Here’s to saying goodbye to 2020 and welcoming a brighter year. These are a few ways to celebrate New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in Calgary.
This list is updated as information becomes available. Please reach out to me [email protected] or @foodgressing on social media (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok) for any suggestions.
The Guild
The Guild is offering a heat-at-home NYE dinner for preorder by 5pm on December 30 and pickup from 3 pm – 8 pm on December 31. Priced at $65 per person. This includes:
SALMON DUO
salmon rillettes, smoked salmon mousse, cucumber, dill, crostini, taro chips
SPINACH TARTLET
phyllo pastry, Capriny goat cheese, creamed baby spinach, onion soubise
ROAST LAMB LOIN
housemade mustard, flageolets, grilled carrots, rosemary red wine jus, spiced balsamic vincotto
BRAISED BEEF CHEEK
carrot purée, Brussels sprouts, mushroom fricassée, duck fat roast potatoes, cabernet jus
OLIVE OIL POACHED STURGEON
celeriac purée, braised lentils, charred broccoli, caper gremolata, mint and parsley sauce
GLUTEN-FREE CHOCOLATE CAKE
chocolate jelly, coffee crumble, stone fruit sauce, almond praline
CHAMPAGNE CHEESECAKE
Concord grapes, strawberries, rosé jelly
Winebar Kensington
Winebar Kensington is offering the following a New Year’s Eve Lobster Dinner for pickup between 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm. $45/person (half lobster) $65/person (whole lobster). This includes:
- Lobster Thermidor (whole or half) with brandy white wine + peppercorn sauce
- Potato Croquettes
- Roasted Brussels Sprouts + Squash with maple vanilla vinaigrette and pumpkin seeds
- Death by Chocolate Mousse
They are also offering a New Year’s Day High Tea for pick up 11:30 am – 2 pm priced at $39 per person. This includes:
SAVOURY:
Salmon Gravlax + Herbed Cream Cheese Pinwheel
Cucumber + Dill Tea Sandwich
Serrano Ham + Manchego Crostini
Deviled Egg
Curried Chicken Salad Sandwich
SCONES:
Cinnamon Scones
Buttermilk Biscuits
Devonshire Cream
Housemade Raspberry Preserve
SWEETS:
Lemon Curd Tart with Italian Meringue
Pumpkin Spice Cream Puff
Almond Chocolate Chip cookie
Passionfruit Gelee
Salted Dark Chocolate Brownie
TEA:
Selection of black and herbal tea from Naked Leaf
Rouge
Rouge is offering Ready To Heat New Years Meal Kit priced at $80 per person for pickup or DoorDash delivery. This includes:
Smoked Salmon & Potato Salad
Chopped Olives | Pine Nuts | Arugula | Black Truffle Dressing
Oyster Mushroom Linguini
Pacific Oyster Cream | Red Pepper and Squid Ink Spherification Caviars
Filet Mignon of Beef
Bacon Wrapped | Green Peppercorn Sauce | Duchesse Potato | Green Beans
Chocolate Bombe With Grand Marnier Flambé
Blueberry Chutney | Chantilly
Meal kits to be picked up or delivered no later than 6pm December 31st.
Hawthorn @ Fairmont Palliser Calgary
Hawthorn Dining Room & Bar is offering the following NYE take home packages for 2 ($160) and 4 ($300). Pickup on December 31 from 11 am – 5 pm. These include:
- Hawthorn Bread
- Assorted Crudité with Roasted Pepper Hummus and Creamy Cucumber Yoghurt Dip
- Assortment of Charcuterie and Cheese
- Preserves
- Chef Dave’s Selection of Cold Canapes (3 pieces per person)
- Chef Dave’s Selection of Hot Hors d’Oeuvres (3 pieces per person)
- Chocolate Covered Strawberries (3 pieces per person) and Chocolate Bark
- New Year’s Eve party favours
- 1 bottle of Veuve Clicquot ‘Yellow Label’ Brut
Yellow Door Bistro
Yellow Door Bistro is offering New Year’s Eve Dinner to Go for 2, 4 or 6 people. Chef Quinn Staple has prepared a special gourmet menu (paired with a bottle of bubbles) designed to ring in the New Year.
Start with a chilled seafood platter featuring split lobster tail, poached prawns, split crab legs, poached scallops, shucked oysters with cocktail sauce and saffron aioli.
For your main, savour Chef Quinn’s beef wellington roast with braised beef short rib, foie gras, mushrooms, puff pastry, raclette pomme purée and baby carrots.
For dessert, enjoy a chocolate fondue for two, with strawberries, cake, cookies and rice crispies.
Priced at $190 for 2, $380 for 4 and $570 for 6.
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