Listing
Free always
Every locally owned place gets one.
- Claim it and fix anything that's wrong
- Answer reviews with an Owner mark on your name
- Send your own photos: they replace your matchbook cover
- A monthly email: saves, stamps and reviews
For restaurants, bars & coffee shops
Be the place Birmingham saves for Friday.
People here don't scroll past ads. They save places to try, make their own lists (“Date night,” “Vestavia,” “Cheap eats”) and let Surprise me pick from them. Your listing is free, and your spot in the list is never for sale. That's why being on it means something.
How people find you here
- 01
They save you
“Want to try” is a promise to visit. You'll see how many people in town have you on theirs.
- 02
Surprise me picks you
Members build lists by occasion, price and neighborhood. When they can't decide, we pick from those lists. Weighted by love, never by money.
- 03
Their friends see it
Every stamp and review, photos included, lands in their friends' feeds. Word of mouth, written down.
Your photos change everything
A place without photos gets one of our matchbook covers. Send us yours (the room, the dish, the people) and you become the mouth-watering cover in every list, every feed, and every Surprise me that lands on you. It's free on every listing. We only use photos you send or say yes to.
Options
Partner
$39 a month
Look your best, and know what it's doing for you.
- Everything in Listing
- Pick your cover and the order of your photos
- Post specials and events on your page, marked “From the owner”
- A monthly report: saves, stamps, lists you're on, Surprise me landings, directions taps
Featured
$99 a month
Be seen first by people already looking for you.
- Everything in Partner
- The Sponsored card at the top of Explore for your kind of food or your part of town (one each, at most)
- One Featured post a month in the For you feed, with your photo
- Always labeled Sponsored. Never in rankings, awards or Surprise me
Plate Invites, coming soon. Host a table of Birmingham's Trusted reviewers (people other diners already follow for their reviews) for a tasting. Every review from an invited visit says “Invited” at the top and never counts toward your score, so it's honest and it's legal. Get on the early list.
Not a restaurant? Local banks, markets and makers can present The Thursday Plate (one sponsor at a time, “Presented by” on the email and the front page) or a seasonal trail. Ask us.
What we promise diners, and you
- Nobody pays to rank. Lists sort by love, rating, distance or A to Z. Never by money.
- Paid is labeled. Anything paid says Sponsored or “Presented by” right next to it.
- Reviews are off-limits. Owners can answer them, never buy, edit, hide or reorder them.
- Surprise me is never for sale. It picks from what people chose, weighted by how loved a place is.
Get in touch
Claim your place, send photos, ask about an option, or tell us a listing is closed or wrong. A person writes back.