This day has been in the works since last June, when a meeting with Know What app editor-in-chef Ben Adair resulted in three Food GPS-related guides for the locally minded app from parent company Escape Apps, all of which go live today. In total, Know What has 27 contributors and 1287 curated destinations in the Los Angeles and San Francisco metropolitan areas. The core app has 400 essential listings that draw from each of the 32 guides and costs $2.99. Know What also offers supplementary downloads that allow users to expand on specific interests. Instead of trudging through anything goes guides like Yelp, Know What only focuses on the best local experiences, which fits with what we’re trying to accomplish with Food GPS.

Prized Pig spotlights 40 top L.A. pork dishes. Global Eats Southern California touts 73 listings.

Global Eats Bay Area spotlights 40 NorCal restaurants, primarily in San Francisco, Silicon Valley and the East Bay. Each guide costs $1.99.

In Southern California, it’s great to be able to share bandwidth with guides like Drink Here: LA’s Best Craft Beer and Cocktail Bars by Caroline on Crack founder Caroline Pardilla, The Best OC Restaurants! By OC Weekly editor Gustavo Arellano, Discerning Dining For Accompanied Adults by Taster Tots LA founder Jessica Ritz, 50 Ways to Lose Your Mind, a guide to “the obscure, the absurd, and the perverse in Los Angeles,” by LA Bizarro, LA’s Best Hikes by Modern Hiker, and Top ’50s and ’60s Architecture by Los Angeles Conservancy. Their guides cost from $0.99 to $3.99, depending on the size, scope and subject matter.

In Northern California, guides include Essentially SF: The City’s Architectural Icons by SF Heritage, The City’s Best Cocktail Spots by Alcademics founder Camper English, SF’s Secret Gardens and Hidden Oases by San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association (SPUR) and Things in San Jose that Don’t Suck by Gary Singh.