Annie Armstrong here, welcome back to Caper. It’s finally spring in New York, and I am going to pour myself a glass of wine as soon as I hit send on this newsletter. I picked up a few bottles of Corsican rosé, and ended up spending about what it would cost now for a discounted subscription to Caper—equally refreshing.

In case you missed it, Eliza Dumais just dropped a piece on the private dining room glow-up—how these once-forgotten corporate side rooms quietly became mission-critical to restaurants. Check it out. 

As for me? I spent an evening at the restaurant where Clavicular got decked during fashion week, and uncovered an unlikely model for activating a revenue stream. Let’s dive in.

In today’s letter: Skino’s, Bella Ciao, Manero’s, Shinsen, Juku, Le Bain, Lithos, WSA, and Taix. 

FiDimaxxing at Skino’s

The crowd at welcome.jpeg and Los Angeles Apparel’s party at Skino’s. (Photo by Matthew Weinberger.)

T he chopped uncs who clutch their pearls while watching the Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere Netflix documentary don’t want you to know this, but the fringe Internet isn’t just hanging out in gooning Discords and 8chan offshoots. They’re in the physical world too, somewhere tactile. Somewhere with a real bar, one that serves alcohol. Where you have to make eye contact with a host to get a table, and are asked how rare you like your meat cooked. It’s called Skino’s, and if you haven’t heard of it, where have you been?
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