Tasca NYC hosts company dinners, presentations, birthday parties and standing cocktail receptions of up to 200 guests. The Spanish and Caribbean restaurant is at 505 Columbus Avenue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It offers large-party bookings, a private lounge and wine cellar downstairs, and full restaurant buyouts.
Seminars and company events
The restaurant lists corporate presentations among the events it accepts. The downstairs lounge, with its fireplace, is the private setting for a presentation or a working dinner. For bigger groups, a full buyout gives the use of the whole venue. The official site states a capacity of 200 for standing cocktail receptions with indoor dining capacity.
Weddings and receptions
The site names dinners with friends, birthday parties, family gatherings and cocktail receptions. It does not describe wedding packages, so organisers planning a wedding should ask the events team directly before counting on it.
Rooms and capacities
Tasca occupies a multi-level space of 5,500 square feet. It includes several open dining areas, a patio, and a subterranean lounge that doubles as a private dining wine cellar. The site gives one figure for events: 200 guests standing, indoors. It does not publish separate capacities for each room, so seated numbers for the lounge or the main dining room need to be confirmed with the events coordinator.
Catering
Catering comes from the restaurant itself, so there is no outside caterer to coordinate. The kitchen cooks Spanish and Latin Caribbean dishes drawing on the cuisines of Spain, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Cuba, from tapas at the bar to dishes in the main dining room. The private dining page links to a group brochure, an outside tray service menu and bar platters for the bar area only.
History and setting
The name Tasca means tavern in Iberian languages. The site describes a mix of a traditional Spanish tavern and a coastal Caribbean restaurant across its levels. The restaurant serves dinner, brunch and happy hour, so a private booking can be set against the usual service. The site also mentions open, airy dining areas, which suit groups that want to move between a seated course and a drink at the bar.
Getting there
Tasca is on Columbus Avenue, steps from Central Park, the American Museum of Natural History, the Beacon Theatre and Lincoln Center. Inquiries go through the form on the private dining page or by phone at (212) 362-2211, and an events coordinator replies.
