I don’t know how many restaurants would be able to support this model. Who knows which restaurants would make it through this uncertain time?
I think many people would buy Howlin Rays fast passes, prepay for a Saturday 7pm table at Bestia/Majordomo or prepay for a Hayato bento box in August. I guess it’s just a different spin on buying gift cards.
Some high-end prix-fixe tasting menu restaurants have been using prepaid tickets for a while.
Yes. In the article they mentioned a restaurant in Seattle that extended the window to make prepaid reservations from 3 months to 6 months.
Do you remember the name?
Thanks. Sounds great. But WAY out of my price range. Gotta start playing that lottery 
We’re regular Seattle visitors and it pains me what they’re going through.