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We’re excited to announce the latest evolution of SALT! The team has been hard at work designing, building, and testing "SALT 4.0". We’re incredibly proud of the final product and our latest step towards our mission of building a platform centered around recommendations from you, your friends, and tastemakers you trust. If you haven't checked out SALT in a while now is the perfect time to give it a look. We’re pretty sure you’ll like what you see.    

Below are some of the new things included:  

A “Super Filter” that allows you to filter by categories, lists and more (your lists are now here)

Map centric view

The ability to invite and add friends easily

A new profile screen that you can personalize to your style

The ability to easily see all of your friends’ favorite restaurants and their profiles

The ability to quickly see Google search results on any place you have saved

And much more

The team at SALT has been hard at work making SALT better than ever and we’re nowhere close to stopping. That said, we have lots of big and small updates to share. So if you have a minute, we’d like to tell you about them and how you can get the most from the new SALT!

It's easier than ever to save places anywhere in the world - now if you move the map to a particular part of a city or even a completely different country, when you tap “Add Place” it will search that area. Great for planning vacations!  

New list view design - the new list view on the home screen makes it easier than ever to quickly see details on any of the places you've saved and determine which of your places is perfect for what you’re planning. Plus, we simplified the list view header (swipe left and right to switch between your places and your friends places).

Reactions  - is there a great place you’ve been wanting to try and a friend has it on their to try list as well? Ask them to go or what to get via SALT by using reactions!

Menus - we’ve begun rolling out restaurant menus. You should start seeing more of them appear in the next few days and weeks.

Wrong/missing info on a place - you can now you can correct/add all of this information by tapping share/edit on the place detail screen!

SALT is now better with friends - this isn’t brand new but if you haven’t given it a shot we highly recommend trying it. Being able to add friends and see of all of the places they saved plus their notes is a game changer, especially when you’re in a new area. You’ll no longer need to rely on a random Yelp review :)

Lastly, we’re in the process of launching “Featured SALT Profiles”. If you’re interested in joining the program and being one of SALT's go-to accounts for great recommendations, reply to this email letting us know you’re interested. We're looking for high quality accounts with great places, useful lists, descriptive notes, and a solid number of friends who've already added you. To get an idea of what we mean, check out the “salt” account!

Hi SALTers and friends,

If you haven’t already, make sure to get the latest update of SALT in the App Store! This update is all about you and your feedback. We heard your comments and suggestions and have made SALT better because of it. There are three big changes to this update:

1. A new, smaller, sleeker font! It’s still has that journal feel that you can easily glance at and sort through, but you can now see more places quickly.

2.Visible restaurant names in map view. You no longer need to tap each pin you’ve saved to see the name of the place. As you zoom in and out, the pin names become visible!

3. Deep search. We've made the search your saved places button more accessible by moving it to the homescreen, plus we made it capable of not only searching your saved places by their name, but also any notes you’ve made!

And if you have a iPhone 6S or 6S+ there are a bunch of new 3D touch features packed into the latest version!

Lastly, we created a quick survey (max two minutes to complete). We'd love your feedback.

We have a ton of fun stuff coming in the next few weeks so keep an eye out! And please keep spreading the word about SALT.

We’re thrilled to share our most innovative and exciting feature to date - @savetosalt! At SALT we’re constantly focusing on how we can make remembering and sharing great restaurants, bars and cafes seamless and fun. Our goal is to make determining where to eat or drink effortless, so you can focus on what’s important - enjoying the moment with those you love. And with @savetosalt we’re one step closer to achieving that goal!

We know Instagram is an important place where many of you discover great new places to try from friends, family or tastemakers you trust. With @savetosalt the next time you see a tasty dish at a restaurant you'd like to visit, you can add that place to your SALT list without leaving Instagram! How?

Once connect your SALT account to Instagram (check the settings screen in the latest update), anytime you see a photo at a great restaurant, bar or cafe that's geo-tagged on Instagram, simply like the photo AND mention "@savetosalt" in the comments and that place (and the IG account that recommend the place) will get added to your SALT list in 2/3 minutes automatically!!    

*what it looks like in SALT when added

This has NEVER been done before by ANYONE..it's a bit of magic and a ton of hard work by the team at SALT.

Give it a shot! You'll never wonder where to eat or drink ever again.

Alli Rice is a video editor from Connecticut. Currently living in Manhattan, her favorite things in life are good food, music, films, and company. Rather than focusing on expensive and exclusive restaurants. she created her Instagram (@nyc_noms) as one made by an everyday person for the everyday person. From delectable donuts from Dough to the chicken and waffles at The Smith, her feed is centered around good food and a laid back lifestyle.

Describe your ideal day in NYC...

My day in NYC would start with a leisurely walk to Ess-a-Bagel, where I order my usual: whole wheat everything bagel with scallion cream cheese, tomato and onion. I would then take my dog Walter for a walk to the Union Square Farmers Market, where I would pick out some fresh bread and goat cheese. Later that night I would go grab some dinner with friends and then head to a small live-music venue to finish off the night with some wine and relaxing tunes.

Don’t leave NYC without eating...

a GOOD, FRESH New York bagel. My recommended bagel places are as follows: Ess-a-Bagel, Tompkins Square Bagels and Brooklyn Bagels. For bialys, go to Kossars in the Lower East Side. Do not ask for the bagel toasted! If it must be toasted then it's not fresh.

When you want to grab a dinner you know you’re going to love what’s your go to and why?

This was such an easy question for me: THE SMITH! There are a few around the city. The one I frequent is the one in the East Village. I have been there numerous times and have NEVER had a bad meal. I would recommend the gnocchi with truffle cream sauce, the tagliatelle and if you go on a Wednesday, you must get the fried chicken!

Favorite bar or cocktail bar and what makes it so special?

To be honest, I don’t go to many bars. I am more of a movie, music, board game kind of person. However, I did go to an amazing rooftop bar this past summer and had the best cocktail I’ve ever had. It was called Refinery Rooftop and the cocktail was a Grey Goose and fresh watermelon concoction.

What’s your favorite cuisine and what’s your go to spot for it?

I have a few favorite cuisines so this is hard for me to choose! I love Italian food and I found an amazing place for some comfort Italian food called Polpette in the Upper West Side. They have the most amazing Vodka Sauce. If I can choose one other type of cuisine it would Chinese and my go to spot would be Joe’s Shanghai. Their soup dumplings and sesame beef are otherworldly.

For more of Alli's recommendations, check out her SALT list and her Instagram!