What to Do for New Year's Eve in Salt Lake and Beyond

What to Do for New Year’s Eve in Salt Lake and Beyond

What to Do for New Year’s Eve in Salt Lake and Beyond? NYE Masquerade Ball. NYE Dinner at Porch. New Year’s Eve at KITA.

Ted Scheffler

December 29, 2022

NYE Masquerade Ball

The folks behind Lefleau Entertainment and A Big Easy Production really know how to throw a great party. And that’s what they’ll be doing this New Year’s Eve as they host their Annual New Year’s Eve Masquerade Ball at the downtown SLC Marriott.

Included with your dinner ticket is a full three-course dinner with cash bar, New Year’s Eve party favors, a Champagne toast at midnight, raffle, live tunes from Deejay Stario, a Soul Train dance contest, giveaways, discounted parking, live entertainment, and room specials at the Marriott for those who wish to stay for the night. Purchase dinner tickets by clicking here.

NYE Dinner @ Porch

One of the best bargains if you’re planning to go out for dinner on New Year’s Eve is at Porch restaurant in Daybreak. The four course dinner is only $55 per person and the menu includes Roasted Tomato Confit and Gournay Cheese Crostini, microgreens for the first course, followed by a second course choice of Baby Kale Salad, toasted pecans, red onion, goat cheese, maple champagne vinaigrette or Thai Butternut Soup, spiced peanuts. The main course is a choice of Pistachio Crusted Halibut, parmesan grits, roasted Brussels sprouts; blood orange beurre blanc Prime Rib, buttermilk whipped potatoes, roasted winter vegetables, au jus; or Wild Mushroom & Truffle Risotto, parmesan, pine nuts, gremolata. For dessert, select from Famous Banana Puddin Carrot Cake, cream cheese chevre frosting, candied walnuts; Flourless Chocolate Decadence, salted caramel sauce; or Vanilla Bean Goat’s Milk Panna Cotta, toffee tuile, pickled blackberries. Wine pairings are an additional $25. For reservations, call 801-679-1066.

New Year’s Eve @ KITA

One of Utah’s best new restaurants is KITA in the Pendry in Park City. The folks at the Japanese-style sushi bar and steakhouse invite you to celebrate New Year’s Eve at Pendry Park City, including dinner at KITA, featuring 2 seatings with their specially curated 3 or 4-course prix-fixe menu options of Japanese American inspired fare. Explore the special wine pairing menu add-on to compliment your dinner. The cost for the 3-course dinner at KITA is $175 per person and $225 per person for four courses. Click here to reserve your spot.

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Originally trained as an anthropologist, Ted Scheffler is a seasoned food, wine & travel writer based in Utah. He loves cooking, skiing, and spends an inordinate amount of time tending to his ever-growing herd of guitars and amplifiers.

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Ted Scheffler

Originally trained as an anthropologist, Ted Scheffler is a seasoned food, wine, and travel writer based in Utah. He loves cooking, skiing, music, and reading, and spends an inordinate amount of time tending to his ever-growing herd of guitars and amplifiers. Ted is also the author of the Utah Bites newsletter, which is published in partnership with Utah Stories. Before moving to Utah, Ted lived in New York City, and numerous states in the US, as well as in various countries overseas, Spain, Japan, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico. He earned a Master’s Degree in Anthropology from the Graduate Faculty of The New School for Social Research.

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