Tailgate party

An elegant tailgate party inspired the vignette from Sparc Inc., designed by Richard Cassis and Hunter Kaiser.

Football-appropriate centerpieces featured pom-poms, helmets, and pennants.

Banquet seating for the dinner at the conclusion of the evening was reserved for the far corner of the room.

The night's dessert offerings included truffle pops and mini key lime tarts.

Guests raced their friends at the inflatable bungee race game, diving to attach a football to the Velcro.

Guests entered the event through a giant inflatable football helmet.

A trailer designed for the Budweiser contest Bud Camp was parked at the tailgate party.

Mac ’n’ cheese; chicken wings served with assorted sauces; kielbasas; Bavarian pretzels; and grilled chicken Caesar salad wraps, by the Garden at Studio Square NYC in New York

Servers wearing rubber gloves and navy-blue factory uniforms served butternut squash soup and chili from trash cans. The serving vessels were tin mugs.

To preview its new summer menu of regional American barbecue flavors, Burger King tapped Peter Callahan to style bite-size versions of the new burgers for a tasting party at the Glasshouses in New York on May 16. The mini sandwich options included barbecue chicken salad, pulled pork, and a Carolina BBQ Whopper.