What It Costs to Get VIP Status at One of NYC’s Hottest Restaurants

Gjelina is one of the rare restaurants with house accounts that get a lot of demand during breakfast.
What It Costs to Get VIP Status at One of NYC’s Hottest Restaurants
A general view of atmosphere during FORWARD and Cushnie Et Ochs host an intimate dinner at Gjelina on June 26, 2014 in Venice, California. (Rachel Murray/Getty Images/TNS
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By Kate Krader From Bloomberg News

If there’s one kind of restaurant proliferating in New York right now, it’s the kind where you have to be a member to walk in. Witness the cars lining up outside Major Food Group’s new $30,000 ZZ’s Club, which offers the world’s first private Carbone dining room. Then take in the crowds at Casa Cipriani downtown and Core midtown and note the popularity of the AmEx Black Card clubhouse Centurion New York.