The Restaurant Examiner: New Year’s Eve Dining and Entertainment Guide, Part II
Here is a continuation of The Examiner’s New Year’s Eve Dining and Entertainment Guide. If a band or DJ is mentioned, dancing is usually offered. Prices shown do not include tax or gratuity unless otherwise indicated.
Dobbs Ferry: Cedar Street Grill. À la carte menu. Midnight champagne toast. Chris Conte Jazz Trio performs from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. $10 music-only charge applies.
Hastings-on-Hudson: Juniper. Six-course tasting menu. Bring your own bottle. Last seating: 9 p.m. Price per person: $80.
Hastings-on-Hudson: Maud’s. À la carte menu includes filet mignon, sautéed shrimp with polenta and lots more. One thousand helium balloons form colorful ceiling with paper and gold garlands on the lights. Noisemakers, hats, necklaces and champagne liberally poured all night. Champagne toast at midnight. Watch ball descend at Times Square. Last seating: 10 p.m.
Larchmont: Anna Maria’s. Four-course prix-fixe dinner starts at 8:30 p.m. Midnight Champagne toast. Music, noisemakers. $75 per person.
Mahopac: Social 6. À la carte menu. Complementary glass of Champagne with entrée. Ang ’n Ed band.
Mount Kisco: Cafe of Love. À la carte menu. Entrées include organic Amish chicken ($26), bronzini ($27), seafood bouillabaisse ($34), John Fazio duck ($35), rack of lamb ($36) and Sugar Hill shell steak ($39). Champagne toast. Last seating: 11 p.m.
Mount Kisco: Little Drunken Chef. Attendees can dress in Gatsby-style attire but not a requirement. Hats, noisemakers, wearable party favors reminiscent of the 1920s. Cash bar. Dinner plus glass of Champagne from 7:45 to 10:15 p.m. Soup or salad, tapas, entrée, dessert. $75 per person. $50 entry fee for drinks only after 9 p.m. Fee includes music, free raffle ticket, midnight Champagne toast. DJ Messiah. TV ball drop plus DJ’s countdown to midnight. Continues to 2 a.m. or later. Discount coupon for “Hangover Cure Brunch” at 1 p.m. on Jan. 1.
Port Chester: Saltaire Oyster Bar & Fish House. À la carte menu is dependent on daily seafood market catch. Sparkling wine toast at midnight, televised ball drop, party favors. Last seating: 11 p.m.
Tarrytown: Equus at Castle Hotel & Spa. Option 1. Cocktail hour (8 to 9 p.m.). Includes passed hors d’oeuvres, coffee rubbed flank steak, lobster mac and cheese. Dinner: Champagne and caviar, braised octopus, John Dory oysters, sirloin steak with creamed spinach, beef fat fires, béarnaise and Viennese table. Five-hour open bar. DJ. Eight people per table; shared seating if guests do not fill an entire table. $250 per person. 20 percent gratuity added to bill. No children. 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Equus at Castle Hotel & Spa. Option 2. Five-course tasting menu. Amuse (choice of soup or salad). Dinner: Champagne and caviar, braised octopus, John Dory oysters, sirloin steak with creamed spinach, beef fat fires, béarnaise, French 75 verrine. $135 per person. Add $50 for wine pairing. 20 percent gratuity added to bill. Last seating: 10 p.m.
Equus at Castle Hotel & Spa. Option 3. Four-course vegetarian menu. Amuse. Dinner: Greens, radish and apple salad, champagne and caviar, braised wild mushrooms, butternut squash “steak,” French 75 verrine. $95 per person. Add $40 for wine pairing. 20 percent gratuity added to bill. Last seating: 10 p.m.
White Plains: BLT Steak at the Ritz-Carlton: Five-course, prix-fixe dinner. Dover sole, Atlantic salmon, rossini, New York strip steak, rack of lamb. Trio dessert. Midnight Champagne toast, party favors, DJ. $150 per person. Bar open past midnight. Seating from 8:30 to 10 p.m.
White Plains: Buon Amici. Prix-fixe dinners. Comes with salad, entrée with sides, cheesecake or chocolate cake, coffee or tea. $35 prix-fixe meals include linguine with seafood, bow ties with shrimp, lobster ravioli, chicken and pasta. $42 meals include seafood stuffed shrimp, snapper, salmon, sole, beef, veal, New York strip steak. Filet mignon for $50.95. Last seating: 9 p.m.
White Plains: Sam’s of Gedney Way. À la carte menu. Champagne cocktail at midnight. Appetizers, priced from $9 to $12, include calamari, coconut shrimp and seafood bisque. Salads, priced from $7 to $12, include Caesar, octopus, watercress and beets with goat cheese. A la carte entrées: 10-ounce filet mignon ($32), sea scallops ($28), stuffed French chicken breast ($24), salmon ($26), braised short ribs ($2), lobster risotto ($30), halibut ($28) and 14-ounce prime rib ($32). $8 desserts.
