Bistro Chat Noir to Offer Speakeasy New Year's Eve

This New Year's Eve, tucked away just a block from Central Park on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Bistro Chat Noir (22 East 66th St. / www.BistroChatNoir.com / 212-794-2428) will present a special 1920s Speakeasy-Themed Celebration complete with four courses of stunning French cuisine, plus drinks, dancing, and a special performance of Speakeasy Moderne, an entertaining cabaret show featuring an intoxicating blend of Jazz Age Manhattan, vaudeville, and a touch of burlesque. Perfect for couples or groups, the restaurant'slively New Year's Eve will have two seatings: a 6pm prix-fixe menu & cabaret show ($100) and a 9pm prix-fixe menu & cabaret show ($250); 9pm guests will also have a midnight countdown with Laurent Perrier Champagne Toast and a DJ for the night.

Located in a Louis Candela designed townhouse, Bistro Chat Noir's cream stripped walls, crimson banquettes, and low lighting wrap you in a romantic glow while enjoying top-notch French cuisine made with the freshest of local ingredients. Reservations are required (call 212-794-2428).

Dinner on 12/31 begins with a delicious Canape Plate with tuna tartare, foie gras on brioche & more; Appetizer options include flavorful Onion Soup with guyere cheese crouton;Pumpkin Ravioli with pumpkin, sage tempura and balsamic cream sauce; and a Tuna & Salmon Tartare Duo. Entrée options include herb-crusted Rack of Lamb with potato gratin, merguez sausage and mint sauce; Seafood Risotto with lemon zest, asparagus, tomatoes, zucchini, carrots, shrimp, tuna & scallops; and a tender pan-seared Long Island Duck Breastwith carrot, parsnip and eggplant puree trio, caramelized apples and white turnips, and a cumin & blood orange sauce.

Desserts include Homemade Cheesecake with red berry coulis; Profiteroles with vanilla ice cream and Valrona chocolate sauce; and Apple Tarte Tatin with French vanilla ice cream. The Specialty Cocktails for the evening are the Purity Coconut Martini with egg white and coconut water; and the Chat Noir Negroni with gin, vermouth and Campari.

With a range of songs from Broadway, standards, and today, Speakeasy Moderne is a truly charming and engaging cabaret show hosted by Hank Stampfl. He will be joined byBronwyn Tarboton, Jessica Coffman, Kristin Ewing, Dina Fanai and Kimberly Schafer on New Year's Eve.

Bistro Chat Noir will also be offering a special Christmas Eve Dinner with four courses; $75 per person, $45 under 10. Starting with the Canape Plate, Appetizer options includeButternut Squash Soup; Smoked Salmon with capers, lemon & toast points; and Mac N Cheese with truffle, bacon & lobster; Entrée options include Meyer Farms Filet Mignon;Salmon Wellington with wild mushroom mousse, spinach, fine herbs & beurre blanc sauce; andChristmas Turkey with corn bread, chestnuts, sautéed spinach, marshmallow-sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, stuffing & gravy.

Reservations are required for Christmas & New Year's Eve; diners can call 212-794-2428.

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