Looking For A New Year's Eve Party?
We've got plenty. We're big fans of staying at home, drinking champagne with a few friends, throwing out a bucket of old water and eating 12 grapes at midnight. But, if you're looking for a party, here's a good place to start.
• There's a dueling piano show (of course) at FunKey Nutz. It's $40 for general seating, $50-$75 for preferred seating, and $49.95 for a three-course dinner available between 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
• There are two dinner seatings at Kavanagh & Morrissey's for New Year's Eve, one at 5 p.m. and another at 9 p.m. In addition to the full menu, the chef will prepare specials like blackened bison and a rock lobster trio.
• Six courses for $60 at Le Bistro. We won't recap the whole menu, but it involves truffles, porcinis, beef tenderloin and dark chocolate. Not all in the same dish, of course.
• Casa Juancho will have music and plenty of food for $140-$170 per person. That includes one bottle of cava or wine for every two persons.
• Seating starts at 9 p.m. at China Grill Sobe, where for just $200 (!!!) you get four courses and an open bar.
• The four courses at Tuscan Steak will set you back $125. Also, they made a special note that there's a minimum of two guests per table. How many "table for one" requests do they actually get? Because when you're alone on New Year's Eve the thing you most want to do is go out and eat by yourself and flaunt your solo status amidst a crowd of lovey-dovey couples.
• For you big spenders, you might enjoy the party at Blue Door, where poolside tables are $300, poolside beds (?!) are $500, and poolside cabanas are $1000. We imagine this isn't per person, so it might actually end up being a good deal. Doors open at 8 p.m. for those with reservations, 9 p.m. for the unwashed masses without.
• Shooters gives you four courses for $59.99 per person. There are seven options for the entree, which seems a bit excessive to us, perhaps because we find it difficult to decide when confronted with such choices. The fewer options the better.
• For $125 at Frankie's Pier 5 you'll get a pre-fixe menu, live music, dancing, noise makers, hats and champagne toasts.
• Vino Miami is having a party, although we don't know the details. But you can reserve a table that includes fancy platters of food and a choice of champagne or sparkling French wine.
• There'll be live music at Tobacco Road, where open bar from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. is $30 and a table reservation is $10 per person.
And you'll want to check out the dining options that the New Times' Lee Klein researched here. He did a good job, so there's no point in rewriting all of that stuff.


