On New Year’s Eve, Thursday, December 31, Alice’s Restaurant in Lake Hopatcong will offer live music and an old fashioned all-you-can-eat hoedown, which will feature a bountiful buffet with ribs, chicken wings, sliders, chili, mac ‘n’ cheese, salads, brownies, including a complimentary sparkling toast at midnight. The cost is $34.99 per person (excluding beverage, tax & gratuities); children under 12, half price. Seating will begin at 6:00 p.m. (973) 663-9600.
Avenue in Long Branch will celebrate Chef Dominique Filoni’s first New Year’s Eve at the restaurant with a five-course dinner that will include a Champagne toast, live entertainment, viewing the ball drop, and party favors. Menu highlights: cauliflower “pana cotta” (smoked salmon roe); roasted chestnut soup or butternut squash risotto; grilled Wagyu rib eye or roasted lobster with potato gnocchi; and pots de creme and beignets. The cost is $95.00 per person (plus beverage, tax & gratuities). Seating for the prix–fixe will begin at 8:30 p.m. The à la carte menu will be available from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (732) 759-2900.
The Bernards Inn in Bernardsville will celebrate New Year’s Eve with a special 3-course prix-fixe dinner. Chef Corey Heyer will present an outstanding holiday menu of appetizers, entrées, and desserts. Guests may also enjoy live piano music in the Library Bar. Reservations will be accepted from 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Guests may continue the celebration with an overnight package for two that includes dinner, accommodations in a luxurious guestroom, bottle of Champagne, an assortment of chocolate-covered strawberries and truffles, à la carte breakfast, a special gift, and late checkout. The New Year’s Eve Celebration package is priced from $650.00 based on guestroom accommodations (taxes and gratuities are additional). Reservations are required. (908) 766-0002.
Boulevard Five72 in Kenilworth will offer several options for New Year’s Eve. In additional to the regular à la carte menu, Chef Scott Snyder will offer a night of dinner and dancing with live music, a sumptuous buffet, and passed hors d’oeuvres… or a more sedate prix-fixe 5-course wine tasting menu. The cocktail party with the Brother John Brown Band and buffet stations is priced at $65.00 per person (cash bar) and will begin at 8:00 p.m. The wine tasting menu is priced at $95.00 per person; $125.00 per person with wine pairings (tax and gratuities additional). Menu highlights will include fennel cucumber soup, pumpkin ravioli, pan-seared yellowfin tuna, roasted filet mignon, and dark chocolate caramel tart. The wine tasting menu will be served from 4:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. And if you’re an early riser, you might want to stop by for the New Year’s Day unlimited brunch buffet. The brunch buffet will be available from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. and is priced at $25.00 per person. Reservations: (908) 709-1200.
Chakra in Paramus invites guests to ring in the New Year with a prix-fixe dinner at one of two seatings. The first seating, 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., will feature three courses and is priced at $75.00 per person (plus beverage, tax & gratuities); the second seating, 9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m., will include four courses and a midnight Champagne toast and is priced at $125.00 per person (plus beverage, tax & gratuities). Menu highlights will include crab cake “Benedict” or seared hamachi, asparagus salad or pear & arugula salad, 28-day dry-aged rib eye or poached lobster, and a dessert sampler. Reservations: (201) 556-1530.
Due Terre in Bernardsville will also offer two seatings from 5:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. The first seating will feature a 3-course prix-fixe menu priced at $50.00 per adult and $20.00 for children. The second seating will headline a 4-course prix-fixe priced at $60.00 per adult. For more information, or to make reservations, please call (908) 221-0004.
Bon Appétit!
TAD
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