More living-in-the-80's-redux proof: A dinner reservation at Masa, the new alleged-hotness at the Time Warner Center, comes with a contractual agreement nastier than the one that accompanied the Jayson Blair book. They'll hit you with a $100 penalty if you skip your dinner reservation. Time Out NY also points out that OpenTable, the reservations software, is being widely used to track troublesome and no-show diners. Fuck with the reservationists anywhere, and you'll never get a table in this town again.
Don't Mess with the Restaurateur [New Yorkish]