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Voted block by block.
TBWE is a community-written field guide to what's worth your time. Pizza, coffee, donuts, dives, dispensaries, tattoo shops, comedy clubs, ranked by the people who live on the block.
We don't take money for placements. We don't run sponsored spots. We don't publish lists written by freelancers who flew in for 48 hours. Every rank is earned one upvote at a time by readers who vouched for a place because they eat there, drink there, or send their friends there.
Issue 01 is New Jersey, the state most underrated by the national press and most overrated by the people who live here. We started here because it's home. We'll expand city by city as the ranking gains traction.
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Crowd-sourced
Spots are nominated by readers. Anyone can add a favorite. No account required.
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Upvote-only
No downvote button. A spot either earns a vote or it doesn't. The ranking updates hourly.
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Brand-claimable
Owners can claim their page after the fact, Yelp-style, but can't pay to reorder the list.
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