What is Spin or Starve?

Spin or Starve is a free random restaurant picker for groups that have proven they cannot be trusted with the decision. Enter a ZIP code and it loads real restaurants near you onto a spinning wheel. Spin it. Eat there. That’s the entire system, and it works better than whatever your office is currently doing.

How it works

Type a ZIP or a city — or just tap the 📍 button and let your phone do it — and the wheel fills itself with the closest restaurants — real places, real names. Don’t like the lineup? “Different spots” deals the next batch from the area. Spin with the button, or grab the wheel and flick it; it has real momentum and lands where physics says. Hit “Take me there” for directions, or the delivery buttons if leaving the building is off the table.

Built for the office standoff

It’s 11:45. Someone says “I don’t care, you pick,” which is a lie. Someone else suggests the place everyone secretly hates. This continues until 12:30, at which point the group eats at the same place as always, resentfully. Spin or Starve replaces that ritual: load the local spots, drop the link in the group chat, and let one spin end the negotiation. Everyone opens the same wheel from the same link — no app, no accounts, no “I’ll circle back.”

Is it really random?

Yes — every slice has an equal shot, and a flick lands wherever momentum says it lands. The wheel doesn’t have favorites. It has opinions about you, sure, but the spin itself is clean. If it lands somewhere you refuse to go, there’s a button for that — and the wheel keeps score.