rather than replacing the development process, AI accelerates it — generating boilerplate, suggesting fixes, and helping explore ideas faster.
Every change is reviewed before it goes live. Charlie reviewed each of the original 100 pull requests and continues to test and verify all updates, keeping the human firmly in control of what ships.
Policies & License
Read our policy documents in the documentation viewer: Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.
Food hygiene rating data is sourced from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) via the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS). This data is Crown copyright and database right, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
License details will be added once the project licensing is finalised.
Map data
Map data is © OpenStreetMap contributors, made available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Map tiles are provided by OpenStreetMap.