Scoring a Momofuku Ko Reservation

Despite a late martini and mutton chop dinner last night at Keens Steakhouse I was able to rouse myself out of bed before 10am this morning to take another shot at scoring a reservation at Momofuku Ko.

Acting on a theory that it would be easier to get 2 seats on a weekend I fired up my laptop and logged on to reservations.momofuku.com to give it a shot.

This may have been there before and I may have missed it but now there's a handy notation of the system time on the start page that lets you know exactly when 10:00:00 strikes. Right at 10am and 1 second I hit refresh, selected a reservation for 2 from the pull down menu, held my breath, and a few seconds later was presented with a number of green checks in the 6 o'clock and 10 o'clock hours. The prized 7 to 9 p.m. spots were gone already. Amazing.

In the blink of an eye I picked 6:15 and clicked the submit button. The following screen was presented, giving me a moment to exhale.