What Makes a Great Restaurant?

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Improving the quality of life has become a key phrase that the society today use to address and to convince the public of the positive impacts it is about to have on all upcoming changes. Take food industry for example: restaurants, traditionally operated or not, have all begun to utilize third-party platforms and their networks to advertise and attract customers. In Washington D.C. area only, there are more than 2000 restaurants in the area. So, how do people think what is “the best restaurant”? That’s where the rating system comes into play. Online platforms like Yelp helps to evaluate ratings and comments submitted by consumers and rank them from an orderly fashion. But are they better than a customer’s choice based on personal taste? Or some external conditions such as the transportation system or demographic distribution around a restaurant really matters? Let’s figure it out by our data science research!