Members only at MSG
TAO Group’s Noah Tepperberg and Jason Strauss are bringing a swanky members-only suite to Madison Square Garden. Suite Sixteen — a reference to the duo’s former celebrity-friendly Chelsea venture — opens Oct. 30 with a menu by chefs Ralph Scamardella and Chris Santos, which will feature items from Tao, Lavo and Bodega Negra. “Suite Sixteen was a transformative venue in NYC nightlife history because it was one of the first places that allowed celebrities to rub elbows with beautiful people and high rollers,” Tepperberg tells us. “You needed to know one of us to get access. And that same model is being applied . . . you have to know us to be considered for a membership to the most exclusive lounge within the Garden.” The New York Times once referred to the former spot as “a Chelsea lounge that generated a flash of Page Six mentions.”