Legal PolicyTerms of Service
Effective Date: August 3, 2026 • Last Updated: August 3, 2026
1. Acceptance of Terms
Welcome to Appleton Food (appletonfood.com). By accessing, reading, browsing, or interacting with our local culinary blog, restaurant guides, recipes, and dining directory, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, please discontinue use of the website.
2. Informational & Dining Disclaimer
Appleton Food provides independent reviews, local food recommendations, community guides, and culinary commentary focused on Outagamie County, Appleton, and the greater Fox Cities area.
Operating Hours & Prices: Restaurant operating hours, menu availability, pricing, weekly specials (including Friday Fish Frys and taproom lists), and contact details are accurate at the time of publication but are subject to change by business owners without notice.
Subjective Opinion: All dining reviews and editorial content reflect the honest personal opinions of our writers. We encourage readers to verify current operating status directly with individual establishments prior to visiting.
Information published on Appleton Food concerning ingredients, gluten-free options, vegetarian/vegan designations, or food allergen preparation is provided for general educational purposes only. We do not guarantee cross-contamination safety or ingredient accuracy at third-party venues. Patrons with severe food allergies or medical dietary restrictions must consult directly with kitchen staff and restaurant management before consuming food or drinks.
4. User-Generated Content & Community Guidelines
When submitting restaurant tips, comments, recipe feedback, or review suggestions to Appleton Food, you agree not to submit material that is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, fraudulent, or infringing upon third-party rights.
By submitting content to Appleton Food, you grant us a perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to publish, display, and share your feedback across our website and social channels. We reserve the right to moderate, edit, or remove comments at our sole discretion.
5. Intellectual Property & Copyright
All original written reviews, editorial guides, branding, logos, graphics, and custom code on Appleton Food are protected by copyright, trademark, and intellectual property laws. Unauthorized reproduction, automated scraping, or commercial republication of our original editorial content without prior written permission is strictly prohibited.
6. Restaurant Photo Indexing, OpenGraph Attribution & DMCA Safe Harbor
To help diners discover and preview local Fox Cities dining spots, Appleton Food indexes publicly declared metadata, including OpenGraph (og:image), Twitter Card, and Schema.org preview images published on official restaurant homepages.
Nominative Fair Use & Direct Attribution: Business imagery is displayed solely to preview, identify, and link directly back to the featured establishment. All trademarks, business names, logos, and original photographs remain the exclusive property of their respective business owners or creators.
Royalty-Free Fallbacks: Category fallback visuals (e.g. general pizza, supper club, or taproom photos) are sourced under royalty-free, public domain Creative Commons (CC0) / Unsplash licenses.
Fast-Track Photo Removal & Replacement: If you are a restaurant owner, manager, or photographer and wish to replace an image with your official high-res shot, or request immediate removal of an image, email us at [email protected] or use our Submit / Update Spot form. We honor all verified removal requests within 24 to 48 hours.
7. Third-Party Links, Map Tiles & Geospatial Services
Our pages may contain links to external restaurant websites, online reservation platforms, menu services, delivery providers, and third-party geospatial services:
- Map Tiles & Cartography: Interactive map visual styles and raster basemap tiles are provided courtesy of CARTO (© CARTO) and OpenStreetMap contributors (© OpenStreetMap).
- Geospatial Entity Data: Geographic points of interest and regional boundary data incorporate datasets from Overture Maps Foundation (licensed under CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and OpenStreetMap (licensed under the Open Database License / ODbL).
- External Venues: Appleton Food does not control, endorse, or assume responsibility for the content, privacy practices, or operating status of external third-party websites or services linked from our directory.
7. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Appleton Food and its creators shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from your use of or inability to use this website, or from your reliance on any information, food recommendation, or third-party service mentioned herein.
Questions or Legal Inquiries?
If you have questions regarding these Terms of Service or wish to request content updates for your Fox Valley dining business, please email us directly:
[email protected]