Celebrate New Years nearby

Don't want to stay home alone, but also don't want to do the Times Square/Manhattan thing? Well there are some local places that have New Years Eve Parties and events planned. As more info comes in, we'll fill in this list more completely.

Sugar Lounge
$50 (limited tickets, deposit required for groups)
Open Bar from 8pm-12am, Food Buffet
Times Square on TV, DJs

147A Columbia St. (b/w Kane and Degraw)
Website Here

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Botanica
NYE 2009 @ Brooklyn's Botanica (it's not Manhattan).
$10 Cover
Dancefloor, Drink Specials, 3 bubblies for under $50
DJs Adam Warped, Onionz, Sameer, Billy Belmont,

220 Conover Street (@ Coffey Street)
Website Here

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Hope and Anchor
NYE Party
Free entry and Karaoke!

347 Van Brunt Street

Go sing into the new year

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Rocky Sullivans
Cost unkown (and quite possibly free)

DJ Matty Slice playing ska all night
Drink specials all night, champagne toast at midnight

34 Van Dyke St.
Website here

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Korhogo 126

New Year's Eve 2009

$40 Prix Fixe @6:30P

$50 Prix Fixe @9:00PM including a midnight bubbly toast

Please reserve at opentable.com or email info@korhogo126.com.

Menu on December 31st:

Appetizers

-Local baby beet with endive, Bartlett pear, gorgonzola, toasted hazelnut, pomegranate seed with wild honey and ground mustard dressing

-West African crab salad with heart of palm, grapefruit pineapple, mango, cumin in pepper dew sauce

Soups

-Light minestrone soup with spiced fried feuille de brique

-Maine Lobster bisque with truffle oil scented corn salad

Main courses

-African black pepper crusted filet mignon, shallot chutney, caramelized salsifi, Jerusalem artichoke, crushed potato and aged red wine sauce

-Atlantic lemon sole, walnut crust , Swiss chard, aged cheddar twice baked new potato, noisette butter sauce

-Organic chicken Yassa style, Pearl onion, lardon, cumin carrot, haricot vert rice pilaf

-Stripped bass, black olive tapenade, fennel and tomato confit, sorrel ginger sauce

Desserts

-Cold chunky sabayon, passion fruit and mixed spices poached pineapple, lychee sorbet and Kenyan curry coconut sauce

-Flourless molten chocolate cake with Madagascar vanilla ice cream

Website Here