09-04-2015, 09:39 AM
(09-04-2015, 09:28 AM)Yvonne link Wrote:Alina's not a restaurant. It's an experience. You have to buy tickets in advance.
The tickets are really just a reservation. It's not any different from having to get on the French Laundry's site on a specific day, you just pay ahead of time. Lazy Bear, a fantastic new-ish restaurant in SF does the same thing as Alinea, and I wish it were more common because having to put up the cash ahead of time (and charging more for more desirable dates/times) makes everything more efficient for everyone.
The owner wrote a great blog post about this last year: http://website.alinearestaurant.com/2014...staurants/
