Gael Greene bought her way into Momofuku Ko last night, but that's not where this gets interesting. It turns out we were at Ko last night, too (legit resy, secured online). So, let's play What If. What If...Gael Greene was the person who took Tom up on his offer of a seat at Ko in exchange for covering the tab. What if, despite sending it around to every blog in NY, Tom didn't get any takers initially and then canceled his resy. But, what if Gael then came calling at the last minute and Tom decided to pretend he still had the resy?
In they walk to Ko—rather, What if, in they walk to Ko, where they insist the system made a mistake (important admin note: the system doesn't make mistakes—anymore). What if, Gael still unrecognized, they do get seated and threw the whole machine into Defcon 5—Drew, chief of Momo Ops, showed up, Chang hurried to a secure bunker, etc.—and, worst of all, the poor couple who had snagged a last minute resy at Ko had to sit at a makeshift table up front. But, then, what if Gael and Tom's meal was comped. What if the house said: "If the confusion was our fault, please accept our apologies. If you tried to sneak your way into Ko, we don't want your money." [EaterWire]
It's been two hours since the Momofuku Ko online reservations system went live. In these 120 minutes—that none of us are ever getting back—there have been incredible highs and crushing lows as some have scored week-one reservations and others have been pounding their browser refresh buttons only to meet with the kind of frustration usually associated with logging onto ticketmaster.com during an early morning ticket release.
Updates on the state of affairs at http://reservations.momofuku.com will continue throughout the day. For now, things remain extremely dicey. As confirmed by Ko officials, who have relocated to their situation room, located roughly 300 feet directly below Momofuku SSam Bar, there are still reservations available, but password protection and site access remains intermittent.
· Ko-BOOM: The Resy Site is Live [~E~]
The Momofuku Ko resysystem will go live in the next 90 seconds. Kidding. We're told the system is still being tested and tweaked. It is now safe to get some lunch, walk the dog, what have you, as the site is not repeat is not going live in the next couple of hours. And...exhale. [MomoWire]
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Gael Greene bought her way into Momofuku Ko last night, but that's not where this gets interesting. It turns out we were at Ko last night, too (legit resy, secured online). So, let's play What If. What If...Gael Greene was the person who took Tom up on his offer of a seat at Ko in exchange for covering the tab. What if, despite sending it around to every blog in NY, Tom didn't get any takers initially and then canceled his resy. But, what if Gael then came calling at the last minute and Tom decided to pretend he still had the resy?
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