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Looking for New Year’s Eve restaurant specials?

- By Rod Stafford Hagwood South Florida Sun Sentinel

Here’s a list for Broward and Palm Beach counties

For some, New Year’s Eve is amateur night.

Clubs and bars are filled to capacity with party people who may not “get lit” on a regular basis and are just not very good at it — clumsily spilling drinks, vaping on the dance floor, mistaking a bathroom stall for a trap house.

So, maybe a fabulous dinner at a fun restaurant is the way to ring in 2022 on Friday. And if that eatery has festive, celebrator­y vibe, all the better, right?

Here’s a list of our favorite places to get great gala gastronomi­c get-togethers for New Year’s Eve.

Remember that the prices do not include taxes or gratuities.

Almond Palm Beach

207 Royal Poinciana Way, Palm Beach. 561-355-5080. AlmondRest­aurant.com/s/ palmbeach.

In addition to Almond’s a la carte menu, the restaurant will have special dishes on New Year’s Eve including foie gras terrine with kumquat basil marmalade for $29; steak tartare with truffles, quail egg and pomme frite for $29 as an appetizer or $52 as an entrée; duck a l’orange for $49; lobster thermidor for $59 and apple galette for two with creme fraiche ice cream and black pepper for $21.

Amar Mediterran­ean Bistro

522 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. 561-865-5653. AmarDelray.com.

Amar will have a prix fixe dinner with Mediterran­ean cuisine such as za’atar roasted chicken, octopus on lentils, fried kibbeh, lamb shank, hummus, baba ghanouj, roasted Brussels sprouts and Lebanese moussaka.

The early seating is from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and is $75 per person and $40 for children under 12. You get to choose two mezés (small plate appetizers), one entrée and one dessert.

The late seating starts at 8:30 and is $115 per person and $50 for children under 12. You get to choose three mezés, one entrée and one dessert.

Avalon Steak & Seafood

110 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. 561-593-2500. AvalonDelr­ay.com.

Avalon will have two seatings with different menus.

Early diners will have a three-course prixfixe dinner starting at 5:30 p.m. for $120 per person. That menu includes options such as charred octopus, miso black cod and lobster tagliatell­e.

The later seating, which begins at 9 p.m., will be $190 a person and has four courses with choices such as stone crabs, black truffle tagliatell­e and Dover sole.

Avocado Grill

125 Datura St., West Palm Beach. (561) 623-0822. AvocadoGri­llWPB.com.

Chef and owner Julien Gremaud will have New Year’s Eve specials such as Moroccan chicken tagine served over couscous with apricots, carrots, plums and almonds for $26 and tuna poke with seaweed salad, avocado, red onion, ginger, carrot salad, sesame seeds, cilantro, sushi rice, edamame and spicy mayo for $24.

Burlock Coast Seafare and Spirits

1 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. 954-302-6430. RitzCarlto­n. com.

This restaurant in the Ritz-Carlton Fort Lauderdale will offer a four-course family-style dinner with a glass of Champagne, a balloon drop at midnight and DJ Soleil Bravo spinning. Seating is from 5:30 to 9 p.m. and costs $179 per person and $69 for children ages 5-12.

You can add the NYE Seafood Tower, which serves two to four people, for $99. The Bottomless Beverage Package is an added $99 per person.

The dinner options include:

„ West coast oysters with Prosecco foam, dill and tobiko

„ Wahoo tiradito with leche de tigre, cilantro, togarashi rice crisp

„ Sous vide porchetta with egg yolk raviolo, salt and vinegar kale and brown butter

„ Filet mignon with butter poached prawns, rosemary gruyere polenta, bourbon roasted cipollini onions, Brussels sprouts and foie butter

„ Olive oil financier with green grapes, candied nuts and brown butter cream

Casa Sensei

1200 E. Las Olas Blvd. #101, Fort Lauderdale. 954-994-1416. CasaSensei. com.

Casa Sensei sits on the Himmarshee Canal just on the other side of a culvert bridge and the hubbub of Las Olas Boulevard’s heavily trafficked restaurant row. With a more romantic setting, the Pan Asian Latin fusion restaurant will have a DJ from 8 p.m. to midnight, an a la carte menu, passed Champagne and New Year’s Eve favors.

City Cellar Wine Bar and Grill

700 S. Rosemary Ave., West Palm

Beach. 561-366-0071. CityCellar­WPB. com.

Located in The Square (formerly Rosemary Square), City Cellar is offering an Eggnog Martini for $14 now through New Year’s Eve, when they will be open from 5 p.m.-midnight.

Coco Sushi Lounge & Bar

25 NE Second Ave., Delray Beach. 561-908-2567. CocoDelray.com.

Husband-and-wife team chef Jason Zheng and Tina Wang will offer their regular a la carte menu from 4 p.m.-1 a.m. as well as a seven-course prix fixe menu for $95 per person. A glass of Champagne during dinner and another for a midnight toast are included. You can also add a Premier Open Bar Ticket for $100 per person.

The first course is A5 Wagyu beef tataki; the second course is a skewer of grilled jumbo scallops from the robata grill; the third course is lobster foie gras tower; the fourth course is a selection of sushi and sashimi; the fifth course is an Out of Control Roll; the sixth course is the grilled branzino; and the seventh course is the mochi ice cream (a choice of strawberry, chocolate, vanilla, mango, or green tea).

All diners will receive hats, noisemaker­s and horns to ring in the New Year and a DJ will be spinning from 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

Conrad Fort Lauderdale Beach

551 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. 954-414-5100. ConradFort­Lauderdale.com.

The Conrad will have a New Year’s Eve Champagne Soirée with live entertainm­ent, a midnight countdown with NYE party favors, a cocktail reception, hors d’oeuvres and a five-course dinner.

The family-friendly party includes a children’s buffet, movie stations, board games, corn hole and coloring stations.

The event starts at 7:30 p.m. and costs $299 per person and $199 for ages 13-20.

„ The hors d’oeuvres include tuna cones, mushroom arancini, tomato jam crostini and short rib empanadas.

„ The dinner includes hamachi crudo, butternut squash bisque, chayote carpaccio, 28-day dry-aged beef and “White Garden” choux for dessert.

Delray Beach Market

33 SE Third Ave., Delray Beach. 561-5627000. DelrayBeac­hMarket.com.

This food hall will have a free New Year’s Eve party from 5 to 10 p.m. for children and families with an early 6 p.m. countdown, ball drop, confetti and cider toasts (or Champagne for adults). There will also be arts, crafts and treats from the food vendors.

GG’s Waterfront

606 N. Ocean Dr., Hollywood. 954-9297030. GGsWaterfr­ont.com.

The New Year’s Eve gala at GG’s will include live music from the rock band Kemistry, specialty cocktails and a four-course dinner for $175 per person (also includes valet parking, party favors and a midnight Champagne toast).

For dinner, you have a choice of three entreés:

„ Chilean sea bass with braised Swiss chard, heirloom carrot, white bean and pecorino ragu and Calabrian chili oil

„ Seafood-stuffed lobster tail with dauphinois­e potato and charred broccolini

„ Filet mignon with boursin whipped potato, foraged mushroom, asparagus and lump crab hollandais­e.

„ Desserts will include options such as Champagne panna cotta, chocolate framboise torte or gold & silver ball drops.

Icebox Cafe Hallandale Beach

219 NE Third St., Hallandale Beach. 754-777-7255. IceboxCafe.com/hallandale-beach.

You’ll get a free glass of Champagne before the prix-fixe menu, which is $70 per person for the early seating 5:30-8 p.m. For the second seating that begins at 8:30 and goes until 12:30 a.m., admission is $125 in advance or $175 at the door.

You can purchase tickets at Eventbrite.com and get more informatio­n at IceboxCafe.com/ events/new-years-eve-party.

The second seating will also have live music from Latin Grammy guitarist Pedro Navarro and his band. You’ll also get party hats and noisemaker­s to ring in the New Year.

The dinner includes:

„ Starters such as mascarpone polenta, lump crab cakes and wild mushroom and brie bisque.

„ Main course choices including Tuscanbrai­sed short ribs, shrimp Francaise or a double cut pork chop.

„ Desserts will be individual chocolate ganaches and raspberry tartlets.

Las Catrinas Mexican & Tequila Bar

3035 S. Federal Highway, Delray Beach. 561-894-8716. LasCatrina­sMX.com.

Las Catrinas, which bills itself as a “modern Mexican restaurant,” will offer a five-course dinner and open bar for $75 per person or $50 without the open bar (both get a Champagne toast). Some of the dishes will include: cilantro lime snapper, a Mexican surf and turf, ceviche, steak fajitas and enchiladas with Mexican rice and pinto beans. Las Catrinas will be open 11 a.m.-2 a.m. and seating for the New Year’s Eve

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dinner begins at 9 p.m.

Steelpan Kitchen & Bar

999 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. 954-3025252. SteelpanFT­L.com.

Steelpan will have a three-course meal with two seatings, the first at 5 p.m. and the second at 8 p.m. Both dinners are $85 per person or $155 with a bottle of Champagne. Dinner for children under 12 is $32.

The amuse bouche will be compressed watermelon, aged feta cheese with a pomegranat­e glaze.

The first course is either lobster bisque with tobiko caviar, scallion and crème fraiche or a salad of sorrel poached pear, red and golden beets, watercress, aged feta cheese, dates and a strawberry vinaigrett­e.

The second course includes a choice of a pan-roasted Faroe Island salmon, a surf and turf (petit filet mignon with butter poached lobster tail) or vegetarian pasta.

The third course will be a chocolate opera almond cake soaked in espresso coffee and with rum and raisin ice cream.

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