OUR STORY / CASA SIN PASTA

Our Story

Where Mexico Meets Italy Around One Table.

Casa Sin Pasta is an intimate hospitality project built around seasonal pop-up dinners made for generous tables, curious palates, and the kind of conversations that linger.

Chef Jona at a Casa Sin Pasta communal table

WHO WE ARE

A hospitality house, not a restaurant.

We host intimate dinners for 12–16 guests, drawing a line between Italian mountain cooking and Mexican ingredients, traditions, and generosity. Every table is seasonal, deliberate, and designed to make strangers feel like regulars.

WHY THERE IS NO PASTA

A name that opens the table wider.

The name does not reject pasta. It celebrates what can be overlooked: polenta, farro, barley, Fontina, Parmigiano Reggiano, blue corn, nixtamal, pepitas, flor de calabaza, hoja santa, huitlacoche, Mexican honey, and Oaxacan mezcal. These are the ingredients that carry memory, craft, and place.

MEET THE FOUNDER

Jona Gonzalez

Before we share a meal together, I want to tell you why Casa Sin Pasta exists.

I've always believed that the best conversations happen around the table. It's where strangers become friends, traditions are shared, and memories are made.

Growing up surrounded by the warmth of Mexican hospitality and inspired by the craftsmanship of Italy taught me that food has never been just about what's on the plate. It's about making people feel seen, cared for, and at home.

That's the reason I created Casa Sin Pasta.

My hope is simple: that when you leave our table, you don't just remember what you ate, you remember how you felt, who you met, and the conversations you carried home with you.

Thank you for letting me welcome you into mi Casa.

-Jona

LOOKING AHEAD

The next rooms are already taking shape.

The next chapter is already in development. The Cellar Society, private dining, culinary collaborations, wine education, and a future permanent hospitality house. Today’s intimate gatherings are the foundation and each table is helping define the destination that Casa Sin Pasta will become.

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FAQ / THE HOUSE

Questions around the table.

What is Casa Sin Pasta?
Casa Sin Pasta is an events based hospitality studio hosting intimate, seasonal pop-up dinners inspired by Italian cuisine and Mexican culinary traditions.

Why is there no pasta?
The name celebrates the depth of Italian cooking beyond pasta, while making space for corn, grains, cheeses, preservation, fire, and Mexican ingredients with equal reverence.

What is the Long Table?
It is our signature communal dinner: five seasonal courses, wines from Italy and Mexico, Oaxacan mezcal, and a limited number of seats for meaningful conversation.

Where are the pop-up dinners held?
Casa Sin Pasta events are held in distinct spaces across Brooklyn and New York City. Exact venues are shared with invited guests.

How can I attend an event?
Join the House for early access to tickets, pop-up announcements, and Long Table waitlist invitations.

THE INSPIRATION

Two places with the same instinct for gathering.

Italy and Mexico share a reverence for family, agriculture, preservation, hospitality, craftsmanship, and communal meals. Casa Sin Pasta begins in that common ground, where a dish can carry a landscape, and a table can become a ritual.

THE LONG TABLE

The signature dinner.

Five seasonal courses. Family style meals. Italian wines, Mexican wines, and Oaxacan mezcal. Limited seating, unhurried pacing, and meaningful conversation at every setting.