Ring in 2012 with lavish dinners around town
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New Year’s Eve at the island’s restaurants and resorts will unleash everything from a “fantasy” ball and star-headlining cabaret show to lavish multi-course menus, dancing and bubbly aplenty.
You can dine early and hit the party circuit, dress up for restaurants’ theme parties — among them, a James Bond-style shindig — or stake your place for an all-night and wee-hour food-and-fun celebration with live music and watching the Times Square ball-drop on large-screen TVs.
Either way, the island’s restaurant and resort chefs aim to make entry into 2012 a memorably delicious one.
Be sure to make advance reservations — and quickly, because space at some venues is nearly sold out.
The Breakers is offering three ways to ring in the New Year.
The resort’s New Year’s Eve Fantasy Ball, staged by Design Studio and with entertainment by the Zanadu performers and Powerhaus, begins at 7:30 p.m. with an open bar, raw bar and hors d’oeuvres stations, followed by a four-course dinner. After a midnight champagne toast with party favors, a breakfast buffet will be served. The affair is $350 a person for hotel guests and club members; $375 a person for non-hotel guests; and $250 a person for guests younger than 21.
The Breakers’ Flagler Steakhouse, open 6 to 9:30 p.m. New Year’s Eve, will serve — in addition to its regular menus — a three-course menu ($135 for adults, $55 for children 12 and younger). Guests who dine prior to 7 p.m. will receive a 20 percent discount.
The resort’s Tapestry Bar will feature a 5 to 7 p.m. happy hour, followed by expanded service in the Florentine room, where the five-piece Elite Showband performs, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Other features: a midnight balloon drop and a large-screen TV showing the Times Square ball-drop. The bar will remain open until 2 a.m. with a limited appetizer/tapas-style menu.
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