Forget tee time — it’s sauce time during the Masters!
Rao’s — the impossible to get into uptown eatery — is popping up again in Augusta, Georgia, we hear.
The meatball mecca’s pop up location will be housed at a private location, we hear, renamed Rao’s Country Club at Augusta.
The Rao’s club is being presided over by restaurant owners Ron Straci and Frank Pellegrino Jr., as well as their executive chef and main meatball maestro Dino Gatto.
Stirring the sauce behind the scenes is entrepreneur Kenny Dichter and his Real SLX team.
Rao’s has previously popped up in Augusta, where notables including Mike Turico, Scott Van Pelt, Troy Aikman, Adam Schefter and Kirk Herbstreit have dined.
We also hear that new Giants quarterback Russell Wilson will be on the scene. The NFL star is married to singer Ciara.
Others who are known as fans of the red sauce staple include Eli Manning, Jared Goff, Tracy Wolfson and Sean McManus.
An invitation went out that says, “Please join us for a daily watch party at the 19th hole.”
During the Super Bowl, a Rao’s replica popped up at a New Orleans warehouse for a weeklong celebration of the NFL’s biggest game.
Guests included Bill Belichick, Joe Montana, Pete Davidson, Kevin Costner, the Chainsmokers, Erin Andrews, Run-DMC’s Darryl McDaniels, Chris Collinsworth and Eli, Peyton and Archie Manning.
As with Rao’s recent Super Bowl pop-up, Dichter’s Real SLX is working again with Sean Feeney — owner of Brooklyn’s FINI Pizza — to bring a version of his pizza slice shop as a pop up to Augusta, too.
The 2025 Masters tees off on Thursday, April 10, at Augusta National in Georgia — where Scottie Scheffler, the defending champ and two-time winner, looks to become the second player ever to win three green jackets in four-years, in addition to golf icon Jack Nicklaus.
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