Get you membership right away - LOL

[Miigwech]

How the Race for Exclusivity Gave Rise to Private Restaurants
An affluent segment of diners has a growing appetite for members-only experiences.

You know to look for Johnson here because he’s at this same table at the same time every Thursday and Friday. And on any given week he may run into Bitcoin entrepreneurs, the assistant coach of an NBA championship team or the showrunner for an Emmy-winning sitcom. But he’s more than just a regular. He, like most of the people around him that night, has paid to make this his table every week.

Mason is semi-private, meaning the majority of people who dine there are members (whom the restaurant calls trustees) or their guests. The general public can come in and sit at the bar or snag a table here or there, but for the most part, this restaurant is a cloistered little enclave for the well-heeled in Los Angeles.

https://robbreport.com/food-drink/dining/private-restaurants-on-the-rise-across-the-country-2898759/

[Leith]

1. Okay, it's nice that they stay away from normal people

As for myself, I don't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member.

Take that!

[LonePirate]

2. I don't have any problems with this. They are like country clubs without the pretense of golf.

That being said, people will drop their memberships at some point and other people will join. Eventually the membership prices will drop or the memberships will be eliminated. Like so much in the world of restaurants, this is simply a trend that will pass.

[JDC]

3. The occassional Robb Report Magazine is guilty pleasre for me, I admit

Finding a spent Robb Report in the back of a SW air Seat back pocket is a treat. There is stuff in there that I had no idea existed.

I've been invited to dinner/supper clubs before. It's fun. Nothing like these of course....