If you’re planning on going out this New Year’s Eve instead of cozying up with loved ones at home, then celebrate the arrival of a fresh new year with some of the best food in Westchester. These county mainstays highlight their culinary talents with a series of specialty menus, tastings, and more that you won’t want to miss.
While you can only pick one, sadly, you can always look forward to next year.
Augustine’s Salumeria
213 Halstead Ave, Mamaroneck; 914.315.6541
Augustine’s is now accepting reservations for its New Year’s Eve celebration. The Sound Shore hotspot will serve up its regular menu alongside specials you won’t want to skip out on, such as cherry-braised short ribs with smoked mashed potatoes.
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Dubrovnik
721 Main St, New Rochelle; 914.637-3777
Westchester’s favorite Croatian restaurant is planning a special a la carte menu displaying a wide array of choices. The menu’s innovative starters range from a Dalmatian platter with assorted cheeses and meats to a cuttlefish risotto. For your main dish, offerings include pasta lopud, veal chop, and halibut in cartoccio. For dessert, enjoy chocolate lava cake, baklava, palacinke, or the triple threat. The a la carte dinner runs from 4-10 p.m.
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Goosefeather
49 E Sunnyside Ln, Tarrytown; 914.829.5454
Goosefeather at Tarrytown House Estate hosts a New Year’s Eve bash. The restaurant will offer its regular a la carte dining with a handful of specials. Expect a raw bar cart, longevity noodles with caviar, ginger, and lemon butter, and a 16 oz. ribeye with sweet garlic butter and shiso chimichurri. After dinner, the restaurant will be taking over Cellar 49 for an unforgettable New Year’s Eve party from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets cost $105 per person for the party.
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Half Moon
1 High St, Dobbs Ferry; 914.693.4130
Say hello to 2025 alongside a delicious four-course, prix-fixe menu at Half Moon. The Dobbs Ferry eatery will dish up a wide selection of options with appetizers ranging from oysters Rockefeller to chicken lollipop drums. There are 17 entrée choices on the menu, and our eyes are gravitating toward the rainbow trout Navarra with serrano ham, garlic, and aged sherry for the seafood lovers or the steak frites for land lovers. Five dessert options are listed and include fried ice cream, tiramisu, chocolate mousse cake, and more. The dinner is $95 per person, and reservations are open from 4-10 p.m. The real party starts at 10 p.m. with music by DJ Samurai and a bar that’s open until 1 a.m.
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Ibiza Kitchen
78 King St, Chappaqua; 914.458.5044
Ibiza Kitchen will be open on New Year’s Eve serving up its modern Spanish cuisine. The prix fixed menu includes grilled Dublin Bay prawns, acorn-fed ham that was aged for 48 months, east coast halibut, and more. Ibiza Kitchen offers plenty of gluten free and dairy free options. The regular menu will also be available and the dinner costs $150 pp.
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La Casa
7 Pondfield Rd, Bronxville; 914.222.9016
Ring in the new year at La Casa, which is the 2024 Best of Westchester winner for best Mexican restaurant and best margarita. The four-course, prix-fixe menu features the restaurant’s fan favorites such as guacamole and chips, carne asada, and salmon. There’s one special dish that is not on the regular menu and is only available on New Year’s Eve: Chile en Nogada. Desserts include chocolate torte with raspberry sauce or an item from the a la carte menu. The dinner is $55 per person, and reservations can be made from 4-10 p.m.
OKO
29 Purchase St, Rye; 914.481.8660
OKO, the traditional Japanese cuisine and sushi restaurant led by Chef Brian Lewis, will be open on New Year’s Eve from 5 p.m. to closing. The eatery will serve its a la carte menu with standout dishes including the marinated king salmon with smoked soy, white miso aioli, and nori and the hand-rolled spicy Hamachi and scallion rolls. After a delightful meal, diners can wrap up the evening with a handful of tasty desserts.
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The Inn at Pound Ridge
258 Westchester Ave, Pound Ridge; 914.764.1400
Chef Jean-Georges prepares an a la carte evening meal from 5-7:30 p.m. ($248 pp) to usher in the new year with taste and style. There’s also a four-course, family-style feast menu starting at 8 p.m. Appetizer choices of yellowfin tuna truffle tartare, winter chicory salad, or foie gras with port gelée will be followed by a second course of black sea bass with mushrooms, ginger, scallions, red chili, and coriander; pumpkin ravioli with beurre fondue and black truffle; or seared scallops with brown butter and passionfruit. Next, choose cauliflower grenoblois, charred duck breast with hibiscus-honey glazed pumpkin, or seared beef tenderloin with black truffles, potato hashbrown, and caramelized onion jus. Finally, indulge in one of the two desserts: passionfruit and coconut baked Alaska or dark chocolate mousse sorbet.
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Town House Kitchen & Drinks
559 Main St, New Rochelle; 914.278.9278
Town House offers a three-course, prix-fixe menu for $75 per person on December 31. The dinner includes a complimentary glass of sparkling wine and, for those staying to ring in the new year, a midnight toast with the restaurant’s new ‘Irish Goodbye’ espresso martini. Menu items include Maine oysters, smash burgers, brick pressed chicken, lobster and bucatini, baby Brussels sprouts, and coconut cake. Reservations are available from 5-10:45 p.m.
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Moderne Barn
430 Bedford Rd, Armonk; 914.730.0001
One of Armonk’s favorite holiday dining destinations, Moderne Barn has arranged two seatings for its intimate, three-course, prix-fixe dinner on New Year’s Eve. Appetizers run the gamut and include shrimp bisque, tuna tartare, whipped burrata, fried popcorn rock shrimp, and nonna meatballs. For the main course, choose between tasty favorites such as filet mignon, roasted “free bird” chicken, and wasabi pea-crusted salmon, to name a few. To top it all off, think chocolate hazelnut cheesecake, s’mores crème brulee, salted caramel pot de crème, and more. The whole shebang is priced at $98 per person for the first seating at 5 p.m. and $135 per person for the second seating at 8 p.m., the latter which features a more extensive menu.
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