👋 LA fam! Starting today, you can check in and pay with Blackbird and earn $FLY at 50+ of LA's best restaurants across Santa Monica and Venice. From icons like Gjelina and Felix Trattoria to favorites like RVR, Beethoven Market, and Milo & Olive, LA's most celebrated tables are now part of the Blackbird network. To see all of our current LA spots, open your Blackbird app and set your map to Los Angeles, CA. You'll earn $FLY every time you check in and pay — and you can spend those points at any Blackbird spot across the country, from Venice Beach to Brooklyn. Restaurant lovers unite.

Mr. Leventhal Goes To Washington

"We are making progress — more than 2,500 restaurants have signed up to use Blackbird and we expect to process close to $100M in payments this year." @benleventhal's fully remarks to @HouseSmallBiz are worth the read.

“Restaurants may struggle with customer acquisition and retention, but, @benleventhal notes, there are few spaces in which people are more passionate about what they’re consuming. ‘People waiting hours in line for pancakes, thousands of people on waiting lists for burger joints, people willing to travel literally around the world for a meal that year is transcendent,’ he says. ‘There aren’t many other settings where people have such an insatiable appetite—forgive the pun—for a product or service.’ Read the full story on @Inc: bit.ly/3Jzbf2b