As the clock counts down the last remaining minutes of 2014 and rings in the beginning of 2015, where will you spend your night? South Florida has all the options and events happening this New Year's Eve you could want, so celebrate in style with any of these choices.
Fill up on 2014
Delicious and filling, Sugarcane raw Bar Grill helps start off the new year right with a full stomach. Chef Timon Balloo has created a special menu including delights like Duck leg confit & foie gras “pot pie”, sweet-and-sour Maine lobster with bok choy and garlic chives, and more.
Want a New Year's Eve full of action? The Deauville Beach Resort is hosting a “Havana Nights” party that begins with an elegant dinner and several performances during the night to get you in a tropical mood. Spectacular performances by Hansel y Raul, Los 3 de la Habana and Charanga Tipica Tropical, are set to end the year with a bang. Tickets range from $99-$349. Purchase tickets here.
Shikany’s master chef, Michael Shikany, has created a 10-course champagne and caviar menu that will leave you in a perfect happiness. Experience this luxurious dinner for $225 and $350 with Louis Roederer champagne pairings. An a la carte menu, music by DJ Max Cassinelli and a champagne toast at midnight complete the last day of this year.
Step into the 50’s while awaiting the next year with a black and white French experience at L’echon Brasserie. Chef Jose Mendin and Chef Josh Elliott prepare a tableside champagne cart service and a specially designed caviar three-course menu with a $45 optional wine paring.
Party your way into 2015
Known and loved the world over, the Ritz-Carlton in South Beach plans a New Year’s celebration like no other. Live entertainment, party favors and a champagne toast are the holiday festivities you’ve been looking for. Spend your night like a royal at the South Beach Royal White Affair. Be sure to wear white and greet the characters like Marie Antoinette and other spectacular guests wandering throughout the party. Tickets can be purchased here.
In the mood for a house party but don’t want to have to clean up the mess after New Year’s day? Join the celebration at The Garret at Grand Central for their Desperados New Year’s Eve Ultimate House Party. The Garret will transform into the house party your parents never let you have, complete with a kitchen, bedrooms and more. Each area in the “house” will have different activities like confessionals and mixology cocktail bars. Performing artist, Peaches, will be ringing in 2015 with a high-energy electro-punk set. Desperados specials include $5 for Desperados all night and a special 3am shot on the house. RSVP here.
Have your own kind of Roman Holiday at Baoli this New Year’s Eve, where the glamour is plentiful and the glitz is overflowing the champagne flutes. Baoli, known for its over-the top parties, hosts La Dolce Vita, known as a night of Hollywood sparkle where men should always wear sport tuxedos and women are all bombshell film queens of the 60’s.
Get there
Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill, 3252 Northeast 1st Avenue, 786.369.0353
The Deauville Beach Resort, 6701 Collins Avenue, 305.865.8511
Shikany, 251 Northwest 25th Street, 305.573.0690
L'echon Brasserie, 6261 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, 786.483.1611
Ritz-Carlton South Beach, 1 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, 786.276.4000
The Garret at Grand Central, 697 North Miami Avenue, Miami, 305.377.2277
Baoli, 1906 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, 305.674.8822