It’s a party and you’re invited! Here’s what several local restaurants will be doing to help you celebrate the end of 2014 and the beginning of what we hope will be a very good new year. And stick around. . . there will be another list coming in a day or so.
DaVinci’s (6000 Glades Rd., Boca Raton, 561/362-8466), the excellent new Italian restaurant in Town Center at Boca Raton, will be offering a four-course prix fixe meal at three seatings. Choices include starters like Wagyu beef carpaccio, soup or salad, entrees like lobster ravioli and veal Milanese and a roster of four desserts. Seating times are 5:30 p.m. ($55), 7:30 p.m. ($75) and 9:30 p.m. ($85, which includes party favors, champagne toast and live entertainment).
Madison’s (2006 N.W. Executive Center Circle, Boca Raton, 561/994-0808) is throwing a NYE bash with a 9 p.m. seating for $100 per person. The five-course dinner will feature Maine lobster bisque, beef carpaccio or shrimp cocktail, caprese salad, steak or seafood entree, and choice of molten chocolate cake, creme brulee or Greek yogurt with berries. An advance deposit is required.
Casa d’Angelo (171 E. Palmetto Park Rd., Boca Raton, 561/996-1234) is doing things a little differently. Make rezzies whenever you like and dig into a la carte specials like pappardelle with Chianti-braised lamb ragout, veal scallopine with marsala sauce and mushrooms, and porcini risotto with Alba truffle oil.
City Oyster & Sushi Bar (213 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach 561/272-0220) will be dishing its regular menu on NYE, along with a bunch of a la carte specials. Think shrimp and crawfish etouffee; pan-roasted branzino with cannellini beans, pancetta, tomatoes, red wine and kale; and a chocolate pyramid with chocolate mousse, hazelnut genoise and ganache.
Avocado Grill (125 Datura St., West Palm Beach, 561/623-0822), Julian Gremaud’s farm-to-table modern American bistro, will open at 4 p.m. and serve its regular menu, plus happy hour specials until 8 p.m. Then there’s a 9 p.m. seating with an $89 prix fixe price tag ($115 if you want a bottle of Piper Heidsieck champagne). Choices include heirloom tomato tartare with burrato and shaved truffle vinaigrette, jumbo grilled shrimp Fra Diavolo and chocolate lava cake.
