World's 'first NFT restaurant' is coming to Manhattan next year

Think of it more as as social club than a standard restaurant.

Flyfish Club

The one knock on New York City’s food scene is that it’s lacking good NFT fare. But a new venture from entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk is trying to change that.

Flyfish Club announced it’scoming to Manhattanearly next year as the world’s “first NFT restaurant.” How does it work? You need to be an owner of a Flyfish digital token to partake of the “globally inspired” seafood menu; and another, more exclusive token will get you into a special omakase room.

Flyfish has sold 1,501 tokens this month to raise around $15 million for the venture.

The NFTs originally went for 2.5 ETH each, or around $8,300, but on thesecondary marketthey’re trading for 6.63 ETH ($22,000) minimum.

Big picture:Sure, an NFT restaurant sounds goofy, but if you think of it more as a social club, like Soho House, it makes a little more sense. Flyfish is betting that people will buy its tokens as a way to signal their social status, similar to a luxury watch or vehicle. If it’s at least a little bit successful, expect more NFT restaurants to follow.

Who Is The Creator 2

The idea for this piece was borne out of a tweet of mine that caused a bit of a stir. I’d posted a link to a blog article I’d written a number of months previous titled ‘Who is the Creator’ discussing various types of creative collaborations and why I hire people to work on my animations. It generated a lot of debate around creation and attribution with the community split on whether it’s right or wrong for an artist to hire other professionals to help them realize their art projects. I decided to push the boundaries even further and see how the cryptoart community responded. What if I quite literally had nothing to do with the physical or digital elements of the work other than coming up with the concept and coordinating it? I decided there was one artist in the space who could add huge value to this idea on levels that none other could and so I gathered my courage and contacted the great José Delbo to ask him if he’d be interested in a very unique collaboration. I explained to him that to make this piece ‘work’ he couldn't have any say in what I produced and moreover, he wouldn’t even be allowed to see the animation until it was dropped on MakersPlace. To my surprise, Mr Delbo agreed to my proposal. The animation tells the story of the creative process, which includes my roles as writer, director, and producer working with a team and making edits and changes ‘in real time’. The dialogue between myself and my ‘hired guns’ plays out in front of the viewer. The music written for the piece adds to the nostalgia of the comic book superhero theme but other elements such as the snapping and kicking of the pencil and the signing of my signature at the bottom incorporates further layers and challenges the viewer to ask important questions, such as, is the ‘Art’ the final animation (the creation) or is the ‘Art’ the concept/credit for the creation itself?

18/01/2022 World's 'first NFT restaurant' is coming to Manhattan next year

Think of it more as as social club than a standard restaurant.