About Us

AreaFavs Exists to help small restaurant owners to market + connect with the right audience & do so in an affordable way.

People are used to looking up restaurants online. Those interested in trying new restaurants are either staring at a new one and wondering, or they’re seeking out one online. AreaFavs allows small restaurants to connect with potential new customers easily in both ways. We provide a QR tag for restaurants to place on their window or door, to determine if the restaurant someone sees in front of them is one of interest based on their favored dishes. That QR code leads to a site page that offers additional details, which then simultaneously allows them to compete with others in the market. But the truth: ever restaurant has it’s “best of” and that alone allows them to not only compete, but be appreciated AND can bring in the right audience looking for those exact dishes. An easier connection, with easy of use and complete affordability is an great win-win-win combo!

Statistics indicate that the majority of Americans really do appreciate trying new restaurants, but statistics also show us few actually do it. Even though Americans are often taking 2.5 domestic trips a year where they’re immersed in new surroundings, the number of new restaurants they try is close to the same number. Much of the population is tired from either decision fatigue OR “analysis paralysis” where the amount of information thrown at them is overwhelming them, to the poin they just won’t make a decision. Most of us can relate! AreaFavs believes this is what happens when reviews are what people use for decision-making, or there are too many options. For this reason, we allow restaurant “regulars” in the area to indicate their favorites and then the restaurant can showcase photos of those options alone – because we’ve all known since childhood that pictures help.

Our Purpose

Here’s What Shapes Us

Just like the restaurants we aim to serve, we need the general public to help us grow by not only using our site, but in sharing this site with their favorite area small restaurants PLUS then engaging in their yearly polls after they do participate.

RESTAURANT REGULARS

We know those who start a restaurant do so because they have a passion for a certain atmosphere + style of food. There’s a lot of money, time and effort placed in having started such a business, yet statistically many restaurants fail (sometimes even our favorites!). Let us help!

RESTAURANT PARTICIPANTS

When in a new area – do what the locals do, right?! We’re here to help travelers decide which of the local “favs” in that area’s new restaurants they try, and then indicate on our site you’ve found the page helpful, or if you find yourself in front of a restaurant with an AreaFavs tag, scan the QR code

TRAVELERS

Lorem Many small restaurants, especially in smaller cities would love to know that using this service will be a benefit. We maintain a count of the number of times an area is requested, and when contacting anyone in that area we can mention it. You can help us help them, to then help you by going here

THOSE WHO KNOW THIS INFO WILL HELP IN A NEW AREA

If you found a restaurant and their Top 5 Favs to help you decide to try their restaurant, PLEASE be sure to share this with the restaurant. They won’t know unless you tell them. Whether it was the AreaFavs tag with the QR code they displayed or the photos on our site that got you to narrow down your choice – let them know!

RESTAURANT NEWCOMERS

We seek out new participants and offer significant discounts for new participants as well as once a year sales through area chambers of commerce and Small Business Associations. **But, rather than requiring a paying membership, the SBA and chambers are given offers they can relay through word-of-mouth, so all you need to do is ask them about it. (Any questions, email us: connections@