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Our guide to celebrating New Year's San Diego-style
From the hottest local New Year’s Eve parties to the most delicious New Year’s Day champagne brunch offerings, our New Year’s Guide to San Diego covers it all. No matter how you choose to celebrate the close of 2008 and the beginning of a new year, we bring you the information you need to make this year’s celebration memorable. San Diego’s renowned venues and restaurants offer endless ways to ring in the new year. So whether you desire to celebrate with an elegant gala, a delectable multi-course meal or a family festivity, our New Year’s Guide is the reference book to your perfect new year’s celebration. Say adieu to 2008 and welcome the unknown events and fresh start that accompany a new year. Happy new year from San Diego Magazine!
ACQUA AL 2
This Italian Gaslamp jewel will offer New Year’s Eve dinner seatings at 5, 7:30 and 10 p.m. Acqua Al 2’s favorite classic Italian dishes will be available, as well as a special prix fixe menu, which will include assaggio di primi and the choice of one entrée and dessert. Prix fixe menu offered at $60 per person. To make reservations or for more information, call 619-230-0382.
ALTITUDE—MARRIOTT GASLAMP
Celebrate the close of 2008 by attending San Diego’s Street to Sky Party at Altitude Sky Lounge! Held at the 22-story high rooftop bar, the party will feature deejays, a full buffet dinner with dessert and a midnight champagne toast. Tickets are $100 each if purchased before December 6; $125 each thereafter. Room package available with ticket purchase. For more information, call 619-696-0234 or visit marriott.com/sangl.
HOTEL DEL CORONADO
The Hotel del Coronado presents the “Some Like It Hot” New Year’s Eve Gala, featuring a cocktail reception, dinner in the oceanfront ballroom, live entertainment featuring the Mar Dels and a champagne toast. Tickets start at $260. Special parties for children and teens featuring dinner, beach games and bonfires are also available ($120 for children, $85 for teens). To make reservations, call 619-522-8490 or e-mail deldining@hoteldel.com.
ANTHOLOGY
Anthology will observe New Year’s Eve with two shows featuring Motown Review by the Anthology House Band. Dinner packages are available beginning at $90 per person. All dinner packages include a four-course meal and a champagne toast. Bar/lounge and general admission tickets are also available. V.I.P. mezzanine tickets are available at a higher rate. For more information, call 619-595-0300.
HORNBLOWER CRUISES
Hornblower Cruises and events offers New Year’s Eve dinner cruise packages. Patrons have the opportunity to ring in the new year aboard a Hornblower yacht, with package options offering fabulous fare, champagne, dancing and a fireworks display. Dinner cruises board at 8:30 p.m.; cruising hours are 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Tickets are $165-$225 per person. For more information, call 888-HORNBLOWER(467-6256) or visit hornblowerholidays.com.
THE IVY
The Ivy is throwing a New Year’s Eve “9nine”-themed bash in honor of the new year. The party will feature nine dancers, five rooms of entertainment and music by some of San Diego’s hottest deejays. Designer party favors and a champagne toast are included in admission price. V.I.P. bottle service and special room packages, including a pair of event tickets, are available. For more information, call 619-814-1000 or visit ivyhotel.com.
NEW YEAR’S DAY BRUNCHES
New Year’s Day champagne brunch at The Fleetwood will be served from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The restaurant’s regular weekend brunch menu will be used, with $3 mimosa and $5 Bloody Mary drink specials. For more information, call 619-702-7700.
Hornblower Cruises will hold a New Year’s Day champagne brunch cruise from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets are $49.95 each; children, senior and military discounts are available. For more information, call 888-HORNBLOWER (467-6256) or visit hornblowerholidays.com.
The Hotel del Coronado’s annual New Year’s Day champagne brunch will take place in the hotel’s Crown Room from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. $75 per adult, $35 for children ages 6-10. (Children ages 5 and under are free.) To make reservations, call 619-522-8490 or e-mail deldining@hoteldel.com.
The Four Seasons Resort Aviara’s California Bistro will serve a champagne brunch beginning at 10 a.m. Prices are $85 for adults and $42.50 for children under age 12. A New Year’s Day breakfast buffet will be held at the Aviara’s Vivace restaurant between 7 and 11 a.m. Tickets are $25 per person. Reservations required for all events. For more information, call 760-603-3773.
MANCHESTER GRAND HYATT
The Manchester Grand Hyatt offers New Year’s hotel packages starting at $325. Lael’s Restaurant, one of the renowned hotel’s dining establishments, will feature a New Year’s Eve buffet accompanied by a live jazz trio ($65 per adult, $30 per child 4-12 years old). Sally’s Seafood on the Water will feature a live jazz quartet between 5:30 and 11 p.m. and will offer a limited New Year’s Eve menu. An additional night’s stay can be added to any room package for $125. For more information, call 619-232-1234 or visit manchestergrand.hyatt.com.
MARBLE ROOM
A new addition to the Gaslamp Quarter, the Marble Room tapas bar and lounge will celebrate the coming of the new year with dinner, a live deejay and dancing. With dinner package options ranging between $60 and $120 per person, the Marble Room will serve four and six-course meals, champagne, dessert and more. Tickets exclude tax and gratuity. For more information, call 619-702-5595 or visit themarbleroom.com.
OCEANAIRE
The Oceanaire Seafood Room will offer a special New Year’s Eve dinner menu in celebration of the new year. A few of the special menu’s offerings include Oceanaire Maryland blue crab cakes, Chianti-braised short ribs, stuffed petrale sole, Dungeness crab-crusted black sea bass and corn-fed duck breast. For more information on New Year’s Eve menu offerings or to make reservations, call 619-858-2277.
THE FLEETWOOD
The Fleetwood will ring in 2009 with a “New Year’s Eve by Candlelight” theme. A three-course dinner will be served on New Year’s Eve ($55 between 4 and 6 p.m., $75 after 6). Patrons can enjoy beats from some of San Diego’s best deejays after 8 p.m. (Cover charge waived for dinner patrons.) For bottle service reservations and guest list information, e-mail info@thefleetwood.com; for dinner reservations, call 619-702-7700.
THE PRADO
Balboa Park’s The Prado will offer a special three-course New Year’s Eve menu (with choices) for $69.95 per person. The fixed menu will be offered from 5 to 9 p.m. Live entertainment (featuring Ashley Matte on vocals and guitar) will take place in the lounge. For more information on menu options or to make reservations, call 619-557-9441 or visit dinecrg.com.
W HOTEL
San Diego Magazine serves as an exclusive event partner of this year’s New Year’s Eve party at the W. The bash will feature a complimentary welcome drink, eclectic music spun by deejays on all three levels, Veuve Clicquot champagne, Belvedere cocktails and more. Patrons can lounge in the Thom Filiciade-signed Living Room, sip cocktails poolside at Veranda or celebrate on the hotel’s heated rooftop bar, Beach. Four and ive-course meals beginning at $85 per person will be available at The W’s restaurant, Rice. For more information, call 619-398-3100, ext.1111.
RA SUSHI
RA Sushi will start its New Year’s Eve celebration with sushi and drink specials. Drink special prices will range from $1 to $5. Patrons are invited to commemorate with sparkling sake specials and “East Coast toasts,” in which they can raise their glasses in celebration of the New Year every hour on the hour from 9 p.m. until midnight. For more information, call 619-321-0021 or visit rasushi.com.
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