A useful food archive needs more than a restaurant name. It needs a clear account of when the evidence was made—and what that evidence can actually tell us.
Every Flickr photograph in the archive carries its date and a direct link to the original post. Those dates identify the historical records; they are not a fresh check of a restaurant’s menu, opening hours or ownership.
The place pages preserve the precision of the available visit history. A year stays a year. A month estimated from an older review is marked approximate. An exact day is not filled in simply to make the timeline look complete.
A visit date and a verification date also mean different things. One describes the dining history; the other records a check of the listing. Neither should silently replace the other. Before making plans, consult the restaurant’s own current information.
Keeping these distinctions visible makes room for both discovery and memory. You can use an old photograph to explore the archive without treating it as a promise about tonight’s dinner.
