Ep. 17: Dining with Ben Leventhal, founder of Blackbird

This week Daisy and Ben Leventhal, co-founder of Eater, Resy and most recently Blackbird.

Blackbird: https://www.blackbird.xyz

00:00 Introducing Ben Leventhal and Blackbird

07:19 The Evolution of Restaurant Criticism

15:28 Defining New York's Definitive Restaurants

21:07 The Future of Dining Experiences

30:54 Friction in Dining Culture

35:11 Barriers to Restaurants' Adoption of Blackbird

36:31 Newly Learnt Consumer Insights

38:00 The Desire to Expand Beyond Restaurants

40:00 The Blockchain's Role in Identity and Payments

46:21 Ben's Best Meal of the Fall

48:38 Content Evolution and Future Plans