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  "markdown": "Founder emeritus.\n\nNick Kokonas founded Tock, the reservation and ticketing system first developed at his Chicago restaurants Alinea, Next and The Aviary, which Squarespace acquired in 2021. He is known for his partnership with chef Grant Achatz, and before that ran his own financial firm for ten years.\n\n- X: https://x.com/nickkokonas\n\n## What Nick builds\n\n- [Tock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tock.md), graded F, 16.8/100, in Restaurant \u0026 local bookings. Tock is a reservation and experience booking platform for restaurants, wineries and other venues, owned by American Express and now part of the Resy network. Venues run it through the Tock Dashboard, and diners book on exploretock.com and Resy. Founder emeritus, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Brian W. Fitzpatrick](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brian-w-fitzpatrick/), Historical co-founder and CTO\n- [Pablo Rivero](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/pablo-rivero/), CEO, Resy and Tock; SVP and Head of Amex Global Dining\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Nick Kokonas?\n\nNick Kokonas founded Tock, the reservation and ticketing system first developed at his Chicago restaurants Alinea, Next and The Aviary, which Squarespace acquired in 2021. He is known for his partnership with chef Grant Achatz, and before that ran his own financial firm for ten years.\n\n### What does Tock, LLC (Resy network / American Express) make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Tock from Tock, LLC (Resy network / American Express). Tock is a reservation and experience booking platform for restaurants, wineries and other venues, owned by American Express and now part of the Resy network. Venues run it through the Tock Dashboard, and diners book on exploretock.com and Resy.\n\n### How are Nick's tools graded?\n\nTock is graded F, 16.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://blog.resy.com/newsroom/resy-welcomes-tock-restaurants-wineries-experiences\n- https://www.google.com/search?q=Pablo+Rivero+Resy+LinkedIn+X\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/pablotrivero\n- https://www.valorep.com/tock-company-profile\n- https://x.com/nickkokonas\n- https://www.red-bean.com/fitz/bio/\n- https://www.google.com/search?q=Tock+official+X+LinkedIn\n- https://x.com/tock\n- https://www.exploretock.com/help\n- https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VQGTSY5\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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