New Year’s Eve holiday specials and menus

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Southerleigh is one area restaurant having a special New Year’s Eve menu. Photo: Nick Simonite, used with permission.

Still need plans for the long New Year’s Eve holiday? Area restaurants have special menus and events planned to help guests usher in the new year. (Hotel Emma, Hotel Contessa, Boiler House, Southerleigh, Esquire Tavern, Rosella at the Rand, Krause’s Café, Pinch Boil House, 2017)

Hotel Emma will offer special holiday themed menu items on New Year’s Eve at Sternewirth and Supper.
New Year’s Eve at Sternewirth
San Antonians are invited to celebrate New Year’s Eve at Sternewirth, Hotel Emma’s bar and club room. Guests will be able to enjoy Latin jazz music by local icon Henry Brun and his international trio. A $20 cover fee will include champagne toast and party favors. Price: $20 Time: 9p.m. to 2a.m.
New Year’s Eve Special at Supper
Supper will open its doors during New Year’s Eve and will be welcoming guests and locals to dine in and ring in the new year. Please call the restaurant at (210)448-8351 for reservations. Hours: 11a.m. to 3p.m. and 5p.m. to 10p.m.

Hotel Contessa is offering a pre-fixe dinner menu on Sunday, New Year’s Eve. Reservations are required for New Year’s Eve dinner, $55/person, $25/children ages 8-13 and children 7 and under eat free.

Boiler House will be serving holiday themed cocktails and dinner items on New Year’s Eve from 5 p.m. to close. The restaurant will also have their regular lunch menu along with special brunch items on New Year’s Day from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. New Year’s Eve Cocktail items include: Gingerbread Martini for $14 and Hot Buttered Texas Rum for $12. New Year’s Eve Dish items include: Lemon Chive Crabcake for $15, Calamari Piccata for $21, Roast Leg of Lamb for $29 and Eggnog Pound Cake for $8. New Year’s Day Brunch items include: Green Chile Pulled Pork, Poached Eggs & Popcorn Grits, Hangover Hash, BLT Mac & Egg and Barbacoa Sando.

Southerleigh will have specialty items for New Year’s Eve brunch and dinner. Southerleigh’s hours on New Year’s Eve are from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. and will be closed on New Year’s Day. Brunch hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will include House Cured and Braised Country Ham, Creamed Field Peas, Flash Fried Collards and Eggs Over Easy. Dinner hours: 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. and will include Slow Roasted Pork Shank, Hoppin John, Black Garlic spiked Spinach, Dijon Glace and Whole Fried Gulf Flounder, Creamy Crystal Butter, House Fries and South Texas Slaw. Guests will receive a complimentary glass of champagne to ring in the new year at 12 a.m.

Esquire Tavern will be celebrating New Year’s Eve with dinner reservations and sparkling wine to toast at midnight. There will be live music and more.

Rosella at The Rand will be serving regular Sunday brunch on New Year’s Eve from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The restaurant will then open the same evening for a FREE New Year’s Eve party from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Rosella at the Rand will be open for New Year’s Day brunch from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Krause’s Cafe will have a self-serve Hot Chocolate bar, Bloody Mary bar and free black eyed peas on New Year’s Day. Restaurant hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. and will be celebrating the new year with a Munich Platter – A pork shank stands atop of mashed potatoes, chicken schnitzel, red cabbage, sauerkraut, assorted sausage, crisp pork belly and a side of Dunkel Sauce.

Pinch Boil House and Bia Bar will be hosting a crawfish boil with a Boil & Brews on New Year’s Eve, Eve, Saturday December 30 from 12p.m. to 3p.m. Guests can enjoy boiled crawfish or crab legs, shrimp and other seafood items. There will also be a DJ and cold beer.

Festivus for the Rest of Us at Pinch Boil House

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On Saturday December 23, Pinch Boil House and Bia Bar will host a special Festivus for the Rest of Us event.  Photo: Pinch Boil House and Bia Bar, used with permission.

Not into all the Christmas drama? How about Festivus? For those who are not into Christmas, Pinch Boil House & Bia Bar will host a special Festivus for the Rest of Us event. Festivus is a non-commercial holiday celebration, as depicted on Seinfeld, that occurs on December 23 and includes a Festivus dinner, an unadorned aluminum Festivus pole, practices such as the “Airing of Grievances” and “Feats of Strength” and the labeling of easily explainable events as “Festivus miracles.” This Saturday, December 23, Pinch will feature a Seinfeld-inspired menu with items like black & white cookies, savory muffin tops, soup and more. The restaurant will also have fun, classic Festivus activities and even a Festivus pole. (Pinch Boil House & Bia Bar, 2017)

Pinch Boil House & Bia Bar features and encourages communal dining with its family-style food and promotes a lively atmosphere reminiscent to a crawfish boil experience. It was originally formed as pop-up crawfish boil to support a fun environment for families and communities to enjoy food deeply rooted in Asian culture.

Pinch Boil House & Bia Bar
124 N Main Ave
San Antonio, TX 78205
(210) 971-7774

Pinch Benefit Boil at Pinch Boil House and Bia Bar

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Pinch Boil House and Bia Bar and Estate Coffee are hosting a fundraiser event to benefit those affected by Hurricane Harvey.  Photo: Pinch Boil House and Bia Bar, used with permission.

The San Antonio community is gearing up for fundraisers to benefit those affected by Hurricane Harvey. On Saturday September 2, Pinch Boil House and Bia Bar is hosting a fundraiser event with Estate Coffee. Pinch Boil House and Bia Bar is a new restaurant set to open next month that will serve Southeast Asian-inspired seafood, street food and beer. The owners, Sean, Andrew and Brian are from Houston and on a mission to support their friends, families and anyone who has been affected by this hurricane. (Pinch Boil House and Bia Bar, 2017)

On Saturday September 2 from 12p.m. to 3:30p.m., guests can visit the restaurant and purchase large shellfish platters for $30. The platters feeds two people and includes shrimp, mussels, local sausage, corn, potatoes, Texas toast and Pinch’s original garlic butter sauce. Estate Coffee will also be selling Vietnamese Iced Coffees. This event is BYOB. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the American Red Cross. The benefit will also have donation jars for anyone wishing to contribute directly to the organization.

Pinch Boil House and Bia Bar will officially open for business on Friday September 8, 2017. The restaurant features and encourages communal dining with its family-style food and promotes a lively atmosphere reminiscent of a crawfish boil experience. It was originally formed as pop-up crawfish boils to support a fun environment for families and communities to enjoy food deeply rooted in Asian culture.

Pinch Boil House and Bia Bar
124 N Main Ave
San Antonio, TX 78205