The NoMad hotel has always been one of my favorite spots to hang out so long as the crowd situation doesn't get out of control. The NoMad restaurant has long been one of my favorite restaurants in the city, and I have really loved the cocktail offerings from the Nomad Bar adjacent to the restaurant (it's too bad that the library bar, which is one of my favorite hang-out spots in NYC period, is now closed only to hotel guests).

When it was announced in the fall that the Nomad Bar will have a red sauce Italian-American pop-up dinner event every Sunday, I was immediately hooked. The event, called Mamma Guidara's, was based on the co-owner Will Guidara's parents' Italian-American roots. I already love the other restaurants from the NoMad team (including, of course, Eleven Madison Park), so I naturally assumed that this pop-up would really set the bar on how Italian-American should be done right. Overall, I had a pleasant meal but there were some hits and misses.

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Source: https://kenscale.com/