The table is full, all tickets are sold. Thank you! Make sure you don’t miss out next time, follow @stereodinner everywhere, and join our mailing list!
Stereo Dinner and Monte A. Melnick, Ramones Tour Manager from 1974 to 1996 and co-author of the acclaimed On the Road with the Ramones, will serve up an intimate dinner and wine pairing with fans of the legendary punk rock band at Bar Primi on Joey Ramone Place in New York City. Lenny Kaye, author, producer, and guitarist for Patti Smith Group, will host the event.
Melnick, Kaye, and fans will swap stories and answer questions about the Ramones and their contribution to the birth of NYC punk while enjoying a spectacular meal crafted for the occasion by Chefs Andrew Carmellini and Sal Lamboglia of Bar Primi. All healthy gathering protocols will be followed, ensuring the evening is safe and memorable for all attendees.
A very limited number of tickets will be sold for this exclusive, socially distanced event. Tickets are now on sale.
Each Stereo Dinner is exclusive and intimate. With only a few tickets available for a place at the table, there's not a bad seat in the house. We recommend you purchase your ticket as soon as possible. Guests must be age 18 or older.
Your ticket includes:
Exclusive admission to Bar Primi’s dining room on June 24, 2021 at 6:30 p.m.
One three-course tasting menu dinner (below) and wine pairing, 75 - 90 minutes
Conversation, stories, and Q&A with Monte A. Melnick and Lenny Kaye
One socially-distanced autograph opportunity (one item) from Monte A. Melnick
Exclusive access to purchase an autographed, special bonus edition of Monte A. Melnick and Frank Meyer’s classic On the Road with the Ramones ($40 at ticket checkout, orders must be received by June 7, 2021 for this limited printing, books may be picked up at dinner)
Two pre-dinner online networking events with your fellow Ramones fans, Stereo Dinner producers, and special guests!
All ticketing fees
Bar Primi’s menu for this very special evening:
Opener:
kale insalata: roasted garlic, apples, walnuts
beets: pistachio pesto, pimenton yogurt (sans yogurt for vegan)
stuffed meatballs in sugo
vegetarian option: rice balls. asparagus cacio e pepe crema (no crema for vegan), tutto spice, pickled shallots
[[WINE PAIRING: 2018 Bisci VERDICCHIO DI MATELICA, Marche]]
Entrée:
orecchiette salsiccia, broccoli rabe, peperoncino
ricotta agnolotti, vodka sugo
vegan option: linguine with cloves of garlic, breadcrumbs
gluten-free option: substitute gluten-free pasta
[[WINE PAIRING: 2018 Ca' del Baio NEBBIOLO, Piedmont]]
Dessert:
tiramisu
almond gelato
vegan and gluten-free options: seasonal
[[WINE PAIRING: Amaro]]
Please indicate your dietary restrictions at checkout. Vegetarian, Vegan, and Gluten-Free options are available.
Important health information:
For your health and safety, all guests must provide proof of full vaccination or negative COVID-19 test within 48 hours of the event for admission. All guests will be required to certify their health and comply with all COVID-19 screenings and protocols prior to and during the event. Review Stereo Dinner’s general health procedures here. Please be sure you understand and are able to follow New York’s state regulations and City laws before purchasing a ticket to this event. Violators will not be admitted.
About Monte A. Melnick
Over the remarkable 22-year career of the Ramones, the seminal punk rock band, Monte A. Melnick saw it all. Monte was with the band from the very early CBGB dates to the final show in 1996, touring the world in more than 2,200 shows, working his way up to be their Tour Manager.
Before the pandemic, Melnick was the in-house manager at the Queens Theatre in the Park, the premier performing arts center in Queens, New York. He also served as the Audio Visual Supervisor at the New York Hall of Science for more than 16 years.
In the early 70’s as a bass player, Monte was a signed artist with the rock band Thirty Days Out, with two albums on Reprise/Warner Brothers Records. He has participated in numerous podcasts and celebrity panels. He is the author of the book On The Road with the Ramones, published in seven languages, currently available on Amazon.com worldwide.
About Lenny Kaye
As musician, writer, and record producer, Lenny Kaye has been intimately involved with the creative impulse that marks the music. He has been a guitarist for poet-rocker Patti Smith since her band’s inception more than 30 years ago, and is the co-author of Waylon, the life story of Waylon Jennings.
He has worked in the studio with such artists as Suzanne Vega, Jim Carroll, Soul Asylum, Kristen Hersh, and Allen Ginsberg, as well as his own solo muse. His seminal anthology of sixties’ garage-rock, Nuggets, has long been regarded as defining a genre. You Call It Madness: The Sensuous Song of the Croon, an impressionistic study of the romantic singers of the 1930’s, was published by Villard/Random House in 2004.
Follow Lenny Kaye: Instagram
About Bar Primi
Bar Primi is an Italian pasta shop on the border of NoHo and the East Village. They make fresh pasta the traditional way -- with a variety of non-GMO semolina and specialty ‘00’ flours, organic eggs and family recipes to create their shareable menu of Traditional and Seasonal Primi Piatti.’