The website is a compendium of all the coffee shops I've visited in the metro Atlanta area over the last five years + dozens more in the travel section. The monetization angles I have tried include the Membership (reader-supported) model and the Sponsorship (company/brand) model (with a nod to Packy McCormick's Not Boring newsletter for the "Deep Dive" approach, which I am a big fan of). Coffee shops may also post paid ads to barista jobs on the "job board" section of the site.
I wrote more about publishing content online, monetization strategies, and more in a recent blog post, for those curious [2].
I recognize that this forum is more focused on products, but I think some would appreciate the effort in trying to scale a blog/website with incremental products/services available to a dedicated audience.
[1] https://atlantacoffeeshops.com [2] https://www.atlantacoffeeshops.com/blog/a-brief-update-on-th...