Press & data desk

The real story behind restaurant menus.

Gaslamp helps restaurants build beautiful menus they can edit, print, and QR themselves. We are building transparent research about how public restaurant menus change. We will not manufacture statistics for a press release.

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Menus change daily. We track how.

Research in development

The Gaslamp Menu Index is designed to document public menu changes over time, including price-change frequency, menu format, mobile readability, and consistency across restaurant-owned channels.

No index figures have been published yet. A release will include collection dates, sample definition, exclusions, and methodology.

Methodology commitments

  • ✓ Public, attributable source material
  • ✓ Restaurant identity verification
  • ✓ No private customer data without explicit permission
  • ✓ Clear sample size and date range
  • ✓ Corrections and contact process

Available story angles

Why static menu files become a problem

How restaurants match print, web, and QR menus

What menu version history adds for a restaurant team