Advertise with the Registry
Half of my audience watches from the neighborhoods where these restaurants operate. The other half moved away and is homesick. Both halves are hungry, and both halves trust the spreadsheet because it has never been for sale.
Audience
Maryland-first: Baltimore, Annapolis, the Eastern Shore, Ocean City, Southern Maryland. Updated 2026-09-04. Site analytics available on request once the new site launches.
Inventory
| Placement | Where it appears | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Regional Sponsor | Every restaurant profile in a region (Baltimore, Annapolis, Eastern Shore…) and that region's rankings page. | Monthly |
| Featured Nearby — Sponsored | A labeled card on a specific restaurant's profile, beside (never inside) the editorial nearby picks. | Monthly |
| Dispatch Presenting Sponsor | "Presented by" on the weekly Maryland Food Dispatch email and its permanent web archive. | Per issue / monthly |
| Dispatch Inline | A labeled block inside an issue, between the Bowl of the Week and the events. | Per issue |
| Featured Event | A labeled event card in the Crab Files and the Dispatch events table. | Per event |
| Map Sponsor | A labeled placement under the interactive map. | Monthly |
The policy
Ads may buy visibility. Ads may never buy score or ranking position. Every sponsored placement is labeled "Sponsored," sits in its own dashed box, and links out through a tracked /go/ link. The ranking code cannot see sponsors — it is not a rule we follow, it is a thing the software is incapable of doing.
Restaurants may sponsor. Restaurants may not sponsor their own score. A sponsored restaurant's profile shows the sponsorship and the score, separately, both truthfully.
Inquire
Rates are quoted case by case — tell me what you'd like to sponsor, where, and for how long. Campaigns have start and end dates, and expired placements retire themselves.