Bad Saint started accepting reservations in 2019 after years of winding lines for the small dining room.

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Teeny Columbia Heights restaurant Bad Saint will allow reservations, potentially ending the tradition of long lines of hungry patrons waiting outside for the nationally-awarded Filipino cuisine inside. Don’t make plans soon, though: The first batch of reservations for the next month has already been snapped up. (You can still add your name to the wait list.)

Co-owner Genevieve Villamora told Washingtonian that the restaurant tested out reservations during the holiday season, and has decided to extend the program.

Reservations will be opened up on a weekly basis on the site giftrocker, per a post on the restaurant’s Facebook page. You’ll need a credit card to hold your spot. Cancellations within 48 hours of the reservation come with a $25 fee per person.

Bad Saint was one of the last high-profile stalwarts against offering reservations: Rose’s Luxury and Himitsu both began accepting bookings this year following years of legendarily long lines. Bad Saint’s size—only 24 seats—made accepting reservations difficult. As co-owner Nick Pimentel told DCist last month:

“It’s a very special place for us and we’re glad people are lining up and doing it this way, we can get more people in a night,” he says. “More people can enjoy Bad Saint the way that it’s run.”

Pimentel says Bad Saint’s small size is what makes the team resistant to offering reservations: One or two no-shows is more detrimental to a small business than a big one. The smaller the restaurant, he says, the more dependent it is on getting people in to fill seats—and you need all of them to survive. But a larger eatery is more flexible on seating and often saves money by buying in bulk, he says.

And should you find yourself with some time to kill, Bad Saint will still save room for walk-ins.