running a restaurant has always seemed
like a fun idea to us making the menu
the layout of the tables and being able
to bring people together
looked like a blast until we watched a
cooking show okay so even though they
looked way harder than we expected we
still all felt like a yes theory
restaurant had to exist for at least a
night and then we saw this video this is
gonna be the site of a fictitious
restaurant the shed I want to get it
done in seven months vice reporter uber
Butler tricked Trip Advisor you became
the number one restaurant in London if I
can tell my garden shed into a
restaurant and anything is possible what
this made us realize is that we don't
need a fancy location dozens of chefs
and waiters to open a five-star
restaurant all we needed was the
backyard now that same week we got an
email from the chef called Max who
actually watches our videos who sent
this I've dreamt of running my own
restaurants my whole life and I want to
challenge you yes theory to turn your
backyard into a restaurant in 24 hours
I'll be the chef what do you say and we
answered yeah so we put all the pieces
together to create what we were hoping
to be the highest reviewed restaurant in
Venice in one night our challenge
includes creating our own menu getting
food straight from the market
transforming our backyard into something
that can look like a restaurant having
total strangers come dine by Saturday
night and of course you needed the
perfect name for venice's first
five-star restaurant what's the
restaurant baton
yes table is clean yes table so with the
perfect name we invited max over to
begin the planning of the grand opening
of yes table flow should do is
like a reunion of the people that have
said yes there are episodes in the past
I try and bring everybody together well
those people and a combination with
strangers should not be allowed to sit
next to somebody you already know a
goalless at the end for baskets this
again and be the number one restaurant I
think you should call someone for live
music if we're gonna go all out for this
so this is one of my friends from USC
and of ours yeah dude she could come and
like a yep they're on guitar the thing
is also we're not gonna charge anyone
for this dinner it's not about making
money it's about the community bringing
the community together and eating good
fit exactly hi my name is Thomas Bragg
we want to turn our backyard into a
restaurant yeah so we'll do five tables
we'll bring down the silverware from
force sets to three sets let's just do
it you know more absence it's all good
most of our budget is gone just open it
let's uh serve no no my first task is
we're gonna clear out the entire
backyard is packed with our old
furniture and although that's got to go
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pretty crazy how one man's idea can
become reality within 48 hours can't
believe it
next thing is food and I said this is
the second grocery store we've got to
find these damn cookies that we need the
dessert you can't make this dessert
without these cookies it's like making a
cake without take your store number
three would you find
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we need to do now is wake up at 2:00
a.m. he had fish wandering you have to
be there today I am great so who's a new
well he lives open yeah let's do it
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certain
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thank you thank you much thank you
goodnight it's 250 - oh my god we have
to cook in like seven hours all right so
we're gonna invite pretty much as many
of the strangers as we can that we
filmed episodes with has a lot of them
that become a good friends of ours this
one to the fish market this morning got
like the biggest salmon of our a lot of
you ever seen in our lives like we have
a head chef starts at 7:30 our goal is
to become the number one rated
restaurant in LA tonight so is that a
yes are you coming whoo I'm perfect dude
this has five star reviews with like
20-plus reviews if we ever want to open
a restaurant will be able to like I'm
pretty sure that's how it works
they'll just look at the reviews and be
like you guys have 5 stars you boys
about to go get some more strangers yeah
we're about to get somewhere soon skin
in the face down
another day another group of strangers
would you like to join us for dinner
today
no where's mines 12:40 we've only made
cake we still have the Sam the salad
attention everyone I have a proposal my
roommates and I have turned our backyard
into a restaurant creating a meal for 30
strangers to join us there is at 7:30
let us know and give you the rest of the
details it's a salmon
boys are turning our backyard into a
restaurant turning our backyard into a
most pleasant dining experience in LA I
think we're good on strangers like I
think we're at 12 minutes nice to meet
you Matt we're good the racing start
cooking we heard that they've no idea
what we're doing
I'm cooking it I don't know
telling me the things I need to do but I
keep forget it you're waiting okay wait
will you you're waiting know you're
waiting I'm waiting I'm gonna start the
oysters saying take anywhere from five
to eight minutes and they're supposed to
be served very hot when you deliver the
oysters you take away the entree plates
it's just rice dude chill
bugger be cooking staff meeting in that
eating room back stop meeting tonight
with to create the best dinner in the
world and by world I mean just
essentially so maybe I'll neighborhood I
don't know if they offer the clients the
most pleasant be now they've ever had
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hopefully get five stars and get the
number one rated restaurants in Venice
tonight the best most pleasant dining
experience in alley tonight let's go you
guys welcome to yes table that's pretty
cool
a part of the amazing service that we're
offering our guests tonight is fair
greeting welcome PS table it's always
weird that I have to start with
explaining who we are because sometimes
some of the guests that show up the
events that we throw are people who just
need on the street outside we're just a
group of friends who make videos
together around themes of saying yes and
getting people out of their comfort zone
getting ourselves out of our comfort
zone and tonight we're surrounded by our
tribe started by people who have said
yes to us in the past like Red Vic we
said yes to skinny dipping with us that
further do I'd like to invite you go to
their tables try and break people up
have you guys sitting next to who you've
never met before one of the
we are about to get started on our first
course for 30 people I still can't
believe this is happening this is the
night
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look at that we got fire roasted oysters
with Hasani butter
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I think we're legit restaurant guests
100% of five-star restaurant
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so honey yeah I have to Thomas oh yeah
he's eating all the food
um are you kidding all there's plenty
more guests I need food hey hey what let
this guy in my pockets are full of salad
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the vinaigrette is to die for running a
little bit behind schedule right now but
just a little bit just a little bit more
stressful than I expected
people impatient days ago really yeah oh
yeah 30 people outside of like a kitchen
that barely serves the people that live
in the house these guys absolutely
murdered first batch of the main course
the main cause is arrived
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so the goal tonight was was to get to be
highest reviewed restaurant of the night
so if you guys pull out your phones I go
to Google Maps and give us your honest
review Oh big shout out to the yesterday
guys for like making this dream come
true zebra cake ever you're like I'm
gonna take a picture that's big when any
of you guys like additional cocoa powder
on top of your cake it makes me so happy
they're just like me bringing so many
people who all said the accent the best
part of yes theory is using it to bring
people together
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we've got 23 reviews out 5 stars
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thank you so much for coming and we'll
see you at the next yes they were pop-up
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it was the coolest thing to wake up to
26 5 star reviews ranking as the only
restaurant in Venice with 5 stars but we
now want to take this challenge to the
next level so if you're on a restaurant
or know anybody that owns a restaurant
and you'd be interested in potentially
hosting a yes table pop-up for a night
email us at yes table restaurant at
gmail.com and who knows maybe yes table
we'll come run your restaurant all night
and if you want to win the chance to
join us at the next guest table follow
us on Instagram for more details you
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