Today's the day. BlackBoard is live across the Kingston and Richmond boroughs, and it's free. Open the app and you'll see a live map of what's on around you right now: food deals, drink offers, happy hours and live events at the pubs, bars and restaurants nearby.
Every local deal, in one place
The best offers were always out there. The trouble was finding them. You'd trawl through venue websites, scroll Instagram and hope to catch a happy hour before it ended. BlackBoard brings food deals, drink offers and events into a single live map, refreshing in real time, every day of the week.
It works whether you're planning Friday weeks ahead or deciding where to go in the next forty minutes. Spontaneous or organised, the board updates the moment a venue has something on.
What's on the board
- Food deals — set menus, two-for-one mains and kitchen specials.
- Drink offers — happy hours, discounted cocktails, wine by the glass and end-of-night pints.
- Events and nights out — quiz nights, DJs, live music and comedy.
- Same-day drops — last-minute offers from venues filling the floor or clearing the kitchen.
"We didn't want a coupon book. We wanted a board that updates the moment a venue has space, surplus or something worth shouting about."
Built for independents
Nearly 50 venues are on board for launch, with founding members including 7000 Jars of Beer, the much-loved micro pub in Kingston. They're exactly the kind of independent spot BlackBoard is built for: real character, real people and offers worth leaving the house for.
We're talking to the big chains too, but the focus is local. That's where you find the hidden gems, and that's where a quiet Tuesday makes the biggest difference.
Good for venues, good for waste
For venues, BlackBoard fills quieter nights and helps cut waste. Got a few portions of seabass that need to move tonight? Put it on the board rather than the bin. It's a flat monthly subscription with no commission and no per-cover fees, plus analytics so operators can see exactly what's landing.
Where we go next
Kingston and Richmond are home turf and the perfect test bed: a dense cluster of independents along the river, strong weekday and weekend trade, universities, sports teams and a crowd that loves going out close to home. If it works here, we want to bring BlackBoard to the rest of London and beyond.
Download BlackBoard today, and never miss a good night out again.
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