diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b40bbf..561b693 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,15 @@ Now install the API's dependencies by 'cd'-ing into the root of the repository a
 pnpm install
 ```
 
-Start your local database with `pnpm db:start`, `pnpm db:push` (if this is your first time) and then start the server with `pnpm dev` and it should work, assuming you have the correct env variables. (To see the contents of the database, I recommend using DBeaver. You can also run `pnpm db:studio` to start up drizzle studio)
+Then start your local database with (assuming you have the correct env variables)
+
+```bash
+pnpm db:start
+pnpm db:push # if this is your first time running the db
+pnpm dev
+```
+
+To see the contents of the database, I recommend using DBeaver. You can also run `pnpm db:studio` to start up drizzle studio
 
 ## Database schema changes (important!)
 
diff --git a/src/db/dbQueryUtils.ts b/src/db/dbQueryUtils.ts
index 9315a26..e48e52f 100644
--- a/src/db/dbQueryUtils.ts
+++ b/src/db/dbQueryUtils.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+import { avg, sql } from "drizzle-orm";
 import {
   externalIdToInternalIdTable,
   emailTable,
   locationDataTable,
   overwritesTable,
   specialsTable,
+  starReviewTable,
   timeOverwritesTable,
   timesTable,
   weeklyTimeOverwritesTable,
@@ -183,6 +185,19 @@ export class QueryUtils {
     return { idToPointOverrides, idToWeeklyOverrides };
   }
 
+  async getRatingsAvgs() {
+    const ratingsAvgs = await this.db
+      .select({
+        // <number> only declares it to be a number, we explicitly cast it to a num
+        starRating: sql`cast(${avg(starReviewTable.starRating)} as decimal(2,1))`.mapWith(Number),
+        locationId: starReviewTable.locationId,
+      })
+      .from(starReviewTable)
+      .groupBy(starReviewTable.locationId);
+
+    return Object.fromEntries(ratingsAvgs.map((e) => [e.locationId, e.starRating]));
+  }
+
   async getEmails(): Promise<{ name: string; email: string }[]> {
     const result = await this.db
       .select({
diff --git a/src/db/getLocations.ts b/src/db/getLocations.ts
index f73046b..7ea4bff 100644
--- a/src/db/getLocations.ts
+++ b/src/db/getLocations.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export async function getAllLocationsFromDB(db: DBType, today: DateTime<true>) {
   const { idToPointOverrides, idToWeeklyOverrides } = await DB.getTimeOverrides(
     timeSearchCutoff.toSQLDate(),
   );
+  const ratingsAvgs = await DB.getRatingsAvgs();
 
   // apply overrides, merge all time intervals, and add specials
   const finalLocationData = Object.entries(locationIdToData).map(
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ export async function getAllLocationsFromDB(db: DBType, today: DateTime<true>) {
         //       time.end
         //     ).toLocaleString()}`
         // ),
+        ratingsAvg: ratingsAvgs[id] ?? null,
         todaysSoups: specials[id]?.soups ?? [],
         todaysSpecials: specials[id]?.specials ?? [],
       };
diff --git a/src/endpoints/reviews.ts b/src/endpoints/reviews.ts
index 7198609..c5b1120 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/reviews.ts
+++ b/src/endpoints/reviews.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ reviewEndpoints
           buckets: t.Array(t.Number(), {
             example: [0, 1, 0, 4, 12, 4],
             description:
-              "Count of ratings of star rating [{.5},{1,1.5},{2,2.5},{3,3.5},{4,4.5},{5}",
+              "Count of ratings of star rating [{.5},{1,1.5},{2,2.5},{3,3.5},{4,4.5},{5}]",
           }),
         }),
         tagData: t.Array(
diff --git a/src/endpoints/schemas.ts b/src/endpoints/schemas.ts
index 6ccf14b..e053e4e 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/schemas.ts
+++ b/src/endpoints/schemas.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export const LocationSchema = t.Object({
 
   name: t.Nullable(t.String({ examples: ["Schatz"] })),
   location: t.String(),
+  ratingsAvg: t.Nullable(t.Number()),
   shortDescription: t.Nullable(t.String()),
   description: t.String(),
   url: t.String(),
diff --git a/tests/database.test.ts b/tests/database.test.ts
index dbce728..78a5ef1 100644
--- a/tests/database.test.ts
+++ b/tests/database.test.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const locationIn: ILocation = {
 const locationOut = {
   id: "DYNAMICALLY GENERATED, replace with real id",
   name: "dbTest",
+  ratingsAvg: null,
   shortDescription: "hi",
   description: "description",
   url: "https://hi.com",