Secure Your Rao's Reservations Now: The NYC Red-Sauce Restaurant's Miami Beach Location Opens This Month UPDATED

Update October 11 at 8 a.m.: The Loews Miami Beach Hotel confirmed Rao's will open Wednesday, October 25, with Resy reservations available to book beginning Friday, October 13.

Forget trying to secure a hard-to-get reservation at Carbone. This New York City red-sauce institution is finally opening in Miami Beach, a restaurant that's literally famous for being impossible to get into.

Last year, World Red Eye cryptically asserted on Instagram that Rao's would open in Miami Beach. The post offered no details, teasing only that the restaurant would be located at an iconic Miami Beach property.

Now, we know better: The 124-year-old Manhattan restaurant's South Florida outpost will officially open in the historic St. Moritz Tower adjacent to Loews Miami Beach Hotel on Wednesday, October 25.

New Times has contacted representatives from Loews and Rao's requesting comment, but a person with knowledge of the transaction confirms that the legendary restaurant will indeed be opening at the oceanfront hotel later this month — and accepting those near-impossible reservations this week.

Rao's opened in New York City in 1896, and has been in the Pellegrino and Rao families ever since. The tiny East Harlem restaurant seats about 60 and on any given night is filled with New York's elite, celebrities, politicians, and a smattering of loyal patrons. Dine there regularly for years and you'll get your picture on the restaurant's wall.

The restaurant is notorious for being impossible to get into. Reservations are booked a year in advance and even A-listers have gotten the proverbial cold shoulder.

Rao's popularity has only increased in recent years, attracting the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Martha Stewart, and Bill Clinton. The restaurant has expanded, with outposts in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. (Rao's also makes a line of sauces and pastas that are available nationwide, including Publix stores in Miami.)

New Times will update this story with any additional information.