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Local Plate at a glance

Everything you need to write about Local Plate: the facts, short and long descriptions, founder bios, logos and who to contact.

Quick facts

What it is	A membership app for discovering independent restaurants, with a welcome perk on a member’s first visit to each partner.
Where	Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg, Florida
Founders	JT Silver and Robert Wilbur
Company	Local Plate LLC, based in St. Petersburg, Florida
Available on	iPhone, on the App Store [launch date]
For diners	Free to browse. The Community Pass ($5.99/month, 14-day free trial) unlocks first-visit perks and priority booking.
For restaurants	Independent restaurants only. Flat monthly fee, no commission on sales. Founding partners join free.
Website	localplate.app

About Local Plate

Short description

Local Plate is a membership app that helps diners in Tampa Bay and St. Pete discover independent restaurants, with a welcome perk on their first visit to each one.

Long description

Local Plate is a restaurant discovery and membership app for Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg, Florida. Members browse a curated list of independent restaurants and receive one welcome perk, such as a dessert, a starter or a house drink, on their first visit to each partner. After that, they return as regular guests. Restaurants pay a flat monthly fee with no commission on sales, choose their own perk, and see their results in a free partner app. Local Plate was founded by JT Silver and Robert Wilbur to help the independent restaurants that give a city its character find the new regulars they need.

The founders

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JT Silver & Robert Wilbur

JT Silver

Co-founder · Product

JT leads product and technology at Local Plate. A University of South Carolina finance graduate, he brings a background in fine-dining service to building tools for independent restaurants.

Robert Wilbur

Co-founder · Restaurant partnerships

Robert leads restaurant partnerships, working directly with owners across Tampa Bay and St. Pete to bring them onto Local Plate. [Add a line about Robert’s background.]