Good morning. Thought you might be interested to know that four or five seats have opened up for tonight’s New Guard dinner, an intimate clambake for 40 in SoDo.

Cheffing will be Cormac Mahoney. I almost always write "Cormac McCarthy" when I write his name. But Cormac McCarthy is the guy who wrote The Road. That’s not who is cooking tonight. Cormac Mahoney is the guy who made those tacos you loved at Tako Truk and who will be opening a new restaurant in Madison Park at some point soon.

The musician this time around is Justin Ripley (Salmon Thrasher, The Pomonas), and Kat Larson is the artiste. More details about them are here.

The dinner starts at 7pm and costs $50. Email [email protected] to reserve.