NYC’s Iconic Rao’s Restaurant Takes Over W South Beach Presented by Wheels Up: Friends & Family Opening

Photography by on January 28th, 2020 in Celebrity, Food, Lifestyle, NYC’s Iconic Rao’s Restaurant Takes Over W South Beach Presented by Wheels Up, Super Bowl LIV

Martin Garrix & David Grutman

Miami Beach, FL – January 28, 2020 – W South Beach Owner, David Edelstein, Wheels Up Founder and CEO, Kenny Dichter and Co-founder and Executive Vice President, Gary Spitalnik celebrated the friends and family opening of Rao’s by the Beach, an iteration of East Harlem’s legendary hotspot Rao’s. Special guests in attendance, included Rao’s co-owner Frank Pellegrino, Jr.

Led by acclaimed chef Dino Gatto, the notoriously strict “regulars-only” New York institution takes over Restaurant W South Beach (RWSB) from January 29 to February 1st during the big game week. Beloved for its famed soups, family secret-red-sauce, super-size meatballs and pizza, the original restaurant has been booked solid for 42 years and only a rare few get inside. “Who you know is key to entry.”

Frank Pellegrino Jr. speaking, Chef Dino Gatto, & Kenny Dichter

Frank Pellegrino Jr.

Frank Pellegrino Jr. & Chef Dino Gatto

Chef Dino Gatto & Kenny Dichter

Gary Spitalnik

David Edelstein

Kenny Dichter & David Edelstein

Kenny Dichter

David Edelstein, Chef Dino Gatto, & Brandon Cauff

Chef Dino Gatto & Rick Oueno

Frank Pellegrino Jr & Chef Dino Gatto

Chef Dino Gatto

Lee Brian Schrager & Ricardo Restrepo

Miky Grendene, Martin Garrix, & David Grutman

Miky Grendene & Seth Browarnik

Seth Browarnik, Allie LaSorte, Keith & Evelyn Menin, & Navin Chatani

Seth Browarnik & Allie LaSorte

Jay Parker & Nancy Karp

Jay Parker & Seth Browarnik

Jay Parker & Miky Grendene

Jay Parker, Melissa Katz, & Gary Spitalnik

Melissa Katz & Carter Withers

Tara Solomon & Nick D’Annunzio

Valerio Morabito & Vita Sidorkina

Valerio Morabito, Vita Sidorkina, Alison Zhuk, & Jay Parker

Chef Dino Gatto, Alison Zhuk, & Jay Parker

David Edelstein, David Grutman, & Kenny Dichter

Nicole Siervo, Antonio Martucci, & Manuel Damato

Nicola Siervo, Chef Dino Gatto, Camila Wisniewski, Antonio Martucci, & Manuel Damato

Gary Spitalnik, Frank Pellegrino Jr, Chef Dino Gatto, Carter Withers, Kenny Dichter, & David Edelstein

John Jansheski, Alyssa Jansheski, Carolina Pirez, & Alex Pirez

John Jansheski & Seth Browarnik

John Jansheski & Chris Paciello

John & Alyssa Jansheski

Victoria & Jessica Whitehead

Beatrice Altman, Jeffrey Altman, & David Edelstein

Beatrice & Jeffrey Altman

Ashley Spitz & Mikael Hamaoui

Camila Gamero, Rick Oueno, & Cristina De Windt

Mark Samuelian, Steve Patterson, David Richardson, & David Martin

Michelle Linn, Joyce Gato, David Edelstein, & Leslie Wolfson

Jackie Mansfield, Rebkah Howard, & David Edelstein

Jeffrey Altman, Beatrice Altman, & David Edelstein

Jeffrey Altman, David Edelstein, & Brandon Cauff

Joyce Gato, Michael Comras, Daniela Swaebe, & Leslie Wolfson

Ricky Arriola, David Edelstein, & Dan Gelber

Miky Grendene & David Edelstein

William & Jason Weisman

Jennifer Valoppi & Christian Berdouare

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