Special Events

Friday, December 21, 2007
Tree Trimming Party
We invite all our guests to come and trim our Christmas tree, and we want each guests to bring something they made to hang on the tree - paper or cranberry chains, origami birds, cardboard ornaments, whatever. Everyone who brings an ornament, no matter how exotic or homely, will be rewarded with a free glass of sparkling wine in front of the fireplace. We'll have Cole Broderick start playing carols and jazz standards at 6 p.m. You can stay for dinner or bar snacks if you want, or just hang out for the music and free bubbles and be on your way. We thought it might be a nice break for people as they finish their last-minute holiday shopping and preparations.

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, December 24 and 25, 2007
We will be offering a five-course prix-fixe menu.

1. choice of raw oysters mignonette
   or escargots en surprise with fennel and cream or pear and foie gras tart or cara cara orange and braised fennel salad.
2. exotic mushroom consommé with Christmas colors
3. goose à la Bigarade (goose à l'orange with Seville oranges) or fresh baked ham with Tahitian flavors (vanilla, papaya, carambola, pineapple, star fruit or whole branzini (Mediterranean sea bass) with blood orange and herbs or forest mushroom and truffled salsify tart with barley risotto and brussel sprouts.
4. bejewelled pomegranate salad
5. mincemeat pie
   or apple pie with English cheddar
   or walnut tart
   or chocolate mocha Yule log

We will be taking reservations for this fabulous five-course feast from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on December 24 and 25. (No à la carte menu will be offered.) The price will be $75 per person for food, plus beverages, tax and gratuity. Children under 12 eat for $25.

New Year's Eve, December 31, 2007
Paul has come up with two extraordinarily elegant menus for New Year's Eve, one a five-courser for early birds and the other an 9- course extravaganza for those who want to hang out until the wee hours. Our early seating, with tables available at 5, 5:30, 6 and 6:30 p.m., will feature the following five-course menu (with a glass of Champagne included) for $80 per person, plus tax and gratuity:

1. oysters and caviar
   or terrine of foie gras
   or terrine of squash and salsify
   or quail with Serrano ham, grapes and wild rice
2. Good Luck New Year's soup (with ham and beans)
3. Sika venison with chocolate and pomegranate or fish (to be announced) or filet mignon à la ficelle truffée or soufflé aux champignons et Gruyère
4. pear and honeyed walnut salad
5. black and white mousses or baklava with pistachios, rosewater syrup and gold dust or pina colada Napoléon or almond pithiviers

The New Year's Eve all-night party starts at 8 p.m., with seatings available at 8, 8:30, 9 and 9:30 p.m. The 9-course menu will cost $130 per person, plus tax and gratuity and will feature:

1. escargots mille fenouille
2. oysters and caviar
   or terrine of foie gras
3. terrine of squash and salsify
   or quail with Serrano ham, grapes and wild rice
4. Good Luck New Year's soup (with ham and beans)
5. Sika venison with chocolate and pomegranate or fish (to be announced) or filet mignon à la ficelle truffée or soufflé aux champignons et Gruyère
6. pear and honeyed walnut salad
7. a selection of fine cheeses
8. black and white mousses or baklava with pistachios, rosewater syrup and gold dust or pina colada Napoléon or almond pithiviers
9. cookies, chocolates and coffee
   

Tango Wednesdays
The members of Tango Fusion, a local tango club, gather in our lounge after their Wednesday night class ends at 8:30 for cocktails, snacks and dancing. The public is welcome to come hang out at the bar, join in and pick up a few dance pointers from instructors Diane Lachtrupp and Johnny Martinez. For more information about local classes by Diane and Johnny, see the Saratoga Savoy website at http://www.saratogasavoy.com/files/instructors.html
Cost: No cover charge

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