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Last Minute Tables for New Year’s Eve

It's almost party time, folks
It’s almost party time, folks Photo: SSPL/Getty Images

Okay, you’ve seen the posts about New Year’s Eve prix fixe deals, but still haven’t made a reservation? Not to worry, as we’ve rounded up a list of places still taking reservations for all you procrastinators out there.

The Abbot’s Cellar
742 Valencia Street
Details: Four-course prix fixe menu with a midnight toast for $95 per person, or $150 with beer pairings. Seating begins at 8 p.m., and a la carte menu is also available.
Reservations: Call 415.626.8700 or go to OpenTable

Baker and Banker
1701 Octavia Street at Bush
Details: Five-course tasting menu with choices of appetizer, entree and dessert for $125 from the husband and wife team of Lori Baker and Jeff Banker.
Reservations: Call 415.351.2500 or go to OpenTable

Contigo
1320 Castro Street
Details: Six-dish Tapas Tasting Menu for $75 per person, with a three-glass wine flight for an additional $40 from this cozy Noe Valley neighborhood gem. Large party bookings available.
Reservations: Call 415.285.0250 or go to OpenTable

DOSA on Valencia
995 Valencia Street
Details: Seasonal four-course South Indian prix fixe menu, with multiple choices for each course, including South Indian seafood cioppino and goan curry with Louisiana shrimp, for $75 per person, and an additional $35 for a sparkling wine flight or wine pairing. There will also be live Indian music and a henna artist. Vegan, wheat-free and nut-free options available.
Reservations: Call 415.642.3672 or go to OpenTable

Fifth Floor
12 4th Street
Details: A first seating with a five-course tasting menu featuring venison loin and uni flan with Dungeness crab for $125, and a second seating with a seven-course tasting menu with additional courses of hamachi with geoduck and roast squab with black truffle and foie gras for $150 (includes a champagne toast). Optional wine pairings are available.
Reservations: Call 415.348.1555

Grand Cafe
501 Geary Street
Details: A la carte specials on December 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st, and will be open for brunch on the 1st.
Reservations: Call 415.292.0101 or go to OpenTable

St. Vincent
1270 Valencia Street at 24th
Details: Four-course prix fixe menu for $65 per person from chef Bill Niles and optional wine or beer pairings for $30 per person from owner/sommelier David Lynch and in-house Cicerone Sayre Piotrkowski. Dishes include 40-day dry-aged sirloin with sheep’s milk cheese potato gratinee and a cheese course with Hook’s 10-year cheddar.
Reservations: Call 415.285.1200 or go to OpenTable

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Gather
2200 Oxford Street, Berkeley CA
Details: Four-course dinner with choices that include spot prawn with geoduck, plankton, sinese pepper and Meyer lemon and sprouted farro verde conge with aged guinea hen, goose and oyster for $85 per person.
Reservations: Call 510.809.0400 or go to OpenTable

Haven
44 Webster Street, Oakland CA
Details: Five-course tasting menu featuring morcilla with lentils, duck with cabbage and latke and honey-rum cake for $85 per person from chef Kim Alter, and an optional $40 wine pairing.
Reservations: Call 510.663.4440 or go to OpenTable

Last Minute Tables for New Year’s Eve