Ring in the New Year with good company, good food and good drinks. These North Fork spots are saying goodbye to 2025 in style.
The Halyard, 58775 Rte. 48, Greenport, 631-477-0666
Ring in the new year near the sea with a five-course tasting menu at The Halyard — plus a party. Local products fill the list like Oregon Road Farm parsnip, Mattituck Mushrooms black truffle and Wickham Fruit Farm apples. Dinner seatings will be from 5 to 6 p.m., 8 to 9 p.m. and live music goes from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
The next day, enjoy a special brunch menu with elevated items like a chai spiced French toast and short rib hash from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Greenport Harbor Brewery, 42155 Main Road, Peconic, 631-477-1100
Greenport Harbor Brewery is hosting a unique celebration at 2 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. At the Peconic location, line up for the second annual .5K Beer Run. The run is just 1,640 feet in distance — the course being a lap around the brewery — and features five craft beer hydrations stations and a competition for best outfit, fastest time and surprise categories to be announced on race day.
Ellen’s on Front, 38 Front St., Greenport, 631-333-2743
Swing by from 5 to 9 p.m. for dinner with some special menu items for a pre-celebration meal or for some great Latin and Asian-influenced American fare to close out the year, then get to bed early!
Hotel Indigo East End, 1830 West Main St., Riverhead, 631-369-2200
The Hotel Indigo has two prix fixe dinner seatings on New Year’s Eve: a 3-course dinner from 5-7:30 p.m. for $65 per person, and a 5-course dinner at 7:30 p.m. for $110 with live music at both. The hotel is offering special room rates and packages for the night. To reserve, email [email protected]; click herefor more info.
Suffolk Theater, 118 East Main St., Riverhead, 631-727-4343
Disco dance your way into the new year at The Suffolk 54 New Year’s Eve, with tunes from the days of Studio 54 — songs from Donna Summer, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Chic, Earth, Wind and Fire, the Bee Gees and more performed live by That 70s Band. There will be a dance floor; hats, noisemakers and streamers; a live stream of the Times Square ball drop, and complimentary champagne for a toast at midnight. The party starts at 10 p.m.; tickets are $86-136 and can be booked here.
Long Island Aquarium, 431 East Main St., Riverhead, 631-208-9200
Starting at 6:30 p.m., bring the whole family for the Fishes & Wishes New Year’s Eve party, with cocktail hour, DJ and dancing, a buffet dinner, dessert and ice cream bar, an animal meet and greet, crafts, and a mock midnight toast. Tickets are $145 for adults, $90 for children 3-12, and $10 for children under 2 and can be obtained here.
The All-Star, 96 Main Road, Riverhead, 631-998-3565
The All-Star hosts a family party from 4:30-7:30 p.m. with unlimited bowling and shoe rentals, food, soda and juice, party favors and a midnight toast with sparkling cider or champagne. Tickets are $50 per adult and $40 per child for main lanes, and $55 per adult and $45 per child for VIP lanes. From 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., reserve a lane for $220, which includes unlimited bowling and shoe rentals for six, one pizza, one pitcher of beer or soda and party favors. To book, look here.
Residence Inn Long Island East End, 2012 Old Country Road, Riverhead, 631-905-5811
From 8 p.m.-1 a.m. this annual New Year’s Eve Gala offers passed hors d’oeuvres, a gourmet buffet, an open bar, and dancing with DJ Phil. Tickets are $109 per person; to reserve, call 631-905-5811 or email [email protected]; for full details, click here.
The Heart of It, 359 Main Road, Aquebogue
On the morning of New Year’s Eve, The Heart of It offers a Strong Mamas workout class and a kids’ New Year’s Eve party from 9:30-11 a.m. for $20. Or try a New Year Restore Workshop for adults from 4-6 p.m., with restorative yoga, sound bowl healing, meditation, deep relaxation and vision boards for $40. To book, click here.
North Fork Table & Inn, 57225 Main Road, Southold, 631-765-0177
On Dec. 31 at a 5 p.m. seating, dig into a four-course menu featuring house baked bread with anchovy whipped butter and tempura squash with benne seed aioli for $110. If you’d rather a have a five-course meal priced at $145, book the 8 p.m. seating which will include caviar and a midnight celebration. Some other menu highlights of the night will be a tuna tartare, ricotta agnolotti with black truffle, black bass with smoked dash and filet mignon with truffle pomme purée. Book a reservation on Open Table.
Southold Social, 56125 Main Road, Southold, 631-765-8888
At Southold Social, there will be an a la carte menu from 5 to 7 p.m. featuring a DJ and dancing and from 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. the party continues with a prix fixe special menu to be released soon. At the later seating there will be a champagne toast to celebrate the special occasion. The prix fixe is $165. Make a reservation here.
aMano, 13550 Main Road, Mattituck, 631-298-4800
Make a reservation anytime between 4 and 9:30 p.m. at aMano. A prix fixe menu will go for $85 featuring a complementary toast. Reserve a table here.
Silver Sands, 1400 Silvermere Road, Greenport, 631-997-7747
On New Year’s Eve, Nookies, the on-site restaurant at Silver Sands featuring a seasonally rotating menu will host 5 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. dinner seatings. Make a reservation here.
And starting at 9 p.m. The Boathouse — Silver Sand’s sailor style bar — will host a New Year’s Eve part with a DJ, oysters, fried chicken and champagne. Buy a ticket here.
