New Year’s Eve is next week, but it’s not too late to order a takeaway meal at a restaurant in the Boston area. Here are seven last-minute holiday dinner options, ranging from Japanese to Italian, Chinese, Filipino and black American cuisine, which, as of publication, are still available.
For a combination of sushi and pizza
Chestnut Hill newcomer Bianca (from the people behind O Ya and Hojoko) offers several different holiday menus, including ribs, maple ham and roast chicken, but it’s the combination of sushi and pizza ($ 80), which includes a half-leaf pizza courtesy of Mr. Bianca’s takeaway pizzeria. Roni Cups, which calls more the New Year’s party. Orders must be placed online by December 27th and can be picked up at Bianca on December 31st from 10am to 2pm and from 4pm to 9pm.
For a meaty and woody Italian party
The Terra restaurant, in the Eataly store, which has a wood-burning grill, offers packages for New Year’s Eve dinner for two, four and eight people. Dinner for two options ($ 130) includes a plate of cold cuts, roasted ham with honey, roasted Brussels sprouts, roasted potatoes with charcoal, creamy polenta and candied fruit for dessert. Orders must be placed by December 27th (email [email protected] or call (617) 807-7300) and can be picked up by December 31st.
For something to snack on when the ball falls
The duo wife Kate and Trevor Smith opened Thistle & Leek towards the end of the summer, the global pandemic will be cursed. Craigie Street Bistrot alumni celebrate New Year’s Eve with a takeaway midnight package ($ 85) that includes Island Creek caviar, homemade fries, prawn cocktail, truffle hummus, artichoke tapas, wheat popcorn corn, seed biscuits, crostini and petit fours. Add bubbles for an additional $ 25. Orders must be placed before December 28 (email [email protected]).
For the best balls in town
Dumpling Cafe is one of the best Chinese restaurants in Boston and also has some of the best dumplings. It doesn’t serve a special New Year’s menu, but it will be open and you should order the entire menu (or at least the fried dough balls in the Taiwanese pan, the pork soup balls, the fried pork guts, the beans tender) and Taiwanese-style eggplant). Dumpling Cafe is currently open for takeaway, as well as delivery via DoorDash and Grubhub.
For noodles, egg rolls and coconut shrimp
Honestly, Tiger Mama’s New Year’s menu is impeccable: lobster ranks, egg rolls, Singapore noodles, your own Tso general chicken proposal, coconut shrimp, pork and chive dumplings and chopsticks grilled teriyaki veal. It’s available for two ($ 99) or four ($ 149) and there’s no deadline to place the order (although it arrives for the first time, it’s served first, so act quickly). Add a boozy punch mushroom for $ 49. Pick it up at the sister restaurant Fool’s Errand (just across the street) from 2pm to 9pm on New Year’s Eve. Call (617) 425-6262 or visit the restaurant’s website to place an order.
For some of the best pasta in town
Size chef and owner Douglass Williams, who serves some of the best homemade pastries in town or anywhere else, has prepared a thoughtful three-course tasting menu for two ($ 120) for Cape Town night. of the Year. Although the restaurant accepts reservations for indoor food, the menu is also available to take away and includes cod with tomato ajoli; Immersion in Tuscan kale and artichoke; a salad with winter citrus fruits, pomegranates and toasted hazelnuts; and a selection of ricotta, osso bucco or roasted salmon agnolotti. Call (617) 936-3490 to place an order.
For flights of tiki cocktails
Tanám offers two menus, one for New Year’s Eve, and another for New Year’s Day brunch, focused on tiki cocktails. A press release from the event states that the restaurant, which is known for its narrative narrative through food, wants to “rewrite and reclaim tiki culture under a new vision:“ Afro-Tiki, ”and that the goal is “educating diners about the true origins of tiki through food, drink and discussion, focusing on black and brown voices, many of which were previously marginalized or forgotten for their contributions to the development of this culture “.
Dinner options for two ($ 170 plus taxes and fees) include cocktails made with agricultural rum, smoked guava and black salt; grilled prawn toast and wagyu skewers; and holiday favors and a playlist curated by the restaurant. The brunch option ($ 85, plus taxes and fees) includes a steamed mini bao dish; roast pork; Hoppin ‘John bean puree with pickled vegetables; bloody Marys and Gatorade home; a magazine for 2021; and a playlist curated by the restaurant. Tanám’s New Year’s packages can be purchased through Resy until sold out.