Here is a thing I have done a startling number of times: a friend texts a reservation, I open Blackbird to see if it's there, switch to inKind to check the same place, then squint at a third app to make sure I'm not missing 5% back somewhere else. By the time I've finished cross-checking, the maître d' has already seated us and I'm pretending to read the wine list with a cold sweat.

That's the small, stupid problem the NYC Loyalty Map is built to solve. One screen. Every NYC restaurant on Blackbird or inKind, color-coded by which ones overlap. Search by name and the map flies to the pin and tells you, in plain chips, where you stand.

What's on it

As of this morning the map covers 1,407 NYC restaurants — 716 on Blackbird, 906 on inKind, and 116 quietly on both. That overlap number is the one I find most interesting. It is also the number that's hardest to discover any other way, because neither platform particularly wants to advertise it.

How to use it

Three ways, in increasing order of sophistication:

1. Type a name.

The search bar at the top of the panel is the fastest move. Half a name is usually enough — type "carbone," "via car," or just "luge" and the map will fly to the pin and tell you, in two small chips, which platforms it's on. If it's on both, the marker turns gold and gets a star. If it's on neither, the map says so out loud instead of pretending.

2. Toggle a filter.

Click the Blackbird or inKind row in the panel to hide that platform. The clusters update live. Want to see only the inKind-and-Blackbird overlap? Hide everything that isn't both. (There are a lot of restaurants on inKind. Filtering it down is the move.)

3. Browse a neighborhood.

Zoom in on the West Village or Williamsburg and the gold clusters tell you something the platforms' own apps can't: where the dense pockets of overlap are. Greenpoint and the West Village punch above their weight. Midtown does not.

Where the data comes from

Both platforms publish the data — they just don't make it easy to look at side-by-side. Blackbird's directory comes straight from the same API their own member app uses. inKind's comes from the public map endpoint that powers their Explore page. No accounts needed, no scraping anyone's private list. The map is updated whenever I re-run the fetcher — for now, weekly.

What it doesn't have (yet)

Seated. The original Seated rewards app was acquired and rebranded in 2024, and the current consumer app has no public web catalog — it's app-only. Adding it would mean either reverse-engineering the mobile API or a manual hand-curation of NYC partners. If enough of you ask, I'll do the manual list and update.

Open the map

→ Open the NYC Loyalty Map

It works on phones, but it really comes alive on a laptop where you can pan and search side-by-side with your reservation tab open. Tell me what's broken, what's missing, and which restaurant you wish was on both.

Common questions

Is [restaurant] on Blackbird or inKind?

Open the NYC Loyalty Map and type the restaurant name in the search bar. The answer comes back as small chips under the restaurant entry: Blackbird, inKind, or ★ On both. If neither program covers it, the map says so out loud instead of pretending.

How many NYC restaurants are on both Blackbird and inKind?

As of May 2026, 116 NYC restaurants appear on both Blackbird and inKind. Total NYC coverage: 716 on Blackbird, 906 on inKind, 1,407 unique restaurants across the two.

Does the NYC Loyalty Map include Seated?

No. The consumer Seated app was acquired in 2024 (now owned by Youpik Inc., bundle com.voco) and no longer has a public web catalog — everything is in the mobile app. There's no clean way to add it without reverse-engineering the app, which I'm not doing. If that changes I'll add it.

How often is the map updated?

The Blackbird and inKind data is refreshed by re-running the fetcher — for now, roughly weekly. Both platforms' restaurant rosters change in small ways every few weeks (new openings, the occasional closure), so a stale day-or-two view is rare.

Where does the data come from?

Both platforms expose their restaurant directories through public endpoints that their own apps use. Blackbird's directory comes from api.blackbird.xyz/v1 (the same API their member iOS app calls). inKind's directory comes from app.inkind.com/api/v5/map — the endpoint that powers their public Explore page. No accounts are required, no member-only data is scraped.

Can I use the map to plan a stack?

Yes. Filter to "both platforms," pick a neighborhood, and you have a list of restaurants where you can run inKind's 20% cashback on top of a Blackbird tap and any AmEx Offers loaded for the night. The article on stacking three layers on one check covers the technique end-to-end.