Become a featured partner

How it works

• Top placement in a single category list (Cocktail Bars, Pizza, Hidden Gems, etc.) for the partnership term.
• A small "Featured" mark on the listing, with a tooltip linking back to this page. Readers always know what is paid and what is editorial.
• The editorial copy stays ours. We write the description, the neighborhood note, and the "why" the way we would for any place we covered. You can suggest, you can correct facts; we hold the pen.
• One featured slot per category per month. So the list never becomes a stack of ads.
• We reserve the right to decline. Places that do not fit the editorial register — chain operators, dental practices, MLMs — get a polite no, even if the check would clear.
• No promises about traffic, rankings, or outcomes. We can tell you what the page got last month. We will not pretend to know what your booking calendar will do.

Pricing

Starts at $200 / month per featured category. Quarterly and seasonal packages available. We try to match the rate to the business — a neighborhood bakery and a downtown hotel are not the same conversation.

If you run a Twin Cities venue, restaurant, or shop and the rate works, we want to talk. If the rate doesn't, tell us what does — small operators we already cover get genuine consideration.

What we do not do

• Banner ads, display ads, third-party trackers, retargeting pixels.
• Sponsored content that pretends to be editorial.
• Paid reviews. We do not review places; we pick places we like.
• Affiliate links that go anywhere except OpenTable / Resy for actual reservations.
• Native ad networks, programmatic anything, or "content amplification."

To start

Email hello@bestofmpls.com with: which category, a few sentences about the business, what month you want to start, and any timing around your own seasonality (a patio in May; a soup-and-bourbon room in January). We will write back within a week.

bestofmpls.com is an independent, locally-owned editorial guide. The site exists because the metro deserves a recommendation surface that is not owned by a publishing conglomerate or a tourism board. Featured partnerships are how it stays that way.