google local search results in XML/JSON format

I would like to issue a local search on Google maps (e.g. list of restaurants for a given location), and I would like to get the (Restaurants data) data b开发者_如何学运维ack in JSON/XML or other similar format. What's the best way to do it?

Thanks!

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I found this http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/#center_localsearch if it helps