When traveling, food lovers often rely on the suggestions of others to find the best places to eat, drink and dine out. For travelers merely passing through a region or without foodie friends nearby, new (free!) app Find. Eat. Drink. might be the ultimate solution.

Marketed as "the world's first travel guide curated by top tier chefs, sommeliers, bartenders, baristas, pitmasters and food artisans," the app differentiates itself from other travel products on the market in that it showcases credible references from top industry insiders to populate an app that is friendly to the local and traveler alike.

The app allows you to choose a nearby option (within 10 miles of your current location) or from over 120 cities and towns, worldwide and features 2,100 establishments from 340 experts with updates added weekly. Once a user finds a place of interest they can choose to visit the website or make a reservation, which is convenient for "on the go" needs.

From the Cajun to the Basque, Boston to Barcelona, Miami to Montreal, you'll find great suggestions of things to eat and drink across neighborhoods large and small. We particularly like that you can narrow by region, such as limiting Boston to a "South End" or "Back Bay" search, and that items aren't just restricted to high-end, dine-in restaurants. The app includes suggestions for coffee, dessert, cocktails (pubs and dive bars included!), farmers markets, butchers, candy shops, ice cream parlors, even shops that sell culinary antiques.

Expertise ranges from well-known chefs, like Eric Ripert of Le Bernardin and Andoni Luis Aduriz of Mugaritz, to the purveyors they use, like Allan Benton of Benton's Bacon, and winemakers like Arianna Occhipinti.

A social component adds another layer: users can look up a place, see who recommended it, look at the recommender's profile, go to their recommendations and so on and so forth.

Don't want to use your smart phone? You don't have to. There's a website, too.

Filed under: Food and Drink, Budget Travel, Internet Tools