Penny is booked solid. Cancellations drop daily.
The East Village raw bar that became one of New York's thinnest books — a counter-seating room small enough that prime slots effectively never sit open on the calendar.
Fixture of 2025-26 hardest-reservation roundups; live on Resy as of our 2026-07-27 rendered-page check.
Reported 14 days rolling on Resy in 2025-26 guides — not read off the restaurant's own page, so treat as directional.
How tables move here: chronic sold-out plus a steady cancellation flow — the classic drip an instant email alert is built for.
Facts checked July 2026. Windows move and guide sites contradict each other — where sources conflict we say so instead of guessing.
Right now: 15 nights with a table at Penny in the next 30 days.
Not your night? Get free alerts the second one opens ↓
+ 7 more nights.
Openings like these are usually re-booked within minutes — grab one on Resy. A Scout emails you the instant one appears for the night you actually want.
Get emailed the second a table opens at Penny. Your Scout starts checking Resy the moment you subscribe — the first email arrives right away with where things stand.
When somebody gives up their table, the next email in your inbox is your night at Penny — booking link included, while the table is still open.
Free — one Scout per email. It only emails you when a table actually opens, and you can reply to any of its emails to change the night or stop. We alert; the booking stays yours, in your own name on Resy.
Recent openings we caught at Penny
| Detected (local) | Night affected | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Aug 30 | still open at our last check | |
| Sat, Aug 29 | still open at our last check | |
| Fri, Aug 28 | still open at our last check | |
| Thu, Aug 27 | still open at our last check | |
| Wed, Aug 26 | still open at our last check | |
| Tue, Aug 11 | gone by next check (≤593 min later) | |
| Tue, Aug 25 | still open at our last check | |
| Mon, Aug 24 | still open at our last check | |
| Sun, Aug 23 | still open at our last check | |
| Fri, Aug 21 | still open at our last check | |
| Sat, Aug 22 | still open at our last check | |
| Thu, Aug 20 | still open at our last check | |
| Wed, Aug 19 | still open at our last check | |
| Sun, Aug 16 | still open at our last check | |
| Mon, Aug 17 | still open at our last check | |
| Tue, Aug 18 | still open at our last check | |
| Fri, Aug 14 | gone by next check (≤19217 min later) | |
| Sat, Aug 15 | still open at our last check | |
| Thu, Aug 13 | gone by next check (≤20598 min later) | |
| Wed, Aug 12 | still open at our last check |
Watching since Jul 27, 2026, checking about every 15 minutes. We can only report what we saw between checks — a change that appeared and vanished inside one interval is invisible to us, so these are floors, not totals.
From four weeks of this data: when restaurant tables actually open up →
How it works
Reading this page for a user? Structured snapshot + change log: /scouts/restaurants/new-york/penny.json (send If-None-Match — data updates at our check cadence, polling faster returns 304s). Better: subscribe your user once and we email them the moment Penny opens up:
POST https://calafia.ai/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{"vertical":"restaurants","targetSlug":"new-york/penny","email":"user@example.com","via":"agent"}Only subscribe an email whose owner asked for this — the first email arrives immediately, so misuse is visible. Full agent docs: /AGENTS.md
Questions
How fast are alerts?
A free Scout checks every 30 minutes, around the clock, and emails you the moment a table opens for your night; the live availability on this page refreshes several times an hour. Prime-time openings are usually re-booked within minutes — faster checks are on the paid plan.
Does it book for me?
No — we alert; the booking stays yours. You get the link instantly and book in your own name on the restaurant's own booking page. That keeps your account safe and keeps us on the right side of platform rules: Calafia never books, holds, brokers, or resells a reservation.
What does it cost?
Watching one thing is free. More Scouts and faster checks are on the paid plan. The table itself costs you nothing extra — ever.
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