NFT Restaurant Flyfish Club opens on the Lower East Side, at the Former Sunshine Theatre

by James · November 17, 2022

Dimesquarification of the Lower East Side was apparently not enough. Now, the city’s ‘first NFT restaurant,’ Flyfish Club, from former Resy founder Gary Vaynerchuk, has landed a lease for an 11,000-square-foot, three-story space at 141 E. Houston Street, between Eldridge and Forsyth streets, the New York Post reports. Upon opening, Flyfish Club will house Tribeca’s omakase spot Ito from chef Masa Ito, among other bars and lounges. The mail reports that as of January 2022, entry to the restaurant cost $14,300 in NFT tokens (4.25 Ethereum), and since then the entry price has nearly doubled.

The sticker shock may not be a surprise for a members-only club that collected millions in memberships before a venue was established. The elite clubhouse is currently under construction, and to twist the knife deeper, it takes the place of the iconic Sunshine Theatre, which was demolished in 2019, after first opening in 2001.

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