There’s no celebration like saying goodbye to the old year and ringing in the new year. This December 31 there’s plenty of great ways to ring it in. Maybe you want to go to an epic party, or enjoy a delicious meal, or even spend a romantic evening toasting with your honey.
Read on for some of the best New Years Eve extravaganzas, dinners, and date night ideas in town. Each perfect for bidding adieu to 2024 and welcoming in 2025.
Party Like It’s 2024
Starlit Symphony New Year’s Eve Celebration at Halo Rooftop Bar
The Kimpton Claret Hotel opened Halo Rooftop Bar this year, and it resides 19 floors above street level. To kick off the new year and the space, it is hosting Starlit Symphony. The semi-formal event has panoramic views of the city, fire pits, a drone show, live music, and a champagne toast.
The VIP tickets run $500 per person. Each order includes an open bar, private champagne service, reserved seating, and unlimited desserts. The GA ticket is $100, and food and drinks are available at an extra cost. 6985 E. Chenango Ave., Denver, halobardenver.com
Los Chingones 90s House Party
Get ready to party like it’s 1999 (in 2024) as Los Chingones RiNo throws back with a 90s-themed house party. Dress in your best vintage attire, and expect to jam to a 90s greatest hits soundtrack. Expect to play drinking games like beer pong and flip cup, and sip on ice cold beers from a keg or jungle juice. Get shots from the shot girl and eat unlimited tacos.
Tickets run $85 per person. However, those wanting a VIP experience can opt for the Popular Kids Table package for $350, which includes a nacho and taco bar, bottle service featuring Casamigos Tequila, private couch seating for up to 10 people, a champagne toast, and hangover cure bags. 2463 Larimer St., Denver, loschingonesmexican.com
Bottomless Drinks and Darts at Flight Club Denver
The city’s home for social darts offers a fun way for groups to ring in 2025. Plan for bottomless bites and drinks for $119 per person. Of course you don’t have to be in a crowd to enjoy the party, for $75, individuals can join the Social Roll-Up experience to play darts with strangers. The package includes two drink tickets and unlimited snacks. 1959 16th St. Mall, Denver, flighclubdartsusa.com
Family Party at FlyteCo Tower
If wanting a family-friendly NYE celebration, the 25,000-square-foot fun and games destination in Central Park is the place to be. The three-level former air traffic control tower turned-brewery boasts bowling, mini golf, arcade games, axe throwing, darts, and virtual golf suites.
The party starts early at 7 p.m. so kids can count down and toast the new year without missing bed time. Expect champagne for the adults and sparkling cider for the littles. The venue closes at 10 p.m.. so revelers can call it a night or continue on to the next event. 3120 Uinta St., Denver, flytecotower.com
Book an Epic End-Of-Year Dinner
The Memorable Farewell Meal at Fruition
Alex Seidel, the James Beard Award-winning chef/owner at Fruition, announced in December that January 12th will be the last day of service for this Denver icon. Before the restaurant closes, enjoy a special meal to celebrate the new year.
The special five-course New Years Eve dinner runs $175 per person, plus an additional fee for wine pairings. Enjoy an epic feast with canapes to start, followed by marinated baby beets with stracciatella and pomegranate. Next up, grilled then chilled yellowtail with yuzu and osetra caviar, and pan-roasted scallops with popcorn grits and spicy lobster broth. A fresh chestnut agnolotti comes with root vegetable cream and black truffle, and for the main, a bacon-wrapped bison with sunchoke and pimentón jus is sure to wow. Cap it off with dessert, a profiterole with chocolate cream and espresso anglaise. 1313 E. 6th Ave., Denver, fruitionrestaurant.com
New Year’s Eve Dinner With a Mexican Flare at Toro
Chef Richard Sandoval’s elegant Cherry Creek restaurant, Toro, located inside the Hotel Clio, celebrates NYE with a champagne toast and a special menu, all for $130 per person. Start with a choice of appetizer such as crispy prawns with panko bread crumbs, melcocha sauce, mango crema, and rocket salad. There’s also roasted beets with gem lettuce, jicama, green apple and hibiscus orange vinaigrette, and a lobster corn chowder with guajillo, old bay corn relish and crème fraiche foam.
On the entree side, find a few choices as well. One, the chili-crusted prime rib with mashed potatoes, ancho demi glace, garlic horseradish, and mint chimichurri, and up the ante by supplementing with an herbed butter lobster tail for $36. Two, carnitas pork shank with salsa verde crudo, escabeche vegetables, black beans, Xin-pec habanero salsa and corn tortillas. Then three, the cast-iron chicken with mashed potatoes, glazed cipollini onions, heirloom carrots, and chili-basil vinaigrette.
Dessert options include coconut tres leches cake with raspberry sauce and fresh berries or a smoked mason jar chocolate cake with chocolate ganache, brownie crumbs, cacao nibs and salted caramel. 150 Clayton Ln., Denver, torodenver.com
Hand-Made Perfection at Restaurant Olivia
Celebrating the end of 2024 with a $175 festive five-course tasting menu created by chef-owner Ty Leon. The menu starts with choice of a poached egg with fonduta, truffle crispy potatoes, prosciutto, and roasted mushrooms; or oysters from British Columbia with pomegranate, ginger, and champagne mignonette.
The second course options include hand-made blue corn cannelloni with maiale al latte and crispy onions. Or, go for the also home-made ravioli quattro formaggi, complete with charred cabbage and a lushious Parmesan brodo. For the third course options include cappelletti with confit chicken, pickled mushroom, and tarragon, or tortellini with kernza, consomme, and Parmesan.
Moving on to the end of the meal, an entree of olive oil poached salmon hits the spot. Or, go for the grilled Swiss chard with almond and sunchokes, or bison brasato with truffle polenta and roasted carrots. For dessert, the choices consist of struffoli made with caramelized honey and hazelnut brittle, or Parmesan cheesecake with champagne glaze and Bibamba chocolate mousse. Add on a wine pairing for $95, curated by co-owner Austin Carson and his beverage team. 290 S. Downing St., Denver, oliviadenver.com
A Date Night For the Books
Champagne and Caviar at The Cruise Room
Inside the Oxford Hotel in LoDo, this stylish, wine-bottle-shaped bar has been serving classic cocktails since the day after Prohibition was repealed in 1933. Featuring a retro Art Deco design, the bar beams in red light, which enhances the beautiful relief panels around the room of revelers around the world toasting.
This New Years Eve, the Champagne and Caviar Celebration includes a bottle of Moët & Chandon Brut Imperial and Sturia Oscietra Caviar served with classic accompaniments of crackers, crème fraîche, chives, and red onions. The base cost runs $225 for two people, and includes all the mentioned perks. 1600 17th St., Denver, theoxfordhotel.com
Opulent Omakase at Uchi
RiNo’s greenhouse-topped sushi mecca hosts a special omakase dinner to countdown to the new year. The omakase runs $375 for two people, and kicks off with Kusshi oysters with mignonette sauce, fresh wasabi, and shiso leaf. Next, sample an akami tuna crudo with mandarin zu, koji quince, and finger lime.
The feast continues with inada nigiri, seared scallops with chestnut beurre blanc, lemon relish, and caviar, and bluefin maki with sweet onion, poblano conserva, and yuzu kosho.Expect even more delicate and decedent bites during the epic last meal of 2024. 2500 Lawrence St., Denver, uchirestaurants.com
Romanic Rooftop Elegance at Corrida
Boulder’s most elegant rooftop restaurant is ringing in 2025 with a special, $150 four-course menu with an optional wine pairing for $95. The event includes tableside martini service with caviar, a special selection of classic cocktails and sparkling wines. For entertainment, enjoy a live performance by electric violinist Michaeala Borth, a DJ, and a midnight champagne toast.
Focusing on Spanish cuisine, the menu starts with a choice of lamb tartare with Ortiz anchovy, salsa verde, and rye toast, or scallops with brown butter, black truffle, and lemon. The second course picks include Iberico pork “secreto” with yellow polenta, King Trumpet mushrooms, and Iberico ham, or Skull Island prawns with cauliflower, artichoke, orange and bottarga. For the third course, the first option is a dry-aged CCC New York strip steak with gold potatoes, short ribs, porcini mushrooms, and thyme. Or, pick golden tilefish with bomba rice, koginut squash, Dungeness crab, and uni.
For dessert, opt for either a chestnut tart with dark chocolate and Bartlett pear. or lemon sorbet with almond and olive oil. Following Spanish tradition, Corrida is also hosting a special dinner to celebrate Día de Los Reyes, or the Epiphany, on January 6th to close out the holiday season and kick off carnival season. 1023 Walnut St., Boulder, corridaboulder.com
