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Access bets people will pay thousands of dollars a year for guaranteed restaurant reservations
Once, not long ago, booking a table at a hot new restaurant didn't entail a midnight dash to Resy. Truly, we didn't know how good we had it then.
After the two friends, who’d met in college as tennis rivals, reconnected in NYC over jobs in finance (and a professed love for the city’s culinary scene), they started brainstorming ways to offer guaranteed reservations at destination restaurants. “Access can seamlessly pass [this] to their front-of-house employees … We partner directly with leading restaurants and hospitality groups to pre-secure tables exclusively for our customer base on a nightly basis.” In addition to pop-up events for members, Access is exploring more personalized restaurant services, a la booking startup Blackbird, and plotting growth into nightlife venues like lounges.
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