Ring in the New Year at one of our delicious restaurant clients and start 2012 off in a sublimely delicious fashion.

Spinasse and Artusi

This year is bound to be extra festive with New Year’s Eve falling on a Saturday! On Capitol Hill, both Spinasse and Artusi are offering special menus and wine flights to bid adieu to 2011 in delicious style.

Artusi

Spinasse is offering two delicious five-course menus from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., with optional wine flights. The 2011 menu is filled with classic guest favorites, and the 2012 menu looks to the future, featuring innovative dishes for a brand new year. $75 per person plus tax and gratuity with optional wine pairings at $35 and $50. Click for a reservation or call (206) 251-7673.

For a spirited evening join the team at Artusi from 5 p.m. to midnight for cocktails, a special three-course tasting menu, plus dessert, offered in addition to the regular menu, along with a flight of bubbles that will pair perfectly with the tasting menu but can also be enjoyed separately. $40 per person plus tax and gratuity, with optional sparkling wine flight for $30. No reservations, seating is first come, first serve.

Cafe Juanita

Cafe Juanita

Usher in 2012 at Cafe Juanita in Kirkland, where Chef Holly Smith is crafting a 7-course tasting menu alongside two exquisitely chosen wine pairings created by Sommelier Dawn Smith.

Dawn was recently named a finalist for Sunset magazine’s Western Wine Awards and boasts over 13 years of experience, including professional chef training and multiple Sommelier certifications. Her brilliant sense of food and wine pairing and extensive knowledge of wine serves to enhance the already stellar menu at this award-winning restaurant. Reservations are available until 10 p.m. Click for reservations or call 425-823-1505.

RN74

RN74

A favorite Seattle destination for wine lovers, RN74 is offering an early and late seating, with two menus certain to delight all the senses. The early seating features four courses, plus a supplemental cheese course, with such festive temptations as a Hamachi Crudo, studded with bright Cara Cara oranges, hearts of palm and Castelvetrano olives,  Ginger Glazed Black Cod with Matsutake dashi and a Grilled New York Strip Loin paired with a spinach soubric, black trumpet mushrooms and sauce Perigourdine.

The late seating also starts with the Hamachi Crudo, but adds Seared Nantucket Bay Scallops with parsnip puree and black winter truffles to the menu before the Black Cod and ending with the Grilled New York Strip Loin, this time with a sauce Bordelaise. End the meal (and the year) on a sweet note with a Chocolate Mille-Feuille, chestnut cremeux and Bourbon ice cream.

Reserve online or call 206-456-7474.

Read on to find out how some of Seattle’s best restaurants are welcoming in 2010.

W SEATTLE

Send 2009 off with a decisive bang with cocktails in the W Seattle Bar accompanied by the slick sounds of 5 DJ’s to include: MB, Supreme, Chloe Harris, Miguel Alvarado and Tim Thibault spinning their tunes. $40 per person at the door (21 and older, cash only, first-come-first-served) provides party favors and midnight champagne toast. The party starts at 8 p.m. and lasts until 1 a.m.

(206) 264-6000

$40 per person at the door

Take the lift home: the New Year’s Eve party is free for guests who stay at the W Seattle on the night of December 31st. Reservations at 1-877-822-0000 or whotels.com/seattle

MONSOON RESTAURANTS

Enjoy a four course, modern Vietnamese dinner at either Monsoon’s Capitol Hill location or on Bellevue’s Main Street, where delights such as Lobster Congee with Braised Ginkgo Nuts, Shallots & Truffle Oil and Lemongrass Braised Shortribs, White Beans, Siu Cai and Radish Salad prevail. Dessert includes Milk Chocolate Ganache, Caramel, Salted Banana and Crispy Wonton Paper and Happiness Dumplings with Red Beans, Mung Beans and Ginger.

$99 per couple + optional $25 four-course wine pairing (per person). Seating available from 5 to 11 p.m.

(206) 325-2111 – Seattle

(425) 635- 1112 – Bellevue

SPINASSE

Chef Jason Stratton, sous chef, Carrie Mashaney, wine director Michele Balkwill and the entire Spinasse team are delighted to offer two delicious options. Choose from favorites of 2009: Porchetta Tonnata, Chicories with Marinated Rabbit, Walnuts, Balsamico and Parmigiano-Reggiano, Tajarin with Sage Butter, Beef Cheek “Brasato al Barolo” with Celeriac Puree.  Or  innovative and celebratory dishes for a brand new year from the 2010 menu: Oysters with Beet and Crisp Pig’s Trotters, Cauliflower Flan with Parmigiano-Reggiano Fonduta and Pine Nut, Risotto with Grapefruit and Spot Prawns and Quail with flavors of Cinzano Vermut.

Download the full menu on the Spinasse Web site.

5 courses- $55 per person + tax & gratuity. Seating from 5 to 11 p.m.

(206) 251-7673 for reservations.

BASTILLE CAFÉ & BAR

Guests who dine at Bastille on New Year’s Eve, Thursday, December 31, 2009 will be offered a special dish of the day (Bonne Année Plat du Jour) in addition to the regular menu. Bastille’s Back Bar will be celebrating with a party that will include a DJ, a complimentary champagne toast at midnight and noisemakers.

Call 206.453.5014 for dining room reservations. No reservations taken for the Back Bar.

CAFE  JUANITA

Decadence reigns at Cafe Juanita on New Year’s Eve! Start with Oysters on the half-shell, followed by Seared Foie Gras, Spot Prawns, Guinea Fowl Tortellini and a choice of either Wagyu Beef Tenderloin or Liberty Farm’s Duck Breast, followed by a cheese course of Kurtwood Farm Cheese with Honeycomb. Pastry chef Matt Kelley will be delighting with his Rosemary Scented Bittersweet Chocolate Ganache with Fresh Yuzu Foam and Crisp Feuillitine.

View the full menu.

$95 per person~ Optional wine flights of $55 and $80

(425 ) 823-1505