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New York City · Est. 2026
MEAT
Hospitality Group
Come as you are. Leave different.
Intimate dinners built around a chef's concept — what we call a Meatsperience — showcasing his or her passion through food and storytelling. No attitude. No dress code. Just great food and the right people.
Connect · Plan · Move · Fuel · Grow · Make Impact
MEAT, in One Breath
MEAT is an action platform built to change the way people move, meet, plan, and execute.
Make Every Action Count.
MEAT — for wherever life takes you.
MEAT brings connection, opportunity, and action into one place — so people can meet the right people, work toward what matters, and complete what they started.
MEAT helps turn intention into movement.
Don't just scroll through life. Go live it.
MEAT helps people discover what matters, connect with the right people, go do something, and complete what they started.
What we do now: host dinners that bring strangers together over real food and real stories.
What we're building: an app that rewards you for actually showing up to your own life.
What we want: for you to take the first step — with somebody, or on your own.
Early access. First invites to new dinners. First to test the app.
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01 · What is this?
MEAT Hospitality Group creates real-world experiences — starting with intimate dinners built around a chef's concept in New York City and growing into partner events, chef features, and community gatherings. At the same time, we're building the MEAT app — a place that helps you turn intention into action, and connects you with people doing the same.
02 · Oh, I get it.
You set a real goal — a task, a habit, a bill, a plan. You take the step. MEAT tracks it, rewards it with MEAT Points, and remembers it as a MEAT Moment. Do it with someone if you want company, or do it alone — either way, it counts.
03 · This is interesting.
It doesn't stop at one feature. MEAT Circles help you find people moving in the same direction. MEAT Next tells you what to do when you're not sure. MEAT Moments builds a timeline of your whole life, big milestones and small ones alike. And MEAT at the Ground Floor lets you pre-order a seat at a restaurant before it even opens — so you can say you were there from the beginning.
MEAT CirclesMEAT NextMEAT MomentsMEAT at the Ground FloorMEAT Rewards
04 · I want in.
There's a seat at the table, and a door into the app. Take either one.
Our Mission
MEAT is building the future of how people connect, grow, and experience hospitality.
We create experiences, develop operators, tell stories, and build technology that brings people together.
We never set out to be Meateocre. MEAT Hospitality Group was born from watching too many great operators and chefs risk their dreams, hoping people would show up. We set out to change that.
We exist to unify meaningful experiences under one company with one shared mission.
Every idea we build, every experience we create, and every step we take is guided by the same purpose: to bring people together, inspire them to take their first step, and grow alongside them.
We don't build disconnected concepts. We build one ecosystem where every part belongs to the same story.
Because when people grow, we grow.
We want the MEAT App to be something people of every age carry with them into their everyday decisions — and a reminder that we're all in this together when life feels heavy. The same way the shows and movies we grew up with stayed with us, we want everything MEAT puts out, now and in the years ahead, to be a guide people carry for a lifetime.
The Meat App
Making experiences universally accessible.
"Your wallet shouldn't be the only thing determining which rooms you get access to."
In short: do the everyday things you already do. Earn Meat Points. Redeem them across dinners, cafes, gyms, and more.
Why MEAT, and why now?
Nearly every technology company is fighting for your attention. They want more of your time — and when they reward you, they usually reward you for doing more inside their ecosystem.
We're building MEAT differently. We want to reward you for participating in your own life.
Go somewhere. Complete your goal. Meet somebody. Try something. Build something. Take the first step. MEAT isn't designed to keep you on your phone — it's designed to give you a reason to put it down. And when you do, we reward you for it.
MEAT rewards you for living.
DinnersReward showing up.
MEAT PointsReward action.
The AppTurns goals into real-world first steps.
EmpireRewards creating, not just thinking about it.
ExperiencesGive people somewhere to actually participate.
How MEAT Points Work+
Too many great experiences are gated behind a paywall — reserved for whoever can already afford them. We don't think access should work that way. It shouldn't matter who you know or what you can spend. It should matter that you're willing to take the first step.
That's why we're building Meat Points — earned not just by spending, but by living. Getting up and out of the house. Talking to someone new. Starting the thing you've been putting off. Asking the question you've been too nervous to ask. Every step forward earns you points, and points unlock access — a seat at a dinner, entry into new tiers, experiences that used to be reserved for whoever could already afford them. The reward for growing is more access to grow.
Every verified check-in earns 10 Meat Points — and if you complete it with a meatie, that jumps to 20. Show up for your life, and the points add up fast.
Just Keep Meating reminders send a quick nudge in the morning to get you excited for your tasks that day — "Good morning. Just Keep Meating — here are your reminders for today."
Those points live inside MEAT Rewards — and it's not just for MEAT events and dinners. Restaurants, cafes, bakeries, coffee shops — Partner Events, Chef Features, and Chef Profiles for concepts still finding their footing — even ground-floor pre-order access to what's opening next. Why should you only get rewarded for doing one thing?
Pre-order from a Chef Profile and you'll see who else is waiting alongside you — building the hype before the place even opens its doors.
Gyms. Spas. Saunas. Day trips. Partner Events at the businesses you already love. The everyday things nobody else is rewarding you for. The bigger we grow, the more we'll add. Welcome to everyday living as it should be.
Here's how it works: do it on your own, or connect with a meatie who's doing something similar — complete the task, verify it happened, then move on to your next objective. No hollow self-checkboxes. Real steps, confirmed by real people.
We want to reward you for what you do every day, with things you already do. Went grocery shopping? That's life. Met a friend for coffee? Life. Went on a date, walked the dog, tried a new restaurant, worked on your idea, finally sent the email you've been avoiding? All life.
You don't necessarily have to do it alone. See what others are up to. Connect based on shared interest. Hold each other accountable. Complete the task together — or do it on your own. Verify each other's progress. Earn Meat Points. Keep moving. Either way, you earn points for taking that first step. We encourage you to go with how you feel and what you like — every activity is based on your interests. Someone should always be able to take the first step alone and still have it count — the connection is there for when you don't want to go it solo, not a requirement to earn access.
When you sign up, a short survey gets to know your interests — then we show you meaties who match your interests, so you can connect and share what you're up to or what you'd like to accomplish. Share, message, laugh, and connect. That's the Meat way.
Our goal is to create a Meatsperience you'll be talking about for years to come. Once you sign up, you're part of the Meat family — for life.
We're not rewarding spending. We're rewarding participation in life. Go somewhere. Do something. Meat someone. Take the first step. MEAT rewards you for participating — and Meat Points turn participation into possibility.
"We're not trying to get people to spend more time on an app. We're trying to use the app to get people to spend more time living."
MEAT rewards participation, not attention.
We don't want you scrolling longer. We want you living more. Complete your first steps. Show up. Try something. Connect with someone. Build something. Your effort counts here.
MEAT sees it. MEAT rewards it. That's a very different answer to "why should I join?" than most apps give — MEAT isn't just another place asking something from you. It gives something back for participating in your own life.
The reward doesn't have to be massive. Points can accumulate toward experiences, access, discounts, partner perks, merchandise, and other benefits — but the psychology starts earlier than redemption. Finish something difficult, and you get that small confirmation: you did it, that counted, keep going.
Living creates points. Points create access. Access creates more opportunities to live. The ecosystem feeds itself.
Welcome to a new era of rewards — and a new way to live your everyday life.
Because waking up is hard enough. Let's reward you for what you do every day.
Let's MEAT.
Inside the App
MEAT at the Ground Floor.
Support chefs and hospitality ventures that are months away from becoming real. Preorder an experience, help bring the concept to life, and be there from the ground floor.
What it is
Support a chef or hospitality concept before it opens.
Timeframe
Near-term ventures — typically 3 to 5 months from launch, not distant ideas.
What you receive
Clearly defined rewards — opening dinners, credits, tastings, memberships, merch, or priority access.
Stay in the loop
Follow the chef and venture from concept all the way to opening night.
Why it matters
Helps chefs get real projects across the finish line, and gives the community a reason to participate early.
Not equity
This is a preorder for a future experience — never ownership or a financial investment.
A First Look Inside
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Chef Profile · Brooklyn
Chef Maya
"I want to open an intimate 30-seat Caribbean restaurant."
Raised$16,400 of $25,000
Opening In
4 months
Support From
$50
You Receive
Founding dinner + priority booking
Chef update: 12 days ago
Pre-Order →
Chef Maya's Ground Floor
MEAT Moments · 2027
Opening Night
Photo from the night
"I supported this before the doors opened."
Pre-ordered the Founding Guest Package eight months before opening night. Tonight, the doors finally opened.
✓
MEAT Count +25
A Moment, Months Later
The Chef's Journey
Chef Profile → Concept → Community Interest → Pre-Orders → Funding Toward Launch → Opening → MEAT Experience → MEAT Moment
The Short Version
MEAT Hospitality Group brings people together through purpose, food, and genuine connection — for chefs, operators, creators, and anyone with the courage to take their first step.
Join one of our gatherings, and leave changed.
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Meat the Founder
Holden Krivelin.
Founder & CEO, MEAT Hospitality Group
33
Years Old
10
Years in Hospitality
NYC
Based & Building
That day is the whole story — you can read it above. What ten years in hospitality taught me is how many good ideas never get the shot to prove themselves, and how many people talk themselves out of trying before they even start.
MEAT was created to inspire those afraid to speak up — the ones hiding in the shadows, who have something they want to build. This is your sign. Just Keep Meating.
Everyone Is Welcome
There's a seat here for all of you.
You don't need a reason, a resume, or a reservation to belong at this table. Whether you're here for the food, the community, the connection, or just to be somewhere before it becomes something — you are welcome here.
Family. Friends. Chefs. Foodies. Operators. Creatives. Models. Influencers. Industry people. Curious people. First-timers. Everyone. We mean that.
Broad doesn't mean random. Everyone at this table is here for the same reason — to move, meet, plan, and execute. That's what makes a room full of strangers work.
Chefs
Foodies
Family & Friends
Models
Influencers
Operators
Home Cooks
Creatives
Food Media
Venue Owners
Community Builders
First-Timers
Industry Vets
Curious People
Anyone Hungry
Come for the food. Stay for the community. Leave with something you didn't expect.
Where we are. Where we see MEAT.
What's True Today
One dinner hosted, in New York City
Conversations underway with 4+ chefs
291 people on the waitlist
Founder-operated, self-funded, early-stage
What We're Building Toward
A second dinner, then a regular rhythm of them
The MEAT App, built and in people's hands
A real community of meaties, not just a waitlist
Real first steps, told by the real people who took them
How We Get There
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Prove the format repeats.More dinners, not just one — including guests who found us on their own, not just people we invited.
2
Earn real partnerships.Chefs, venues, and brands who actually honor MEAT Points — even one real redemption before a thousand promised ones.
3
Build the app.Starting simple — teaming up with a meatie, or going it alone — and growing from there.
4
Grow from what's proven.MEAT Empire, more cities, more of the universe — built on real traction, not a bigger pitch.
Don't watch us dream. Watch us execute.
Our Core Philosophy
The world is built on experiences.
From the kitchen to the table, every story matters.
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I don't take the spotlight — I give it. I create the room, hand you the mic, and let you tell your story. That's why people open up: I'm not trying to take their space. I'm trying to make space for them.
The chef. The operator. The person across the table. Everyone has something worth being heard. My job is to build the moment where it can be.
— Holden Krivelin, Founder & CEO
Concept Kitchen 002 · Coming Soon
MEAT Hospitality Group × Ducksmith
Food. Wine. Atmosphere. Conversation. Connection.
Bigger. Better. Worth the wait.
We're moving Dinner 002 to make sure we deliver the best possible Meatsperience for our guests, our chef, and our partners. The same incredible duck-focused menu with Chef Jayson from Ducksmith — just elevated. New date dropping soon.
Chef
Jayson from Ducksmith
Concept
Duck-Focused Elevated Comfort
Wine Pairings
Curated Throughout the Evening
Date
Announcing Soon
Be first to know when the new date drops. Join the waitlist or DM directly to lock your seat.
No menus handed out in advance. No clue what's coming. Just you, a room full of interesting people, and a chef putting everything on the table for the very first time.
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A chef brings a concept
A professional chef presents an original restaurant concept — never served before — to a small curated group. This is the first time anyone outside their kitchen has tasted it.
02
You experience it first
An intimate multi-course tasting dinner at a fully licensed NYC venue. Location revealed 24 hours before. You don't know what's on the menu until it arrives at the table.
03
Your voice shapes what opens
After dinner, every guest sits with the chef. Your honest feedback directly shapes what they do next — before they sign a lease. You're not just a guest. You're part of what this becomes.
The Collection
MEAT Hospitality Store Launch
Two lines. One mission. Just Keep Meating.
More Info+
Not a complicated fashion company. Two clean lanes, and one mission underneath both of them.
JUST KEEP MEATING
The philosophy line. Movement, persistence, getting back up, continuing.
MEAT
The core branded line. Clean pieces where MEAT itself is the statement. Wearing MEAT means take action.
MEAT makes quality, purposeful products for everyday people — accessible enough to live in, strong enough to move with you, and meaningful enough to remind you why you started.
Accessible
Good design shouldn't require luxury-level spending.
Quality
Comfortable, durable, thoughtful pieces people actually want to use.
Purposeful
Every product connects back to movement, progress, and taking the First Step.
For Real Life
Made for work, commuting, building, creating, exercising, traveling, and everything in between.
When you wear MEAT, you carry a reminder: keep moving toward what matters. 💚
Coming Soon
The Store Is Coming
The MH monogram. Clean lines. No noise. Just the mark of someone who keeps going.
MEAT clothing is built to be comfortable, accessible, and purposeful — pieces you can wear to work, on the train, to the gym, out with friends, or anywhere life takes you.
Every piece is more than something to put on. It's a reminder:
Take the First Step. Complete the goal. Keep going. Always remember to MEAT.
We believe quality should feel good without feeling out of reach. MEAT is made for workers, builders, creators, dreamers, and anyone trying to move their life forward.
Wear the movement.
MEAT makes quality, purposeful products for everyday people — accessible enough to live in, strong enough to move with you, and meaningful enough to remind you why you started.
Accessible
Good design shouldn't require luxury-level spending.
Quality
Comfortable, durable, thoughtful pieces people actually want to use.
Purposeful
Every product connects back to movement, progress, and taking the First Step.
For Real Life
Made for work, commuting, building, creating, exercising, traveling, and everything in between.
When you wear MEAT, you carry a reminder: keep moving toward what matters. 💚
No physical space. No fixed address. Just going where the people are.
A new collaboration in the works — details dropping as they're locked in.
In Talks
004
The First International Collab
August 2026
Someone across the world found us through ChatGPT — not an ad, not a favor called in. Just a question, and MEAT came up.
That's what happens when you take the first step.
It Happened
A MEAT Hospitality Group Newsletter
🌱 Little Wins.
A weekly newsletter about growth, hospitality, community, and the little moments that quietly shape our lives.
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Every week, you'll receive reflections, stories, and reminders that meaningful journeys are built one little win at a time.
Whether you're a chef, entrepreneur, creator, or someone looking for a little inspiration — Little Wins is a place to slow down, reflect, and celebrate the progress that often goes unnoticed.
Subscribers get first access to new Meatsperience dates — before they're announced anywhere else.
A free newsletter. No spam. Just wins worth celebrating.
Welcome to Little Wins.
Let's Connect
Have an idea? Let's MEAT.
A dinner idea. A collab. A chef, a foodie, a meatie ready to take the first step. Whatever brought you here — book a conversation and let's explore it together.
2Tell us your interests, goals, and what you want to accomplish.
3We turn that into personalized first steps.
4You complete them in the real world.
5You check in or verify the action.
6You earn MEAT Points.
7Those points help unlock more experiences, rewards, and opportunities.
MEAT rewards participation, not attention.
We reward you for living.
The Business
How MEAT Makes Money.
MEAT is building multiple revenue streams around one ecosystem:
Paid experiences and dinners—
Brand and venue partnerships—
Commerce through storemhg.com—
Future premium digital features or memberships—
Creator services and commercial partnerships through MEAT Empire—
Partner-funded rewards and offers—
Sponsorships and collaborations—
Not every part of MEAT needs to be the highest-margin part of the company. Each part should strengthen the ecosystem as a whole.
The dinners may not be the money machine. They create trust, content, relationships, social proof, and discovery — people who later participate elsewhere in MEAT.
For Brands & Venues
Why Partners Participate.
Partners don't just advertise on MEAT. They help people live through it.
Restaurants, gyms, venues, creators, and brands can fund rewards, host experiences, or offer benefits to Meaties who actually complete real-world actions. That gives partners something much stronger than impressions: verified participation.
For Gyms, Studios & Spas
Built for health and wellness, too.
MEAT isn't only about dinners. The same points, the same verified participation, the same one-app philosophy applies to gyms, studios, spas, and every part of the health and wellness world.
If you run a gym, a fitness studio, a spa, or any wellness business, this is a real invitation — not a placeholder. We're building the partner network now, one real relationship at a time.
MEAT is not a productivity app designed to shame you.
MEAT is not a rewards program built only around spending.
MEAT is technology designed to help you leave technology and participate in your life.
Why It Compounds
The MEAT Flywheel.
People participate→Earn points→Discover experiences→Visit partners→Make connections→Create more activity
Partners see the value, and fund more rewards and experiences — which brings people back to participate more.
Then Empire Adds Another Layer
Participants become creators→Creators build things→Enters the ecosystem→Ecosystem gets more useful→More people join
Every Decision We Make
The MEAT Test.
Does this help someone participate more in their life?
If yes, it may belong. If it only increases screen time, data collection, or engagement without helping someone act, connect, create, or experience something in the real world — it probably doesn't. Every feature we build has to earn its place against that one question.
MEAT is not trying to become the place where you spend your life.
MEAT is trying to become the platform that helps you participate in the life you already have — and build the parts you still want.
We didn't invent showing up for each other, or trying something new, or building the thing you've been putting off. That's always been possible. We just built something new that's been right in front of us the whole time.
Before Anything Else
Trust & Safety.
The app doesn't exist yet — but the standard it's held to already does. These are the commitments the app is being built around from day one, not features bolted on after something goes wrong.
You control your MEAT experience.
Who you connect with, what you share, and when you participate are always your choice. MEAT is built for connection without pressure.
Who You Interact With
You choose who can reach you.
Friends-only, Circle-only, mutual connection, or open discovery — your call, not a default buried in settings.
No forced access.
Matching, joining the same Circle, or attending the same MEATUp never entitles anyone to your attention.
Verified before you can match.
Phone verification is the floor for creating a profile — no anonymous accounts, no bots pretending to be people.
What Control You Have
Profile privacy is your call.
Location precision, workplace, schedule, goals, financial progress, relationship status — control what's visible. MEAT should never make somebody expose personal information just to participate.
Message requests, held separately.
Requests sit in their own inbox until you accept them. Repeated unwanted contact gets restricted quickly, not after the tenth message.
Only what's needed, nothing more.
No workplace, no exact address, no background tracking. What we don't collect can't be a problem later.
Transparent, always.
You'll know what MEAT knows about you, why it uses that information, and have simple controls to change or delete it.
When Something Feels Wrong
Block and report, one tap away.
Reachable directly from any profile or conversation — obvious placement, no guilt, no confusing process.
A real person reviewing reports.
Every report gets looked at by a human, not a queue that quietly disappears. Safety concerns get a same-day response.
MEATUps built for safety, not just fun.
Clear host identity, location details, attendee expectations, and a simple code of conduct. First-time one-on-one meetups default to public places, with an easy way to share the details with someone you trust.
Circles with real rules.
Clear standards against harassment, sexual pressure, stalking, threats, degrading comments, and discrimination — enforced, not just posted somewhere.
A real bridge, not a replacement, for real help.
A meatie is a great accountability partner for a lot of things. For substance use, mental health, or recovery, MEAT will always point you toward real, trained support first — not a stranger from an app. SAMHSA's National Helpline (1-800-662-HELP) is free, confidential, and available 24/7.
Built with women, not just for them.
Design for everyone means women are represented in the photography, examples, leadership, testing group, and actual product decisions — without the brand becoming patronizing. Before this ships, women test the rough product and get asked directly: where would you hesitate, what feels invasive, what would make you leave? Their behavior teaches us more than guessing ever could.
Connection should never require surrendering your boundaries.
This list will only get more specific as the app gets built — not less.
Not Another Rewards App
A personalized participation engine.
Most rewards ecosystems show you every partner and offer they have and hope something sticks. MEAT works the other way — we learn you first, then only show you what actually fits your life.
Relevance before inventory.
Work out constantly? MEAT understands fitness matters to you. Love trying new restaurants? Food shows up. Traveling to a new city next month? Relevant experiences there become useful. Never drink? Your screen doesn't fill with bar offers. No interest in golf? Not a single impression wasted showing you golf.
That's why what MEAT knows about you comes from more than what you click — it's built from what you actually tell us, and what you choose to do over time.
Participation with possibility.
MEAT Points give the predictable reward — do something meaningful, verify it, earn something. On top of that, several ways to participate:
And even the rewards themselves learn who you are. The fitness person doesn't get a random steak dinner because a sponsor happened to provide one — they get a training experience, a class, a wellness perk. The food person gets something else entirely. Someone building through MEAT Empire might unlock creator tools or a chance to present their idea. Every part of it learns the person.
The right person. The right room. The right opportunity. The right reward. One user at a time.
Not a Static App
MEAT grows as you grow.
Most apps recommend the same kind of thing forever. MEAT is built to keep asking three questions, and to keep updating as the answers change:
Where are you now?
What are you trying to become?
What's the next realistic objective?
Finish law school, and MEAT shifts toward bar prep, networking, interviews, first-job goals. Launch the business, and it moves from "name it" and "talk to one customer" toward sales, systems, partnerships, hiring. Hit a fitness goal, and it stops feeding you beginner tasks — it moves with you.
And you choose how you want to move: hold yourself accountable, get matched with a meatie, or invite someone you already know. Either way, both people can see the shared objective, check progress, and encourage each other along the way.
MEAT is life-stage aware.
Personalization evolves as you evolve — so yesterday's first step doesn't become tomorrow's irrelevant recommendation.
That's why signing up with MEAT doesn't start with your age, your title, or your net worth. It starts with two questions:
Where are you?
Where would you like to be?
Everything between those two answers becomes a potential first step.
MEAT doesn't define you by who you were when you signed up. MEAT evolves with who you're becoming.
MEAT meets you where you are — and moves with you toward where you want to go.
There for the milestones, and everything in between.
If Life Gets in the Way
Life doesn't reset at midnight. If yesterday's task didn't happen, MEAT doesn't pretend it disappeared — you get real options: keep it today, move it to another day, break it into a smaller first step, mark it complete, or just drop it.
"You've moved this three times. Want me to make it easier?" That's accountability without shaming.
MEATings
Phone off, on silent, out living your life — MEAT doesn't need you glued to a screen to matter. MEATings gives you a gentle ping when something in your day needs your attention, sent only if you've said you want it. It pings: "Here are your MEATings for today." Not more notifications. Better ones.
Instagram says look at everybody else. TikTok says keep watching. MEAT says: "Hey, what are you up to today?" And then actually helps.
Not daily minutes spent in MEAT. Daily lives moved by MEAT.
MEAT becomes part of your routine without becoming the center of your life.
MEAT, Defined
MEAT helps you remember your life, organize your life, and actually live it.
Even If You've Been Gone A While
Welcome Back
Hey Melissa.
What have you been up to?
Type here...
Continue
Picking Up Where You Left Off
Mockup shown for illustration — the actual app is still being built.
The Vision · Where We're Headed
Welcome to MEAT.
The experience platform.
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In short: tell MEAT who you are, get matched with meaties, take a first step (solo or together), earn Meat Points, and redeem them across dinners, cafes, gyms, and more.
How MEAT Works+
Never have that FOMO feeling again.
Even if you can't make it to one of our events, you can still feel like you were there — through our merchandise, earning points for doing everyday things, and the chance to spend those points across MEAT Rewards. Your life just got a whole lot easier. That's the MEAT way of doing things.
Discover, book, and create experiences that bring people together.
From chef tastings and restaurant pop-ups to networking events, fitness meetups, creative workshops, and local hangouts — MEAT helps you find experiences that match your interests, your budget, and your goals.
Every Meatsperience you attend helps MEAT learn what you love, so your recommendations become more personal over time.
Whether you're looking to meat collaborators, make friends, validate a business idea, or simply have an unforgettable night out — there's a MEAT for that.
How MEAT works.
You start by telling MEAT about you — your work, interests, goals, things you enjoy, and things you'd like to do. MEAT uses that to introduce you to meaties you may actually have something in common with.
See what people are up to. Message someone. Get to know them. Or connect around something you already need or want to do. Going for coffee? Running errands? Working on an idea? Trying somewhere new? Don't want to do something alone? Find a meatie and take the first step together.
Matching never means automatic access to someone. MEAT can recommend meaties based on overlapping interests and goals, but each person chooses whether to connect, message, or accept an accountability request — comfortable and consensual, every time.
We reward you with points for what you do every day — grocery shopping, coffee with a friend, walking the dog, working on an idea, sending the email you've been avoiding. You don't need to invent something extra. The life you're already living counts.
Set the objective. Do it. Keep each other accountable. Verify the step. Earn MEAT Points for participating in your life. Those points can eventually help create access to MEAT experiences — giving participation real value. And then tomorrow? Take another step.
Every verified check-in earns 10 MEAT Points — and if you complete it with a meatie, that jumps to 20. Just Keep Meating reminders send a quick nudge in the morning to get you excited for your tasks that day. Those points live inside MEAT Rewards, and it's not just for MEAT events and dinners. Restaurants, cafes, bakeries, coffee shops, Partner Events, Chef Features and Chef Profiles for concepts still finding their footing, gyms, spas, saunas, day trips — the everyday things nobody else is rewarding you for. Pre-order from a Chef Profile and you'll see who else is waiting alongside you — building the hype before the doors even open. The bigger we grow, the more we'll add. Welcome to everyday living as it should be.
Checking in should feel as easy as scanning your phone to pay.
Train stations. Coffee shops. Wherever life is already taking you. A quick scan — a MEAT QR code — and you're checked in, no digging through an app to find the right button. We're building our own check-in system instead of routing it through someone else's card network or payment rails, because the future of MEAT shouldn't be blind to — or dependent on — what another company decides we're allowed to do with it. That's the honest way to build it: owned, not borrowed.
Most rewards programs make you juggle a different app and a different point balance for every single place — one for coffee, one for flights, one for the gym, none of them talking to each other. MEAT Points work everywhere MEAT is — one ecosystem, one balance, no five separate apps to keep track of. The habit compounds instead of starting over.
Tell us who you are → discover meaties → connect → take a first step → accountability → earn MEAT Points → access experiences → meat more people → take another first step.
People — meaties and matching. Purpose — first steps, objectives, and accountability. Places — experiences and the real world.
MEAT helps you find the person. Then we want you to put the phone down and go live. The digital connection is supposed to produce a real-world action.
Most social products win when you stay glued to the screen. MEAT is built to do the opposite — to push you back into the real world. We're not trying to get people to spend more time on an app. We're trying to use the app to get people to spend more time living.
The goal isn't more screen time. The goal is more life. That's why MEAT won't measure success by screen time — it measures successful first steps.
Chef TastingsRestaurant Pop-UpsNetworking EventsFitness MeetupsCreative WorkshopsLocal Hangouts
Real people. Real experiences. Real connections.
A hospitality company traditionally serves guests in one location. MEAT connects people across many kinds of experiences — while staying true to hospitality at its core.
MEAT is where people discover experiences, create connections, and build community.
Inside the App
What do you want to do today?
Who do you want to go with?
Find a MeatieInvite a FriendGo Solo
Let's MEAT.
Clicking it means one thing: you're done thinking about doing it. You're doing it.
THE FUTURE IS MEAT. — where we're going
TAKE THE FIRST STEP. — what we believe
LET'S MEAT. — what we do now
Try It Right Now
What's your first step?
The app isn't built yet. But this part of it — the idea itself — already works. Pick what's true for you right now.
Your First Step
A First Look Inside
Getting Started
Where are you?
Type here...
Where would you like to be?
Type here...
Continue
Getting Started
Good morning, Alyssa.
Here are your MEATs for today.
Still want to complete those, or something else on your mind?
✓
Send that email to schedule the work meeting for Monday
+10 points earned
Carried from yesterday · 3rd time
Try the new coffee shop on 5th
You've moved this a few times — want to make it smaller?
Worth 10 points
30-minute walk, your call
Worth 10 points
MEATspace
Today
Rewards
MEAT Next
Today's MEATs
MEATspace
Matched with you by interest, goals, and activity.
Jared
Working on his business plan today.
Let's MEAT
You and Sam Both Want This
Sam (friend)
You both want to try the coffee shop on 5th today.
Let's MEAT
Jared sees your MEAT file and interests too — he decides if he'd like to confirm the meetup.
MEATspace
Today
Rewards
MEAT Next
See What Meaties Are Up To
Incoming Request
A
Alyssa
Interests
EntrepreneurshipCoffee ShopsFitness
Sent you a Let's MEAT — she's working on her business plan today too.
MEATUp
MEATUp Later
MEATspace
Today
Rewards
MEAT Next
Jared Decides — MEATUp
MEAT Rewards
10 points
Right Now · 0–20 pts
A coffee, or a protein bar at a participating gym — first points redeemable same day.
This Week · 50–150 pts 🔒
Coffee shop credit, small merch discount.
This Month · 150–400 pts 🔒
Priority dinner access, bigger merch discount.
Months In · 400–1000 pts 🔒
A free dinner ticket, exclusive event access.
A Year Strong · 1000+ pts 🔒
Founding Meatie status, lasting recognition.
Tap a tier to see what's inside. The more you do, the more it opens up.
MEATspace
Today
Rewards
MEAT Next
MEAT Rewards — Grows With You
Post a real picture of yourself, or pick one of our MEAT Avatars instead — your call.
Celebrate What You're Proud Of
Finish something worth sharing? Post a photo of it, whatever it was — the coffee, the workout, the idea you finally launched. Other meaties can like it, comment on it, and share it, so you're never celebrating alone.
Mockups shown for illustration — the actual app is still being built.
One app for everything. Events. Partner redemptions across the city. Yesterday's goals and today's.
We're not five apps pretending to be one. We're the one that was actually supposed to exist.
When we grow, you grow. When you grow, we grow.
The goal isn't to replace every specialized app. It's to become the coordination layer between your intentions and your actual life. Calendar knows the meeting. Maps knows the destination. A fitness app knows the workout. A rewards app knows the transaction. MEAT tries to know why it matters to you, what you're trying to accomplish, and what should happen next.
What Opening MEAT Actually Asks
What does my day look like? What matters today? What am I trying to move forward? What are people relevant to me doing? Is there something here that inspires me to act? Do I want to do it alone, with a friend, or through a MEATUp?
Every part points toward the same outcome: movement.
In this life, we either do it together, or we do it alone. It's just a lot more fun when we're together.
Make somebody's Tuesday meaningfully better than it would have been without MEAT.
Coming Soon · One experience at a time
Inside the App
What is MEATspace?
The social layer of MEAT.
MEATspace is the social layer of MEAT — a place where Meaties can connect around shared interests, goals, progress, and real-life experiences.
See what your friends are working toward, discover people moving in similar directions, join MEATspace built around what matters to you, support each other's goals, and turn digital connection into real-world action.
Matched, not scattered.
Interest, goals, and activity — the same things you told MEAT about yourself when you signed up.
Team up, or just show support.
"Let's MEAT" to team up on something shared. Or like, comment, and celebrate what someone else just finished.
Always consensual.
Nobody connects automatically. The other person always reviews your MEAT file and decides — MEATUp, or MEATUp later.
MEAT Circles — communities inside MEAT.
Interest- and goal-based groups that make a large network feel small, relevant, and personal.
MEATspace isn't about popularity. It's about participation, progress, and finding the right people to move forward with. 💚
MEATspace is where relevant people become visible through action.
We're all meating in the middle.
Inside the App
What are MEAT Circles?
Communities built around what matters to you.
Join Circles based on your interests, goals, activities, location, or what you're working toward. Connect with fellow Meaties, share progress, recommend things to each other, plan MEATUps, and help one another keep moving.
Whether it's fitness, food, business, creativity, travel, or something completely different, MEAT Circles gives you a smaller space inside MEATspace to find people who are moving in a similar direction.
Not about popularity. About participation, support, and progress.
Find your people around the things that matter to you. Join interest- and goal-based communities, share progress, support fellow Meaties, and turn common interests into real-world action. 💚
Inside the App
What are MEATings?
Your personalized reminders for the day.
"Here are your MEATings for today."
MEATings gives you a gentle ping when something in your day needs your attention — a task, bill, goal, appointment, follow-up, First Step, or something you said you wanted to remember.
Phone off, on silent, out living your life — MEAT doesn't need you glued to a screen to matter. A MEATing only shows up if you've said you want it, and it only ever asks about what's actually yours.
MEATing: Your electric bill is due tomorrow. MEATing: You wanted to call Mom after work. MEATing: One First Step left toward today's goal. MEATing: Long day? Check in before you plan tomorrow.
Not more notifications. Better ones.
Always opt-in.
No MEATing unless you've asked for one. Turn it off any time, no explanation needed.
Tied to what's real.
Never a generic push notification. Always about something actually yours.
Respects the quiet.
Phone off, asleep, out doing something that matters more — a MEATing waits for you, it doesn't chase you.
Inside the App
What is MEAT Next?
Personalized guidance for what comes next — based on where you are, what you've done, and where you want to go.
MEAT Next is MEAT's personalized "what's next?" layer. After you finish what you already needed to do, MEAT Next helps you decide where to go from there based on your goals, interests, progress, routines, and what matters to you right now.
It can suggest the next step toward a goal, a follow-up from something you completed, an activity that fits your interests, a person or Circle to connect with, a MEATUp or experience, something you've been putting off, or a new direction when you're not sure what to do next. It's the fourth home in the app, right alongside Today, MEATspace, and MEAT Rewards.
You handled today. Now let's figure out what's next.
Built from you.
Your goals, your activities, your interests, and what you've already completed — not a generic trending list.
Always about what's next.
Finish a MEAT, and MEAT Next already has an idea for what comes after it.
Optional, always.
You click into MEAT Next or toggle it on — it never pushes itself on you after a day you already finished.
The Full Daily Loop
MEATings gets you started → First Steps move the day → rollover keeps you accountable → Meaties and Circles inspire and connect → MEAT Next answers "what's next?"
Inside the App
What is MEAT Count?
A visible record of forward movement.
MEAT Count is more than a step counter. It's every meaningful thing you did today, across every part of your life — 3 steps toward fitness, 2 steps toward starting a business, a bill paid, $50 put toward debt, $100 moved into savings, a subscription you finally canceled. All of it counts.
Then MEAT shows both sides: what you did today, and where it's actually taking you. MEAT Count Today: 7 — seven meaningful steps. Financial Goal: $1,250 of $5,000 saved, 25% complete. A lot of people do responsible little things every day and still feel like they're standing still, because those actions never get collected into one picture. MEAT Count makes the invisible progress visible.
Three layers, one picture.
Tasks — what needs to get done. MEAT Count — how many meaningful steps you took. Goal Progress — how far those steps actually moved you.
Two different questions.
"What did I do today?" and "Where is all of this taking me?" — MEAT Count answers the first, Goal Progress answers the second.
Supportive, never a ranking.
Paying a $40 bill counts the same as someone else moving $2,000 into savings. MEAT never compares you to anyone else — only to your own life.
MEAT doesn't just remember what you have to do. It shows you how far you've come.
Every step counts. Every payment counts. Every action counts. Because progress should lead somewhere. That somewhere is MEAT.
Making Ends MEAT
From paying bills to building savings, MEAT helps you see the progress behind every payment. Because sometimes moving forward starts with making ends MEAT.
MEAT Count — count the steps. Making Ends MEAT — see where the financial ones are taking you.
Inside the App
MEAT Moments.
Capture the moments that count.
From the everyday wins to the once-in-a-lifetime milestones, keep the people, places, and experiences that make your life yours.
A First Look Inside
2026
First MEAT Experience
First Trip Abroad
A quiet Sunday that turned into the best day of the month
Moving Day — New Apartment
Graduation
Met these people
Wedding Day
Opening Night — Chef Maya's Restaurant
"I supported this before the doors opened."
Your first trip out of the country. Graduating. Moving in with your best friend. Starting a business. Meeting someone who changes your life. Getting engaged. Getting married. Becoming a parent. Running your first marathon. And everything exciting in between the milestones, too.
Even the smaller nights and spontaneous experiences you never want to forget.
Do something → Capture the Moment → Share/connect → Track your growth → Discover what's Next → Do something again.
It's a story that goes beyond finding events: discover → participate → support → experience → remember.
MEAT Next
What will you do next?
MEAT Moments
Remember what got you here.
A timeline, not a feed.
Your Moments build into a visual record of your own life — not something designed to be scrolled past.
Feeds the rest of MEAT.
A Moment can connect back to MEAT Count, get shared with a Circle, or shape what MEAT Next suggests.
Yours to capture, yours to keep.
A goal completed, a meal cooked, a person met — big or small, if it mattered to you, it belongs in your timeline.
Inside the App
A Companion For Your Life
MEAT checks in with you, helps you reflect on your day, keeps unfinished things from disappearing, and helps you think about what comes next.
Tell MEAT how you're feeling, what matters tomorrow, and where you want to move forward.
A place to check in.
How you're feeling, what happened, what's unfinished, what tomorrow needs — MEAT listens and carries it forward.
Support, not control.
MEAT helps you find your next step and gives you a MEATing when you need one — it never takes over your life.
MEAT doesn't need to run your life. It helps you stay connected to it.
Inside the App
What is MEATchat?
Messages · Voice · Video
Message, call, or connect face-to-face with friends and fellow Meaties — whether you're checking in, working toward a goal, or planning what's next.
Messages.
Quick check-ins, follow-ups after a MEATUp, or keeping in touch with a fellow Meatie.
Voice.
Accountability check-ins and quick goal-planning sessions, without scheduling a whole video call.
Video.
Meet someone before a MEATUp, join a small Circle group call, or have a mentor and creator conversation face-to-face.
Purposeful, not random.
Inside the App
What is MEAT Trends?
See what people with similar interests and goals are doing, then share the right ideas with friends, fellow Meaties, or your Circles.
Not another "what's popular" feed. MEAT Trends asks a different question: what are people like me actually doing right now? Trends surface based on your interests, your Circles, your location, your goals, and the people you follow.
Trending in Fitness Circles
Early morning walking groups Beginner strength challenge Meal-prep meetup
Send to a Meatie · Share with your Circle
"Thought this felt like you."
See a trend, recommend it, a friend accepts, it becomes a First Step or a MEATUp, they complete it — MEAT Count moves. Trends feed directly into action, not passive scrolling.
Built from real signals.
Interests, Circles, location, goals, and who you follow — not a generic trending chart.
Made to be shared.
Send a trend directly to a friend or Circle — not just scroll past it.
Feeds into action.
A recommendation can become a First Step or a MEATUp — and move your MEAT Count when it's done.
Trends should inspire participation, not comparison.
The Complete System
22 ways to MEAT.
Control what you share. See what matters. Discover what's next.
Relevant, not overwhelming. Social, not invasive. Personal, not controlling. Actionable, not passive.
MEAT Home
Your personal space — make MEAT feel like home.
MEAT Love
What you care about. What you love shapes what you discover.
MEAT Life
What you want to accomplish. Your goals. Your progress. Your life.
MEAT Feed
What matters right now shapes your feed.
MEAT Inn
The news you care about, organized your way.
MEAT Next
Discover what's next — expanding outward from what you already care about.
MEAT Go
Find it. Plan it. MEAT Go — the real-world action layer.
MEAT Complete
Start it. Keep moving. Track what you follow through on.
MEAT Me Halfway
See what your people are up to, with permission.
MEAT Your Friends
Your trusted inner layer. Not everyone is your friend — you choose who gets closer.
MEAT Circles
Your groups — built around people, interests, and goals.
MEAT Intros
The right introduction can change what happens next.
MEAT Share
Know two Meaties who should meet? MEAT Share them.
MEAT Match
Find your MEAT for life. Less swiping, more compatibility. Fully opt-in.
MEAT Network
Looking for work? Come MEAT your future employer.
MEAT Clips
See it. Clip it. Send it to your people.
MEAT Games
Break the ice. Find what you share.
MEAT Profiles
Who you are, on your terms — public, friends-only, or private.
MEAT Languages
MEAT speaks your language.
MEAT Your Way
Control your experience from day one.
MEAT at the Ground Floor
What you help bring to life. Get in before the doors open.
MEAT Expand
Your voice helps shape what MEAT becomes next.
MEAT Approved
A designation for experiences, places, and opportunities that meet a defined MEAT standard.
MEAT List
The places and things you personally stand behind — shareable, followable, and built to be asked about.
Privacy & Trust
MEAT is a layered social experience — access depends on age, permission, relationship, and trust. Conservative defaults, real reporting and blocking, and stronger protections for younger users, every step of the way.
Start with what you love. Learn from what you do. Grow with who you become.
Inside the App
MEAT Expand.
Your voice helps shape what MEAT becomes next.
Most companies ask their best users for feedback, then it disappears into a black box. MEAT Expand makes that relationship transparent — you don't just send an idea, you can actually watch where it goes.
Your Idea's Journey
Submitted → Reviewed → Explored → Planned → Added
Sorted Automatically, By What You Already Told Us
A running suggestion
Routes to Fitness & MEAT Life
A dating idea
Routes to MEAT Match
A career request
Routes to MEAT Network
A personalization ask
Routes to Feed & MEAT Your Way
Because MEAT already knows what you're into, your feedback doesn't get lost in a generic inbox — it lands with the team actually building that part of MEAT.
Submit your next MEAT expansion.
Inside the App
Your MEAT List.
A personal, shareable collection of the places, experiences, recommendations, and things you genuinely stand behind.
"Add it to my MEAT List." "What's on your MEAT List?" "This place made my MEAT List." "Send me your MEAT List."
Add favorite restaurants, bars, hidden gems, places you want to try, trips, experiences, books, podcasts, events — anything worth recommending to another Meatie.
Other Meaties can follow, save, share, or build from someone else's list.
MEAT Spots
Discover community-recommended places — what everyone's saying is good.
My MEAT List
The places I personally recommend, or want to remember — my taste, on the record.
If you know somebody has great taste, you want to see what's on their MEAT List.
The Standard
As easy as MEATing.
The interface should feel almost obvious.
Open → see what matters → take action → check it off → see what's next.
No maze of menus. No cluttered dashboards. No forcing people to learn twenty branded terms before they can use the app.
One clear home screen with today's priorities, MEAT Count, and MEAT Next.
MEATings should come to you naturally instead of making you hunt for reminders.
MEATspace, Circles, and MEATchat should be one or two taps away.
Adding a task, goal, bill, or plan should take seconds.
Progress should be visible instantly.
Personalization should simplify the app, not add complexity.
Could someone open MEAT for the first time and understand what to do without a tutorial?
If yes, we're doing it right.
MEAT — life organization as easy as MEATing. 💚
MEAT exists to make people's lives better.
One United Company
Experienced. Not just talked about.
Every part of MEAT Hospitality Group serves one mission — to remind you that your story matters, and that you should just keep meating.
Let's MEAT.
The World Is Built On MEAT.
People. Purpose. Action. Connection.
We will be the MEAT map for everyday lives.
"MEAT helps people know what to do now, what to do next, and who I can do it with."
MEAT should be easier to use than the life problem it's helping you solve. If opening the app ever feels like work, that's on us to fix.
The Dinners
Where it happens
Intimate chef concept dinners where strangers become a community. The experience that creates the memory — in real time, in one room.
The Media
Meatlife Productions
The stories of creating — the struggles, the triumphs, and the legacy. Bringing meaningful stories and human experiences to the screen.
The Books
The Reflection
Growing up different. The moments with people that made us think. The lessons that shaped a life, written down to last.
The Newsletter
Little Wins
Following a creator's journey to building something real — a weekly reminder that inspires others to take the first step.
The Podcast
Just Keep Meating
One man's journey building something while working and navigating the ups and downs of life. The everyday grind, documented weekly.
The Collection
Wear it
For the underground dreamers, believers, and culinary achievers. A reminder you can wear — of all the little wins that got you here.
We don't just talk about experiences. We create them — under one united company.
The Blueprint
This isn't a dream board. It's our blueprint.
Every project listed here is something we're committed to building. One little win at a time.
Foundation+
MEAT Hospitality Group Website
Completed
Podcast
Completed
Google Business
Completed
Little Wins Newsletter
Completed
Daily Wins
Completed
MEAT Hospitality Group Report
Completed
Community+
Dinner 001
Completed
Dinner 002
In Progress
Dinner 003
Rooftop Mixer
Hospitality Summit
Chef Collaboration Series
Brand+
Just Keep MEATing™
In Progress
Merchandise Collection
Community Apparel
Content+
First Book
In Progress
Documentary
Hospitality Interview Series
Behind-the-Scenes Series
Community Impact+
Mentorship Program
Culinary Scholarships
Hospitality Grants
Annual Philanthropy Dinner
Long-Term+
National Brand Partnerships
Annual Conference
MEAT Hospitality Group Foundation
Global Community
Meatlife Productions
Platform · TV · Documentary
Master and His Piece
Meatlife Productions · Coming+
The company behind Discover Meatly, Little Wins Newsletter, Daily Wins, the Little Wins concept, and the Just Keep Meating Podcast. One vision. All produced under one company.
Discover Meatly — The Series
In Motion
The Just Keep Meating Podcast
Live
Little Wins Newsletter
Live
Daily Wins · Little Wins Concept
Live
"Don't watch us dream. Watch us execute."
Written by Holden Krivelin
Four books. One philosophy.
Click a title to read a piece of what's inside.
Life Love Meathood
One's journey from childhood to meathood
+
I never judged my success by my grades.
Not because I didn't care — but because I was never thinking inside the classroom. I was thinking beyond it. No direction. Just a feeling. A connection to the outside world. To places. To people. And to the stories that came with every adventure.
My dad's friends were my friends. Every week, same routine. Dunkin' Donuts first. Irish Dave would sit there with his lottery tickets — he was in his eighties and still gambling like it was his job.
But while it lasted — it was everything.
Coming Soon
Where We All MEAT
The Blueprint · A Book by Holden Krivelin
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Nine years. Walking, calling, talking, going into places I once stood outside of — too afraid to walk in. I held back. I didn't want anyone to see me.
But I kept going.
The host — smile on, battles hidden. The bartender — serious on the surface, something softer underneath. The chef — always running. And the owner — for some, this is the dream they've been chasing their whole life.
This book is for all of them.
Coming Soon
Little Bites
For those who get up and just keep meating
+
Nobody celebrates the small stuff. But the small stuff is everything.
Getting out of bed when you're depressed. Getting through the meeting you were nervous about. Taking the first step toward something you've been putting off. Making a new friend. Or just that you kept meating.
This is for the ones who showed up today — even when showing up was the hardest thing they did.
Coming Soon
The MEAT Method
Not a sales book. A life book.
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Life is made up in small bites.
You don't need the whole room. You don't need the perfect pitch. You don't need to steal the show. You just need one line — one small moment that makes someone lean in and say, wait, who is this person?
Take the small piece. Treat people like people. Just Keep MEATing.™
Coming Soon
The Series
Discover Meatly.
A MEAT Hospitality Group Original Series · New York City
Discover Meatly is where we tell the stories of NYC's rooms worth remembering.+
Discover Meatly is where we tell the stories of the New York venues that deserve to be remembered — before they become the next 30 Love. We sit down with the owners, chefs, and operators behind the rooms that make this city worth eating in, and we spotlight the food, the history, and the details most people walk right past. From West Village's Capone's Salumeria to Old Town Bar's delicious wings and unforgettable history, to the latest from New York's most prolific chefs — this is the city, room by room.
The places. The people. The stories worth telling.
Like Spotify's Discover Weekly — but for NYC's hidden restaurant gems. Every week we step inside a small business and capture what makes it magic. The interior. The history. The ambiance. The people who pour their lives into the food you remember.
Venue Collab · Open Invitation
Your space deserves to be seen.
If you own a restaurant, bar, or hospitality space in New York City — let us tell your story. Discover Meatly puts your venue in front of an audience hungry for places exactly like yours.
🎥
A full episode dedicated to you
Your interior, your story, your food, your people — captured beautifully and shared across every platform we touch.
📣
New eyes on your door
Our audience hasn't been to your spot yet. After they watch the episode, they will. That's the whole point.
🤝
A real partnership, not a transaction
In exchange, we host a MEAT Hospitality Group concept dinner in your space — our chef, our guests, your room. New customers walk through your door who never would have found you otherwise.
⭐
Forever featured
Your episode lives on our platform, our socials, and in our archive permanently. The internet remembers the places we showcase.
Your room. Our chef. Their first time. Everyone wins.
A featured conversation with co-owner Peter Othos inside one of the West Village's most authentic Italian institutions. Every cut, every recipe, every customer carries decades of family tradition — and Peter sat down with us on camera to tell the real story.
West VillageOn-Camera OwnerItalian Heritage
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Featured
Old Town Bar
Union Square · Est. 1892 · The Meagher Family
A spotlight on a piece of New York City history. Old Town Bar has held down Union Square since 1892. Today it's run by brothers Gerard and Matthew Meagher, who took over after their father Larry passed away — carrying forward the original mahogany, the dumbwaiter still running food up from the kitchen, the iconic wings, and the kind of century-old character you can't manufacture. Only inherit.
Union SquareEst. 1892Family Legacy
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Featured
Little Maven
Chef Josh Capon's Latest · VCR Group
Chef Josh Capon's newest concept — the latest from the VCR Group portfolio that includes Fly Fish Club, Capon's Chophouse, Capon's Burgers, and Ito Tribeca. We started with the tuna tartare cannoli, then the 8oz prime burger topped with melted French raclette, truffle aioli, and freshly shaved black winter truffles — only ten made a day. Warm miso chocolate chip cookies and vanilla soft serve to close. In our opinion, Chef Josh Capon is the king of NYC comfort food hospitality.
VCR GroupChef Josh CaponTruffle Burger
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Featured
Conall's Public House
East Village · With Owner Gene Lennon
An authentic Irish pub in NYC's East Village. Gene Lennon — the man behind Trinity Pub, The Mayfly, and Juke Bar — opened Conall's as the next chapter in a hospitality legacy that stretches back to the '90s. He gave us a personal invite to his grand opening, and we captured the room, the food, the people, and the story.
Gene LennonEast VillageIrish Pub Legacy
BONUS
Additional Content
Monsieur
East Village · Golden Age Hospitality
An East Village cocktail lounge designed in collaboration with Baz Luhrmann. Parisian salon aesthetics meets classic spirit-forward drinks. Part of the Golden Age Hospitality Group portfolio — The Nines, Happiest Hour, Bar Bianchi, Le Dive, Deux Chats, and The 86.
Baz LuhrmannGolden Age HospitalityCocktail Lounge
Episode 005 · Coming Soon
Your space could be next.
If you own a venue in NYC and want to be seen, this is your slot.
There's no one way to be part of this. Whether you want the full founding Meatsperience, you're coming as a guest of the house, or you're a chef ready to show the world your concept — there's a place for you.
Guest of the House
You're Invited
Family, friends, influencers, models, creatives — invited directly by MEAT. You're here because we want you in the room. Just reach out to Holden directly.
For those who want to be part of building this from day one. Reserve your seat, be in the room, and leave with your name in the story before anyone else even knows it exists.
Full multi-course chef concept tasting menu
Drinks at the bar
Live post-dinner feedback session with the chef
Founding Meatie status — you were here first
Priority access to every future event
Chef · Collaborator
Present Your Concept
You have an idea that deserves a real room and real people. Bring your concept — we'll build the table around it, fill the seats, and make sure every voice in the room gives you something useful.
Present your original concept to a live audience
Fully licensed NYC venue — we handle the space
Structured live feedback from every guest
Real demand data before you sign anything
Your name in the MEAT story from day one
More tiers and options coming soon
Your Wallet Isn't the Gate
Sponsor a seat.
We say access shouldn't depend on what's in your account. Here's where we back that up. Sponsor an extra seat at Dinner 002, and we'll give it to someone who wants to be in the room but can't cover it yet — no application, no means test, just a seat that's already paid for waiting on them.
Every sponsored seat is confirmed personally by Holden. No public list, no spectacle — just someone getting a seat they wouldn't have had otherwise.
For Venue Partners
Your space deserves to be remembered.
We're looking for NYC venues with soul — restaurants, bars, private rooms, lofts. When you host a MEAT Concept Kitchen, your room becomes the place where something happened before anyone else knew about it.
What hosting MEAT gets you
🎯
A curated, intentional crowd
Guests who showed up on purpose. The kind of room operators dream about filling.
📣
Buzz before the dinner happens
Location drops 24 hours before. Your venue becomes the reveal everyone's excited about.
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Zero heavy lifting
We bring the chef, guests, concept, and energy. You provide the space and the bar.
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A long-term partnership
We're building something that grows. Early venue partners grow with us.
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A great revenue night
Full bar. Full room. Guests there to enjoy — not rush. Good for your bottom line.
001
Sold Out · April 2026
The first table. The first story. The guests who were there before anyone else.
002
Coming Soon · NYC
Larger space. New chef. New concept. Location revealed 24 hours before. Your room becomes the story.
"Your address becomes part of the allure. The mystery is part of the experience."
Our Story
9
Years watching great concepts disappear
It was a day like any other. I had just come from a conversation with my mom and brother about my trajectory in life — the kind of conversation where you're expected to just accept things as they are. Walking out afterward, right across the street, I saw it: 30 Love, this big, beautiful, majestic bar and grill, closed, dark, a "for lease" sign in the window.
That was the moment. I was done accepting what life was supposed to be. There had to be a way for operators, foodies, and chefs to build the next big hospitality idea together — before it ended up behind a "for lease" sign of its own. I called it MEAT. By that night, my entire life had changed.
But 30 Love was only the spark. MEAT is really made up of a few pieces. A piece of my dad — not with me now, but the one who taught me to be relentless, to just keep showing up even when I didn't feel like it. A piece of Stormi, my dog, who taught me the same thing a different way: build trust over fear, one step at a time. And a piece of me — wanting to connect with somebody on a real level, and on top of that, wanting to do it with somebody else. To feel like I'm not alone.
I think that's why this resonates past just restaurants. It's not really about the industry. It's about showing up anyway.
"I wanted to create a place where chefs and foodies and operators can submit their concepts and feel like they have something. I want to change the way ideas are brought to life."
— Holden Krivelin, Founder & CEO · MEAT Hospitality Group
Built on a simple belief
Every chef, operator, and dreamer deserves a chance to test their idea before risking everything — to know if people want it before they bet it all.
Every dinner we host is proof of concept. Every guest is a voice. Every chef walks out of our feedback session with something no amount of planning could give them.
Ready to be part of it?
Get Involved
Your seat is waiting.
Get on the list and tell us who you are. We'll be in touch personally — whether you're a guest, a chef, a venue, or just someone who wants to be in the room when something real is happening.
Venues, chefs, collaborators, guests of the house — every message is read personally by Holden.
Join the Waitlist
Concept Kitchen 002 · Coming Soon · New York City
Join now for early access to dinners, first invites to new MEAT Experiences, and a chance to test the app before anyone else does.
No spam. We reach out personally. Everyone is welcome.
You're on the list.
We'll be in touch personally when Concept Kitchen 002 drops.
Welcome to the table — we mean that.
— Holden & the MEAT team
Vision · Traction · Team
We're not building a restaurant group. We're building an ecosystem.
Meat Hospitality Group unifies intimate dinner experiences, a growing merchandise line, and a community-first media brand under one mission — and one shared mark.
We call it the MEATverse.
The connected world of MEAT — built around real people, real life, and real progress. 💚
MEATverse is the expanding world of MEAT — a connected ecosystem that goes beyond the app to bring people closer to communities, experiences, opportunities, rewards, tools, and real-life progress. It's not a virtual world. It's a broader way to access everything MEAT can become.
The app helps you move through your day. MEATverse connects you to everything that can help you move further.
In short: one dinner hosted, 291 on the waitlist, an app in development, and two ways in — invest in the ecosystem, or help us build it.
The Model
One story, told four ways.
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Dinners
Intimate chef-led experiences — the core product, the trust-builder.
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Merch
Wearable extensions of the mission — the store launches soon.
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Media
Newsletter, podcast, and content — the story, told constantly.
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Community
Guests, wearers, and listeners becoming one growing audience.
Traction So Far
Early, but real.
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Dinners Hosted
4+
Chef Conversations
291
Waitlist Signups
1
Cities / Markets
Early stage, moving fast. NYC-based, one dinner in, building relationships with chefs and operators ahead of the MEAT Hospitality Store Launch.
Early Momentum
Conversations with established restaurant owners about the concept
Met the operator behind a larger, established dinner concept featuring Michelin-star trained chefs — direct validation the model works at scale
Tyler — early conversations around a dedicated dinner table concept
Pizza with Abe — a pop-up chef relationship in the works
Ongoing interest from pop-up chefs wanting in on future dinners
Where You Come In
Two ways to build this with us.
For Investors
Fund the ecosystem, not one product.
This isn't a restaurant investment or a merch investment — it's a bet on a brand system built to expand into whatever category makes sense next.
— Low-overhead, high-trust dinner model
— Merch line with built-in brand recall
— Community compounding across every touchpoint
— Founder-operated, capital-efficient to date
For Future Team
Come build this with us.
We're looking for the bright, creative visionaries who see what this can become — not just people who want a job, but people who want to help build something and grow with it.
— Chefs & culinary talent
— Operations & hospitality
— Design & brand
— Marketing & community
"We believe in you. Take the first step." That applies to guests, and it applies to the people who build this with us.
MEAT Hospitality Group is an early-stage hospitality and brand company based in New York City. The company operates a portfolio of connected businesses — intimate chef-led dinner experiences, a direct-to-consumer merchandise line, and a media/content arm — unified under a single brand and a shared points-based rewards system currently in development.
The Model
Revenue and audience are built across four connected lines rather than a single product:
Dinners — ticketed, chef-led events; the core product and primary trust-builder with guests
Merchandise — direct-to-consumer apparel and goods sold through the company's Shopify storefront
Media — a newsletter, podcast, and content presence used for audience growth and retention at low marginal cost
Community/App — a rewards and social-connection app in early development, intended to unify engagement across all of the above
Traction to Date
1
Dinner Hosted
4+
Chef Relationships
291
Waitlist Signups
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Market (NYC)
Early stage. Founder-operated to date. Capital raised so far has been self-funded.
Founder
Founded and operated by Holden Krivelin, based in New York City. Background in hospitality operations; the company was started as a direct response to watching a local restaurant close, and a decision to build the infrastructure that gives chefs and operators a better path to launching new concepts.
"My goal isn't to build something that only works with me in the room. It's to build MEAT so useful that one day, it doesn't need me there to explain why it matters." — Holden Krivelin
Don't watch us dream. Watch us execute.
Inquiries
For a full deck, financials, or a direct conversation, reach out below.
MEAT Hospitality Group events are intentionally curated and capacity is limited. Here's how seating works — for everyone.
Ticket Policy
All guests are required to purchase a ticket to attend.
Tickets are non-transferable unless approved by MEAT Hospitality Group.
Seating is confirmed upon payment.
Complimentary Invitations
Complimentary invitations are limited and issued solely at the discretion of MEAT Hospitality Group. Comped seats may be extended to:
Chef and venue partners
Media and content collaborators
Community partners
Sponsors
Strategic guests who contribute to the growth of the experience
Complimentary invitations do not automatically include guest privileges or plus-ones.
Guest Expectations
MEAT Hospitality Group is built on community, collaboration, and meaningful connections. Every seat at the table has value, and our goal is to create experiences that support our chefs, venues, partners, and guests alike.
Thank you for supporting independent hospitality experiences.
Good to Know
Frequently asked questions.
Is there a dress code?
No attitude, no dress code. Come as you are — just great food and the right people.
Can you accommodate dietary restrictions?
Yes — let us know when you reserve your seat and we'll work with the chef to accommodate allergies and dietary needs wherever possible.
How much does a Meatsperience cost?
Pricing varies by dinner and chef concept. Join the waitlist to be first to know when tickets for the next Meatsperience go live.
What's your cancellation policy?
Every seat at the table has value, so cancellations affect our chefs, venues, and partners. See the full guest expectations and cancellation details above for specifics.
Can I attend alone, or do I need to bring someone?
Come solo or bring a friend — both are welcome. Half the point of a Meatsperience is that strangers become a community by the end of the night.
In Their Words
What guests said after Dinner 001.
Unprompted messages from people who were in the room. More will live here after every Meatsperience.
“Just wanted to let you know that I truly enjoyed myself last night. Good food, making new friends definitely adds to the joy in life.”
Beth Hawkins
Park Slope · Dinner 001
“Thank you again for such a lovely event. The reveal was incredible — it looked like a regular Irish pub, but then you walked into a little magical, speakeasy environment.”
Sharon Malcolm
Brooklyn · Dinner 001
As Seen In
The story is just getting started.
Press features and media coverage will live here as they happen. First stop: getting MEAT in front of the people who write about what's next in hospitality.
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Reservations & Events
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Merchandise
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To the fullest extent permitted by law, MEAT Hospitality Group LLC is not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the Sites or attendance at our events.
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Cover an extra seat at an upcoming Meatsperience. We'll match it to someone who couldn't otherwise be there.
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Holden reads every one of these personally — he'll follow up directly.
A MEAT Hospitality Group Original Series
Discover Meatly.
The city, room by room. New episodes ongoing.
We've already walked into some of the rooms that make this city worth eating in — Capone's Salumeria in the West Village, Old Town Bar in Union Square, Little Maven with Chef Josh Capon. We told their stories on Discover Meatly.
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Capone's Salumeria
West Village · With Co-Owner Peter Othos
A featured conversation with Peter Othos inside one of the West Village's most authentic Italian institutions.
Run by brothers Gerard and Matthew Meagher, who took over after their father Larry passed. Original mahogany, the dumbwaiter, the iconic wings, and over a century of character carried forward by family.
Gene Lennon — owner of Trinity Pub, The Mayfly, and Juke Bar — opened Conall's as the next chapter in his hospitality legacy. He gave us a personal invite to his grand opening and we captured the room, the food, and the story.
Additional content from Monsieur — an East Village cocktail lounge designed in collaboration with Baz Luhrmann. Parisian salon aesthetics meets classic spirit-forward drinks. Part of the Golden Age Hospitality Group portfolio that includes The Nines, Happiest Hour, Bar Bianchi, Le Dive, Deux Chats, and The 86.
