@yourbrainonmoney: On reservation culture, tierfication, and why optimizing every experience is making us lonelier. #TikTokLearningCampaign #LearnOnTikTok
I mean this is a good theory for any other city but NY. There are restaurants here that are not on any tik tok, always making money, years of regulars and new, and no lines or res. Like TONS of them. I’ve lived here my whole life , and I never, including these days, have a problem going out and being spontaneous
2026-04-12 11:53:09
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Katie :
I made two purchases in two places in the village yesterday & had to walk by john’s pizza on bleecker on the way there and back. it had …. TWO queues … in EACH direction. guys. it’s PIZZA. in NEW YORK CITY. what is going ON
2026-04-12 17:09:07
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Brian Tan :
I love to bar/restaurant hop. But reservation culture killed it.
2026-04-12 01:44:44
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hannah :
clock it!! the best pizza/bagel/coffee in nyc is the one closest to you that takes 5 minutes not the one that made you queue for an hour
2026-04-12 18:36:02
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meghan :
This is a hugeeeee issue in Boston. Everything new that opens up is like lab built for social media, impossible to get into, and it usually kinda sucks….AND it just shuts down in a couple years when the hype dies down.
2026-04-12 11:40:03
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Ian Bentley :
We just opened a no reservation Japanese restaurant in Hells Kitchen called Tachi! We love spontaneous nights 👯♀️
2026-04-12 23:52:13
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PipandPa :
Omg I lived in ny 2012-2018 in my 20s this would have been so annoying we used to just hang out have fun bar hop grab dinner I don’t understand why everything is so crazy now?!!!
2026-04-12 13:23:10
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anonymous :
I am so glad they talk about how it ruins spontaneity. Whenever I want to have fun I just stumble into places, and thats become increasingly difficult nowadays 😭 but when I do it those are always my best finds
2026-04-11 20:39:05
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seltzerislife :
we had instagram hot spots from 2012-2019 but it was NEVERRRR this bad,
2026-04-16 01:36:08
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R M :
I absolutely refuse to wait in a line more than 5 minutes unless it's a ticketed event or something I absolutely need. I've left my usual coffee shop by my job because the line was too long.
2026-04-12 12:51:28
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Msarabellefox2.0 :
They just need to stop standing in line for branded bagels. Stop blindly following the hype.
2026-04-12 23:53:29
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Jcalohaz :
RSVP fun is never fun
2026-04-12 13:41:10
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Blank :
Anyone who has tastebuds and standards knows that tiktok recs are NOT good. If it’s hyped on TT I go the opposite way.
2026-04-12 03:31:40
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ashley9876543 :
You also used to be able to grab a bar seat while waiting 15-20mins for a table but now it’s stacked up rows behind the bar seats with a line outside 😭
2026-04-12 15:59:34
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VM1076 :
2008-2019 NYC was a perfect storm captured in time that will unfortunately never exist again
2026-05-19 13:18:50
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Katie Pham :
I get what you mean but i feel like it’s mostly just a few hyped/really popular places or fine dining restaurants that are difficult to walk in? I still do walk ins most of the times here
2026-04-12 05:36:30
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Sheba :
Every time I see a new story about NYC I get more depressed about what the city has become. Spontaneity is what MADE the city so unique and fun.
2026-04-13 00:27:01
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Mickey Black :
“Favourite” def someone who knows about NYC
2026-04-12 16:18:10
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notpoppymoore :
Like why am I paying extra to live in nyc if I have to make a reservation to go to basically any restaurant
2026-04-12 12:38:20
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samah | سماح :
unless it's a big group, i love a spontaenous walkin meal. memories are made along the way!
2026-04-11 23:14:33
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missandei94 :
Why have you stopped putting captions in your video?
2026-04-11 20:28:48
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vivek :
Tell me why I need to make a reservation for a BAR nowadays
2026-04-18 19:13:23
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Love Letter to NYC 💌 :
I’m very lived here for 10! Yrs, I refuse to wait in line for anything
2026-04-17 03:38:13
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xmarxthespot1 :
The soho lines. Plenty of great places in NYC. Could walk 3 blocks and order instead of waiting in a line.
2026-04-12 20:32:35
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halftop :
line culture is what killed NY for me. no vibes left anymore. nothing to discover. just lines.
2026-04-12 16:21:11
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