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Can a Subscription Restaurant Actually Work?

What if you could pay a monthly fee and just show up at a restaurant whenever you wanted — no cooking, no dishes, no grocery shopping? It sounds like a dream, but the economics are brutal. In this episode, we trace the history of subscription eating from 18th-century Parisian tables d'hôte to modern attempts like MealPass and EAT Club, unpack why gym-style memberships don't translate to food, and run the actual numbers on what it would take to open a subscription restaurant in a city like Jerusalem, Dublin, or London. Along the way, we discover why the model works in college dining halls and…

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