I’ll keep it short and simple. Below is the location and the denial email. Is a grocery store restaurant not a valid location or am I doing something wrong?
Not ineligible, but this is going to be an extra hard one to get through. With “Various rejection criteria” it is hard to say what people were rejecting it for. A restaurant is already a hard nomination because you have to convince reviewers that it isn’t just a generic business, and then this one is inside a supermarket, which is also usually considered a generic business.
For a restaurant nomination, you really have to show that it is a GREAT place for being social or exploration, not just another place you can eat. Here is a guide on how to submit “hot spot” nominations:
Hotspot Nomination Guide
https://www.reddit.com/r/NianticWayfarer/wiki/hotspot
If you want to try again, maybe move some of your supporting information to the description to make sure people see why this place is worth the trip, and if there are any links you can find to prove this is beloved by the community and/or special to it, put them in the supporting section.
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I agree that this wasn’t sold very well, especially in the description, as a place meeting criteria. That’s the main issue I think most reviewers have with locally owned businesses is that the submitter doesn’t provide a really good description as to why it’s a great place to be social, or even a place to explore. Some reviewers also don’t feel like taking the time to look up the business online to see if it should be approved, and just outright reject it.
Provide a description that lets others know what foods they are known for. If you can find out the year they opened, that may be something to include, especially if they’ve been open for years, even decades.
Just for some examples, here are a couple local businesses I’ve gotten approved by the community. Before submitting them, I did some online research on them, which helped in crafting the descriptions.
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I’m not gonna lie to you this is a chain grocery store but I thought since it had a restaurant aspect it would be a decent place for a nomination. I appreciate the advice but maybe this one is just not worth trying.
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oh and i forgot to say welcome to the forum! hopefully you will find some easier things to submit.