News For Foodies: 12.25.14
For New Year’s Eve
Those looking toward the last night of December to have an evening meal out and ring in the new year have numerous choices as to where they might go.
At Almond in Bridgehampton, a four-course prix fixe on New Year’s Eve will be centered on local foods. The menu will include appetizer choices such as Peconic Bay scalloped hash and smoked Montauk Pearl oysters, and entrees such as surf and turf — with lobster ravioli and braised short ribs — and herb-crusted halibut. The prix fixe will begin at 9 p.m. and include a champagne toast and party favors. The cost is $105 per person, plus tax and gratuity.
Dinner a la carte will be available earlier in the evening, with holiday specials on the menu. Later diners who don’t wish to indulge in the prix fixe can order snacks and cocktails at the bar.
Nick and Toni’s in East Hampton will ring in the new year by serving a la carte holiday specials, starting with scallop ceviche as an amuse bouche, an appetizer of chilled lobster and avocado salad, and a grilled veal chop as an entree. Caramelized white chocolate profiteroles with pomegranate will be the dessert special of the night. Reservations have been recommended.
Rowdy Hall in East Hampton will be open for lunch and dinner on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. A la carte specials on the eve of the new year will include truffled Balsam Farm cauliflower soup, country pate on a toasted baguette with a fried egg, and trout served with braised leeks, fingerling potatoes, and American caviar. On Jan. 1, there will be “hair of the dog soup,” omelettes with poached salmon, caviar, and chives, Balsam Farm sweet potato and duck confit hash served with poached eggs and hollandaise sauce, and fried chicken and biscuits with maple syrup.
In Noyac, Bell and Anchor will offer an a la carte menu, with specials, on New Year’s Eve.
Out and About on Christmas
In Amagansett, D’Canela will be open for breakfast and lunch today, as it was yesterday, Christmas Eve.
On New Year’s Eve, breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be served, and the restaurant and gathering spot will remain open into the new year, till 4 a.m. On New Year’s Day, breakfast and lunch will be served.