Supporting OpenStreetMap properly will take many steps (integrated maps for picking review subjects, search by location, etc.), but a first small step is now complete: lib.reviews pulls the labels for review subjects directly from OpenStreetMap for any subject with an OSM way or node URL. For example, this restaurant has an OpenStreetMap link associated with it. If you click the link to OSM, you’ll notice that the name (“Hareburger”) is a property there. We are updating these names for items with OSM URLs every 24 hours.

Next up will be support for opening hours, which are already included for many businesses in OpenStreetMap, and which are an essential property for restaurant reviews.