Every queer milestone happens around a table — and this community doesn't have customers in hospitality, it has regulars. Partner with Pink Media for the most comprehensive yet targeted reach into the LGBTQ+ dining and wine community. A focused, two-fold approach built for restaurants, wineries, beverage brands, and hospitality groups.
The Opportunity
There are a variety of ways in which we can market to the LGBTQ+ food and wine community — from the brunch economy and the wine-club class to cocktail-culture loyalists, the sober-curious wave, food-scene explorers, and the celebration bookers who fill private dining rooms. Partner with Pink Media for the most comprehensive yet targeted reach into the highly-coveted LGBTQ+ consumer, with a focus in the world of LGBTQ+ Food & Wine. Our campaigns are two-fold.
First, we focus on getting your message and story out to a hyper-targeted LGBTQ+ audience online via traditional online advertising, mobile apps, video advertising, and more. Second, we get your message out via strategically-placed social media posts, both organically and utilizing paid social media advertising — tapping into the strong LGBTQ+ food & wine communities on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, X and more.
This includes both social media hyper-targeted advertising and our #ILoveGay Network, now reaching over 1.5 million LGBTQ+ followers — where food and drink posts are among the community's highest-volume social genres. Our success metrics are based on the visibility and performance we provide: impressions, reach, click-throughs, and engagement.
Our Campaign Framework
A comprehensive strategy that reaches the LGBTQ+ food & wine community through paid advertising channels AND organic social amplification — simultaneously.
We focus on getting your message and story out to a hyper-targeted LGBTQ+ audience online via traditional online advertising, mobile apps, video advertising, and more.
On the programmatic ad exchange, we layer food & wine data selects — dining, wine-club, cocktail and culinary-travel interest — onto LGBTQ+ websites, and geo-target down to the ZIP code around your rooms, tasting rooms, feeder neighborhoods, and event weekends.
For advanced placements, we utilize Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) technology — serving brand films and menu launches within LGBTQ+ households on all smart devices, including Connected TVs (CTV).
We tap into the online conversations and communities on your brand's behalf — amplifying your dishes, pours, chefs and events within LGBTQ+ food & wine communities on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, X and more.
This includes both social media hyper-targeted advertising and our #ILoveGay social media network — now reaching over 1.5 million followers — paired with queer chefs, winemakers, and food creators for the trust transfer that turns a table into a tradition.
From Dining Out For Life and Gay Wine Weekend to drag brunch and Pride food programming, we help your brand show up where the community already gathers — with the cause connection this audience rewards.
The community's favorite table — and the market set around it. Our editorial summary covers the queer table economy, queer-owned restaurants, the lesbian bar rebound (21 → 36), Gay Wine Weekend, spirits and beverage brands, the queer food renaissance, and the food-as-care tradition — with a full report available to buy or subscribe.
Targeting Capabilities
Pink Media's programmatic food & wine targeting platform comes ready with built-in features that go far beyond standard LGBTQ+ advertising.
Targeting based on a wide variety of data selects & interests — including dining-out, wine-club, cocktail-culture, and culinary-travel signals.
Target and report by any region — country, state, DMA, ZIP code, or hyperlocal radius around restaurants, tasting rooms, and event weekends.
Integrations with most major data providers — including L2, TargetSmart, i360, Tunnl, Aristotle, and more. Layer on exactly the right audience signals.
Built-in campaign feature to adhere to the Digital Advertising Alliance's (DAA) rules & regulations — compliant by default.
Real-World Targeting Examples
These examples illustrate a sampling of what we can offer. Campaigns are monitored and custom-tailored to remove underperforming placements and double down on what's working.
The Data Behind LGBTQ+ Dining
A snapshot from CMI's LGBTQ Community Survey dining and wine research — the dataset behind the LGBTQ+ Food & Wine Market Guide.
LGBTQ+ consumers command roughly $1.4 trillion in spending power, over-index on dining out and wine, and treat restaurants and bars as social infrastructure.
Lesbian bars climbed from ~21 in 2020 to 36 — the clearest proof that community demand rebuilds what markets abandon, and the new wave is food-forward.
Get the room right and the community makes it their living room — booking weddings, birthdays and Sunday rituals there for a decade, and evangelizing every visit.
Source: Community Marketing & Insights (CMI), 12th Annual LGBTQ Community Survey. For the full picture, read the LGBTQ+ Food & Wine Market Guide.
Pink Media brings 30 years of LGBTQ+ marketing expertise to food, wine and hospitality — reaching the community's most loyal regulars for restaurants, wineries, beverage brands and hospitality groups, 24/7, 365 days per year. We work with any budget, starting at $1,500 per month.
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