Ben Leventhal

Ben Leventhal is the co-founder and former CEO of Resy, as well as the co-founder of Eater.


Talking About Paid Reservations

Resy on A1 of the NY Times: Getting a Good Table by Flicking an App, Not Greasing a Palm [NY…

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Five Days In

Resy has been open for business for five days, beginning last Wednesday, June 11, 2014. We’ve booked 53 reservations at…

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Flow Chart: Getting into Locanda Verde (or Any Other Great Restaurant, for that Matter)

We talked to Hillary Dixler at Eater about Resy yesterday. Here’s a snippet from Gary: “I think there’s a mis-notion…

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This is What Restaurant Buzz Looks Like to An Economist

The late Gary Becker, an economist at the University of Chicago, explored the notion of social influence on restaurant pricing in this paper,…

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You’re Clicking Around Our Website; That’s Good. Here’s some thinking behind what we’re doing.

Big city restaurants have been an island of technological stall for a long time. We can count on one hand —…

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