Blackbird is a new loyalty, membership, and payments technology company. We are at work developing and building new products, focused on creating software that establishes and enhances connectivity between individual restaurants and their guests. You can expect us to use a mix of web2 and web3 inventions to make it all work. The last three years in the restaurant industry have been remarkable, to be sure. Much has happened. There was plenty of warranted doom and gloom, but there were encourag...

Blackbird is a new loyalty, membership, and payments technology company. We are at work developing and building new products, focused on creating software that establishes and enhances connectivity between individual restaurants and their guests. You can expect us to use a mix of web2 and web3 inventions to make it all work. The last three years in the restaurant industry have been remarkable, to be sure. Much has happened. There was plenty of warranted doom and gloom, but there were encourag...

It’s not hard to find restaurant recommendations these days. Apps, lists, algorithms, Reddit threads, you name it. At every turn, there seems to be a person, publication, or platform telling us where to dine. Helpful, maybe, but often overwhelming, too. Can’t there be a more effective entry-point? One that narrows the aperture and guarantees a good time? Turns out, there just might be, and it’s got nothing to do with food. While Team Blackbird lunched at Tacombi’s Soho location the other day,...

It’s not hard to find restaurant recommendations these days. Apps, lists, algorithms, Reddit threads, you name it. At every turn, there seems to be a person, publication, or platform telling us where to dine. Helpful, maybe, but often overwhelming, too. Can’t there be a more effective entry-point? One that narrows the aperture and guarantees a good time? Turns out, there just might be, and it’s got nothing to do with food. While Team Blackbird lunched at Tacombi’s Soho location the other day,...

F. Scott Fitzgerald once observed that there are, “no second acts in American lives.” This maxim — however misquoted and, ultimately, untrue (ask any politician) — might well apply to restaurants. Think about it: what iconic eatery has gone from shuttered to re-animated and lived to tell the tale? Sadly, few, especially here in NYC, where gravestones of once beloved institutions speckle the city. Remember Chumley’s 2.0? Or how about that $40 million sequel to The Four Seasons, which felt doom...

F. Scott Fitzgerald once observed that there are, “no second acts in American lives.” This maxim — however misquoted and, ultimately, untrue (ask any politician) — might well apply to restaurants. Think about it: what iconic eatery has gone from shuttered to re-animated and lived to tell the tale? Sadly, few, especially here in NYC, where gravestones of once beloved institutions speckle the city. Remember Chumley’s 2.0? Or how about that $40 million sequel to The Four Seasons, which felt doom...

This is likely the first email you’re receiving from Blackbird*, so by way of table-setting, we’ll use this space to share four things: company news, industry analysis, product announcements, and our observations about the magic of hospitality. Today’s post, the first of many from our content lead, James Jung, is in the last bucket. We hope you enjoy and, as ever, we’d love to hear from you: either in the comments below, on Twitter, or by dropping us a line at hello@blackbird.xyz.* You’re pro...

This is likely the first email you’re receiving from Blackbird*, so by way of table-setting, we’ll use this space to share four things: company news, industry analysis, product announcements, and our observations about the magic of hospitality. Today’s post, the first of many from our content lead, James Jung, is in the last bucket. We hope you enjoy and, as ever, we’d love to hear from you: either in the comments below, on Twitter, or by dropping us a line at hello@blackbird.xyz.* You’re pro...