Atlantans looking
for a reason to celebrate Mondays have a big one: New Year's Eve falls on a
Monday this year. Our city's restaurants are ready with parties and dinners
both elegant and casual. If a resolution is to try out more restaurants, go
ahead and start on New Year's Day with some of these suggestions.
Welcome the New Year
with the new kid in Midtown, 10th & Piedmont, which is already quite at
home on the corner that formerly housed Outwrite bookstore. Food and drink
specials, the regular menu and a DJ are part of the plan. Reservations accepted
for parties of eight or more. Rent out a booth in the "celebration
lounge." Call 404-602-5510 for details and minimums.
Aqua blue in Roswell is hosting a festive Blue Year's Eve
celebration. A special three-course prix fixe menu is available for $49 per
person in addition to the full à la carte menu. Enjoy menu items like the Maine
lobster bisque, five-spice New York strip and crispy shrimp and house-made warm
chocolate cake. DJ starts up at 9 p.m. followed by a champagne toast and party
favors at midnight. Reservations: 770-643-8886.
In the heart of Midtown, Ecco rings in the new year with special menu items on Monday, December 31. The special additions
include beet velouté with pears, nasturtium, bay scallop crudo and smoked
paprika ($13); baked farm egg with charred duck liver, preserved lemon,
lavender cream and celery leaves ($10); roasted quail with chestnut risotto and
black currant gastrique ($18); wood-grilled rib-eye with smoked cauliflower,
crisp chanterelle mushrooms and béarnaise ($58); steelhead trout with scarlet
queen turnips, roe, saffron and arugula ($29), and milk chocolate torte with
spiced pineapple and pine nut tuile ($9). The regular menu is available in
addition to these one-night-only dishes. For reservations, call 404-347-9555.
Ring in the New Year over a weekend-long
celebration at Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar. From 4 p.m. on
Friday, December 28 until Tuesday, January 1, indulge in festive holiday
cocktails or featured bubbly and then dine from the New Year's menu or famous à
la carte menu. The special New Year's menu starts with poached gulf shrimp over
Southern-style goat cheese grits, included with entrée price. Entrées include Delmonico
steak with blue crab and Gruyère glassage for $74.95, filet mignon and lobster
brioche bread pudding for $69.95 and lobster tail with mac and cheese for $79.
Chocolate budino finishes the meal for $9.95. Tax and gratuity not included.
Reservations: 770-698-8112.
JCT. Kitchen & Bar
is serving a Southern dinner this New Year's Eve on Monday, December 31. For
$65 per person, the restaurant is offering a taste plus a three-course meal.
Diners begin the meal with the featured taste of aged goat cheese with country
ham and garlic herb toast. Other sample items from the menu include smoked baby
beets with watermelon radish, Asher Blue, tiny croutons and green goddess;
hickory smoked beef short ribs and seared sea scallops with root vegetable
Gouda gratin and braising reduction; and "nearly" flourless chocolate
cake with milk chocolate ganache and white chocolate sorbet. There is a corkage
fee of $10 per bottle. For reservations or more information, call 404-355-2252.
The second annual New Year's Eve party at Kaleidoscope Bistro & Pub happens Monday, December 31,
beginning with dinner service from 5 p.m. on and an optional three-course meal
for $20.12. Food and drink specials roll all evening, and DJ B-Dub starts
spinning tunes at 10 p.m. Champagne is available for a midnight toast, and the
bar is open until 2 a.m. No cover charge.
Atlantans can bite into the New Year with Little Cake Bakery's strawberry and champagne cupcakes.
These sweet confections pair perfectly with a glass of bubbly. For more
information or to place orders, call 404-841-8856.
Visit your neighborhood Marlow's Tavern this New Year's Eve for a chef-driven, prix
fixe menu for $37 per person. Start with Maine lobster and shrimp chowder or
the winter tavern salad. The main plate is a grilled veal chop with Canadian milk-fed
veal, harvest vegetable and lump crab hash, dried cranberry, beurre blanc,
asparagus and cranberry veal demi. Chocolate crème brûlée fulfills the sweet
tooth. More information and locations are on the website. The newest Marlow's Tavern in Emory Point will be
open on New Year's Eve.
Add an Italian twist to New Year's Eve at
Decatur's No. 246. Their four-course menu is $55 per person and
features local cauliflower panna cotta with frothy sea urchin sweet butter,
Osetra caviar, soft herbs and brioche; Nantucket Bay scallop carpaccio with
Meyer lemon; local crispy parsnips with Tennessee black truffles;
butter-poached Maine lobster with young fennel, blood orange, tarragon, olives
and arugula; and brie and white chocolate cheesecake with roasted pears and
walnut nougatine. Closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas and New Year's Day.
Reservations: 678-399-8246.
In West Midtown, The Optimist will ring in 2013 with a four-course prix fixe
menu on New Year's Eve for $65 per person. Menu items include shrimp pop tarts;
baked Virginia oysters with spinach, bacon, preserved lemon and parmesan
cheese; grouper with white wine-steamed clams, lump crab meat, leeks, baby bok
choy and lemon; and banana custard pocket pie with pralines, pralines and cream
ice cream and salted pecans. Reservations: 404-477-6260.
Midtown's RA Sushi Bar Restaurant throws a RAckin' New Year's Eve
party from 7 p.m. to close. Evening-long food specials include Firework shrimp,
"RA"solution roll, Stroke of Midnight maki and Edamame Eve dip. Party
drinks include half-price sake and specialty cocktails. Note: RA Sushi is open
on Christmas Eve from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. and closed on Christmas Day. More
information: call 404-267-0114.
Ray's Restaurants offers diners a warm place to gather this
holiday season. Ray's on the Creek in Alpharetta is open from 5-11 p.m. on
New Year's Eve, and the bar will remain open until 1 a.m.; New Year's Day hours
are 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Reservations: 770-649-0064. Ray's on the River is throwing a New Year's Eve party from
9 p.m.-1 a.m. in the Grand Pavilion. Guests can partake of the premium open
bar, heavy hors d'oeuvre, oyster shucking station, six-piece live band with
dancing plus a midnight balloon drop and champagne toast. $125 per person plus
tax and gratuity. Reservations: 770-955-1187 or email ali@raysrestaurants.com;
credit card number required to hold reservations. The restaurant itself is open
from 5-11 p.m. on New Year's Eve, and the bar will remain open until 1 a.m.
They also will be open New Year's Day from 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Ray's in the City is open New Year's Eve from 4-11 p.m. and
New Year's Day from 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Reservations: 404-524-9224.
On Monday, December 31, South City Kitchen Midtown and South City Kitchen Vinings
are celebrating New Year's Eve with a special three-course prix fixe menu at
$42 per person. Both locations are offering options such as house-made pimento
cheese with toasted corn crackers, butter pickles and celery hearts, pan-seared
duck breast with butternut puree, mustard greens and sweet garlic jus, and
Velvet Elvis Cake, banana-chocolate mayonnaise cake with peanut butter icing.
For more information or to make reservations, call 404-873-7358 for the Midtown
location and 770-435-0700 for the Vinings location.
Woodfire Grill is offering several five-course menu options
on New Year's Eve. The chef's tasting menu and pescatarian option are priced at
$115 per person and the vegetarian menu is $100. Wine pairings are also
available for $12 per glass or $20 per glass for premium wines. Reservations
are required and can be made by calling 404-347-9055.
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