1. A method for generating location-aware recommendations, the method comprising: receiving a search request that includes location data that identifies a current location of a user device; accessing user profile data for the user, the user profile data including a user interaction history of the user, the user interaction history comprising at least an explicit user input and an implicit user input, the explicit user input including at least a request to promote a place from among a first plurality of places, and the implicit user input including at least an indication that the user visited a web-site associated with the place from among the first plurality of places; extracting a first set of features from the first plurality of places, the first set of features including attributes of the first plurality of places; assigning a feature value to each feature among the first set of features, the feature value being based on the implicit user input and the explicit user input of the user, the assigning the feature value to each feature among the first set of features includes applying a first weighting factor to the explicit user input regarding the one or more of the first plurality of places, and a second weighting factor to the implicit input regarding the one or more of the first plurality of places; generating a feature matrix of the user based on the feature value of each feature among the first set of features; identifying a second plurality of places within a radius of the current location, the second plurality of places having a second set of features; generating a place graph of the user, the generating the place graph including projecting the feature matrix of the user onto the second set of features of the second plurality of places; identifying a place recommendation from among the second plurality of places based on the place graph that includes the feature value from the feature matrix; and communicating the place recommendation to the user.