For bars, restaurants & cafés in the DC area
Become a Trusted Spot. Free.
DateDish helps daters verify who they're meeting and lock in the plan: venue, day and time. Trusted Spots are the places we point them to: public, well run, and ready to help if a date goes wrong. Founding partners are featured free.
We list you
Your venue gets its own page on datedish.com and a spot in our local dating safety guides, plus a small kit: table tents, a window decal and a restroom poster with your own QR code.We set it up together
Send us photos, hours, a short description and an optional first-date perk. We'll build your page and send it to you to approve.Daters find you
See how many people scan your QR codes. Founding Trusted Spots will be the first featured when date-spot suggestions launch in the DateDish app.
What makes a Trusted Spot
- Public, well lit and easy to reach by Metro or rideshare
- Staff ready to help a guest who feels unsafe (bystander-intervention training welcome; we can point you to free local options)
- Agree to a discreet help phrase daters can use with staff
- Keep the DateDish QR kit out, and sign our one-page partner pledge
Featured spots are chosen by location, fit and what daters say after their date. Placement is never for sale.
Already nominated in The DMV's Best First-Date Spots 2027? Trusted Spots that make the finals get the winner's decal and a feature across DateDish.
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