New Year’s Eve: Ways to Ring in 2019

December 27, 2019/Sam Simma/,

As always, before you’ve recovered from your Christmas feast, you better be prepared to turn around and celebrate another holiday: New Year’s Eve. If you want to eat well while you ring in the new year and kick off 2020, make your reservations for one of these special holiday menus or meals…

The Granary at Spring Creek Ranch

Ring in the New Year with dinner at Spring Creek Ranch. Available from 5-10 p.m., this prix fixe dinner is $99 for adults, $60 for kids ages 7-15 and free for those under age 7. Kick off the event with oyster shooters, champagne and cavier. Enjoy an endive salad for your first course and lobster bisque for your second. Entree options include prime rib, Maine lobster tail or coffee-rubbed duck breast. Complete the meal with a dessert of baked brie or creme brulee. Make your reservations HERE. elk medallions and champagne

The Wort Hotel

Celebrate the New Year on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day at The Wort Hotel. On New Year’s Eve, in addition to their regular menu, the Silver Dollar Bar & Grill will be serving a special holiday menu. From 8:30 p.m. into 2020, in the Silver Dollar Showroom, enjoy party favors and live music by One Ton Pig. Then, on New Year’s Day, swing in for breakfast to start the New Year right. Get $1 off the One Ton Pig plate from 7-11 a.m. Or, order a $15 New Year’s plate that includes pulled pork, collard greens and black-eyed peas from 11 a.m. until it’s gone. Did we mention bloody marys and mimosas will be just $6 all day long? Reservations are recommended, and can be made by calling 307-732-3939.

Snake River Grill

The five-course choice menu at Snake River Grill for New Year’s Eve offers options for all tastes: from roasted parsnip soup to butter-poached Maine lobster tail and miso-glazed black cod to braised Colorado lamb shank. Enjoy profiteroles, raspberry cream tartlette, warm apple hand pie or artisanal cheeses for dessert. It is $130 per person, excluding tax and gratuity. Make reservations online or by calling 307-733-0557.rib

StillWest Brewery & Grill

Celebrate New Year’s Eve at StillWest with a prime viewing point of the Snow King Mountain torchlight parade and fireworks. For $90 per person, enjoy a four-course meal and glass of champagne. Included is a small bite, salad, choice of three entrees and two dessert options. Call 307-201-5955 to make your reservations.

Four Seasons Jackson Hole

Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Westbank Grill with a special festive menu, featuring dishes such a Skuna Bay salmon tartare, Snake River Farms wagyu beef, malted milk chocolate mousse and so much more. You can also stop by earlier in the day to the resort’s Champagne igloo, Fahrenheit 47, which is found slope-side and offers a variety of bubbles. In the Ascent Lounge, you’ll find a 1920s Speakeasy-themed celebration, featuring music by DJ Simon and a complimentary Champagne toast at midnight.

Entertainment

Snow King Mountain’s annual torchlight parade and fireworks will take place from 7-8 p.m. (and did we already mention that StillWest is the best viewing point?!). Participants in the parade will gather at 6:45 pm. in the Snow King Lodge Room, before loading the chair lift at 7 p.m. In Teton Village, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort will host its own torchlight parade, as well as a Glow Worm Parade for kids up to 14 years old. The main parade begins at 6 p.m. and will be followed by fireworks.

At the top of it all, the Gondi-Gala will be the party of the decade at the top of Bridger Gondola, with live music by Whiskey Mornin’. Changing Lanes, out of Salt Lake City, will be jamming at the Mangy Moose. Tickets are $35 and festivities begin at 10 p.m. At the base of JHMR, Continuum will host a two-night celebration. December 30, dance to the tunes of DJ Crayon, Lauren Chase and Hunter Singleton. On New Year’s Eve, PRSN and Umami are in Jackson to help you kick off 2020, with support from Jefe and Oh Nassi. Make reservations here.

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Sam Simma

Raised in the land of casseroles and deep fried cheese curds, Sam Simma left rural Wisconsin for the mountains of Wyoming in summer 2012. Her appetite for adventure is the only thing that rivals her passion for food. She has always used writing to document and critique her travel and dining experiences. Her warmest memories among family and friends have been associated with the food that was at the center of the occasion. From staging cooking shows with siblings to perfecting turtle brownies with her dad, today Sam enjoys connecting people over food by hosting cookie decorating parties, wine pairing nights, and Midwest-inspired potlucks. A dessert fanatic, she has come to impress friends and family with key lime pies, Oreo bon bons, and Snickers ice cream cakes that are far simpler than they could ever imagine. Shhh! Don’t tell.

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