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Foodies High Heels and Dinner Jackets Some restaurants use New Year's Eve to highlight special menu items. Diners are only happy to oblige. Z Menu by executive chef Noah Cooper. Live music from Jeff Buenz and Claudia Amaral from Viva Brazil. 6pm. Z Fine Dining, 127 First St, Los Altos. 650.917.2000 Kyoto Palace Many of Kyoto Palace's most popular items are served with champagne, sparkling cider and party favors for all. 5-10pm. From $29.95. Kyoto Palace, 1875 S. Bascom Ave, Campbell. 408.377.6456 Hammerheads Special New Year's Eve menu served from 4pm. $19.95-$35.95. Hammerhead's Fish House, 5291 Prospect Rd, San Jose. 408.861.1200 Spiedo Ristorante Special a la carte menu. Live jazz at 9pm. No cover. 151 West Santa Clara St, San Jose. 408.971.6096 Tied House Dinner special, call for info. Open 11:30am. 65 N. San Pedro St, San Jose. 408.295.2739 Brigitte's Cuisine Separate menu. 5:30pm. French Mediterranean. 351 Saratoga Ave, Santa Clara. 408.404.7043 Stoddard's Special menu, entertainment, party favors. 9pm. 200 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell. 408.370.2033. Also: 111 S. Murphy St, Sunnyvale. 408.733.7824 Eulipia Remember all that went on in 2002 over a nice meal. 5pm. Eulipia, 374 S. First St, San Jose. 408.280.6161 Lou's Village Cocktails and appetizers, five-course deluxe dinner, dancing from 9pm to 1am with the Garage Band. 7pm. $85. Lou's Village, 1465 W. San Carlos St, San Jose. 408.293.4570 Lingba Lounge Thai appetizers and DJs, tropical theme rooms, dinner packages available with three courses from Salee and Thanya. 8pm. $45-$75. Lingba Lounge, 1469 18th St, San Francisco. 415.355.0001 Toll House Los Gatos Four-course dinner with champagne, salad and appetizer buffet. Choose from roast quail, lamb, prime rib, swordfish, vegetarian option and dessert. 6pm. $36-$57. Toll House Los Gatos, 140 S. Santa Cruz Ave, Los Gatos. 408.395.7070. Madrone Five-course menu. 6pm. $45 per person. DoubleTree Hotel, 2050 Gateway Place, San Jose. 408.437.2170 Pacific Palm Grill Chicken, salmon or prime-rib dinner, champagne, DJ music, dancing, party favors. 7pm. $60. Separate party in the bar with the William Goat Band. 9pm. $30. Pacific Palm Grill, 1380 S. Main St, Milpitas. 408.934.4999 Hotel Los Gatos Dinner at 6 and 10pm at Kuleto's followed by dancing to jazz blues band. $79 for dinner and dancing; dinner, dancing and an overnight stay beginning at $205. Hotel Los Gatos, 210 E. Main St, Los Gatos. 408.335.1700 Teske's Germania Five course meal, entertainment by the Internationals, champagne, party favors, midnight buffet. 5pm. $75. Teske's Germania, 255 N. First St, San Jose. 408.292.0291 Zibibbo Special menus, live music and dancing. Seatings 5-7:30pm; 8:15-11pm. Zibibbo, 430 Kipling St., Palo Alto. 650.328.6722 New Year's Eve Gourmet Gala Five-course dinner in the Nob Hill restaurant and dancing at the Top of the Mark, includes champagne. 9pm. Packages begin at $215. Mark Hopkins Intercontinental Hotel, 999 California St, San Francisco. 415.616.6940 Duck Club Special breakfast, lunch and dinner. Call for time and price. Stanford Park Hotel Duck Club, 100 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. 650.322.1234 Severino's Grill Black-and-white ball featuring a four-course meal, champagne toast, music by Saddle Up and Boogie. Dinner served 5-10pm. $69.95 per person. Severino's Grill, Seacliff Inn, Santa Cruz. 831.688.8987 Tyrolean Inn New Year's Eve menu with roast duck, salmon, filet mignon or pork chops. Open at 5pm. $38. Tyrolean Inn, 9600 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond. 831.336.5188 Cliff House Special New Year's Eve menu. Call for time and price. Cliff House, 1090 Point Lobos, San Francisco. 415.386.3330 Anzu Special menu for New Year's Eve. 5pm. $75. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St, San Francisco. 415.394.1100 Harris' Special menu and champagne toast. 5:30pm. $100. Harris' San Francisco Steakhouse, 2100 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco. 415.673.1888 The Plumed Horse Three-course prix fixe followed by dancing to Mood Swings. Dinner at 5pm, dancing at 9pm. Dinner $35-$110. No cover in the bar. Plumed Horse, 14555 Big Basin Way, Saratoga. 408.867.4711 The Basin Champagne toast, prix fixe menu along with the regular menu. Watch the countdown and listen to acid jazz and European jazz in the bar. 5pm. $17-$29. The Basin, 14572 Big Basin Way, Saratoga. 408.867.1906 Arthur's $99 for dinner for two. $199 for dinner and overnight stay. Dancing to DJ music. 7pm. Arthur's, 2875 Lakeside Dr, Santa Clara. 408.980.1666 Mystery by Design Dinner and murder-mystery party. Call for time and price. Faz Restaurant, 1108 N. Mathilda, Sunnyvale. 408.752.8000 [ New Year's Eve Choices: Index | Rock | Comedy | Dining | Swing | Soirees | 25 and Overs | Jams | Funky | Latin | DJs | Family | Gay | Sports ] Send a letter to the editor about this story to letters@metronews.com. [ Silicon Valley | Metroactive Home | Archives ]