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Looking for a five star restaurant located in San Marcos, want to know where you can get a hot dog at 11 p.m. or plan to spend Spring Break in a new city and have no clue what or where to eat? No need to worry. The Yelp app comes to the rescue.

With Yelp, users can locate all nearby dining locations, browse by their proximity, neighborhood, food pricing and even by what is open at that exact time. The Yelp app also allows you quick and easy access to a large collection of customer reviews, allowing you to avoid terrible eateries. But the Yelp app is not only user for restaurant finds. It also helps users find nonfood related necessities, such as banks, drugstores, bars, shops and gas stations in your area.

Released Feb. 10, this app sits proudly on Time Magazines “50 Best iPhone Apps of 2011” for its large array of information, clear listings and user friendliness. The Yelp app has all of the basic ingredients of a GPS app, but goes a step further by including a large selection of outside information. The most impressive feature of this app is when you are looking at a restaurant and decide to make a reservation at the said restaurant, your phone can directly connect you with the push of a button. The Yelp app is available in English, Dutch, French and German. Yelp is available for the leading smart phones like Black- Berry, iPhone and iPod Touch, Android, Palm Pre, Yelp Mobile and Windows Phone 7. Recently, Yelp caused a stir amongst food lovers as an iPad app due to the large screen for viewing dishes from different restaurants.

Whether on the go, traveling out of town or just yearning to learn more about what is in your community, the versatile Yelp app is perfect for you.

Photos courtesy of yelp.com