A chef’s feast at Fish Cheeks
Resolutions or not, you’re going all out on December 31, 2019. It’s the last New Year’s Eve of the decade, afterall, and you deserve to ring in 2020 with deliciousness. Welcome the new year with fresh flavors and top-notch cooking by reserving a table at one of these New York City restaurants offering special New Year’s Eve menus. Cheers!
NoHo
The famously “no pad Thai zone” will serve its seafood-centric Thai menu including dishes like coconut crab curry, crab aob woonsen and Bangkok-style fried fish. The chef’s selection sharing menu allows larger groups to share a range of top dishes, family-style. Reservations via Resy.
West Village
This new and lively izakaya-inspired restaurant will serve dinner through 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. The menu will feature staples like uni, salmon, and scallops from the raw bar, yaki skewers like rabbit tsukune and crispy pork belly, and shareable plates like the taro root Nest, wok fried pea leaves and hanger steak tsukemen. Reservations via Resy
Flatiron, Soho, Upper East Side
Three locations of the Spanish tapas restaurant will be ringing in 2020 with family-style tapas feasts. The shared menu pairs tapas and celebratory dishes with a selection of unlimited beer, wine, cava and sangría for $85 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Reserve via OpenTable
Seafood tower at Canal Street Oysters
Chinatown
This new American oyster bar wills serve the usual à la carte menu on New Year’s Eve, with the addition of optional caviar service and natural Champagne to accompany shellfish towers and a full winter menu. DJs will also play throughout the night. Reservations via Resy
DUMBO
One of Brooklyn’s newest food halls will host a kid-friendly, free-admission New Year’s party starting at 8 p.m. A live band, DJ and screening of the ball drop will accompany views of the East River, Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridge, plus an international slew of vendors serving everything from ramen to fried chicken sandwiches. Food is not complimentary, though midnight will bring a free glass of champagne to officially welcome 2020.
Meatpacking District, Tribeca
Both of Bubby’s Manhattan locations will host a special unlimited Champagne & Fried Chicken New Year’s Eve dinner for $65 per person. The menu includes buttermilk biscuits with homemade seasonal jam, coleslaw, buckets of famous crispy fried chicken and a choice of pie with unlimited champagne for 90 minutes. Reservations via Yelp
East Village
Chef Simone Tong is ringing in the new year with all-you-can eat dim sum-style dinners. At $68 per person, the dim sum dinner will include small plates including house-made dumplings, spring rolls and Little Tong classics, like mixian noodles. Beverages will be available a la carte. Reservation via LittleTong.com