LA's toughest restaurant reservations, and how to win

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorLos Angeles restaurants are closing left and right, yet the hottest dining rooms are so booked you'd think the whole town was out to dinner, the New York Post reports.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOne of them, n/naka, seats twenty-six guests across two seatings a night, and reservations drop on Tock every Sunday at ten a.m. for the week a month ahead.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI'm giving the booking process a seven. Deposits are final and non-refundable, so dinner starts with a receipt and no food.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA nine. The no-show policy charges the full dinner price per person, and I'd call that a deeply committed guest experience.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNine? Nobody has eaten there. I'd just like to know who the chair is paying.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe chair is fully paid, Chip, so the chair is fine.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAlso Hayato has seven seats at a counter, and most openings reportedly come from cancellations.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSeven seats, and most openings are cancellations. So the best table in town is somebody else's bad Thursday.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOkay, confession. My lunch was three almonds and a sparkling water I told everyone was a cleanse. Chat, what's your saddest desk lunch?

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMine was a granola bar eaten over my keyboard, and I didn't get a deposit back either.