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Jeremiah Towers' Great New Year's Eve Menus From Way Back When


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Today, on his substack account "Out of the Oven," Jeremiah Tower was kind enough to share with us all a few of his classic New Year's Eve menus from the 80s and 90s. I'm not talking Chez Panisse; I'm talking Santa Fe Bar and Grill and Stars (perhaps my favorite restaurant in the US...like...ever).

 

Just a great chef, who tapped into the food zeitgeist of the times better than anyone, in my opinion. But it wasn't just the food; it was the mood, the service, the sexiness of the places, that really proved his ability to look ahead and see what we'd really want from a fun night out at a cool restaurant.  Keith McNally thanks Jeremiah for what he begat...literally.

 

Enjoy the menus...

 

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It’s one thing to have a restaurant kitchen staff to produce a memorable New Years meal, but what about at home? All cooked there or some ordered in? Whichever, there might be oysters, foie gras, smoked sturgeon, crab, and chocolate.

At least.

 

 

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NEW YEARS SHOW STOPPERS

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The most startling thing on the menu (to my eyes at least) is the price.

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Our son was lucky enough to be the best friend of the son of an "about town" surgeon who included him in their weekly dinners at Stars.  

 

I wasn't so lucky but adored Tower at Santa Fe Grill and Balboa Cafe.   

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20 hours ago, weinoo said:

Stars (perhaps my favorite restaurant in the US...like...ever).

 

I ate at Stars in 1993, when I was a paralegal at a Big New York Law Firm, supporting a hearing in the Bay area.  

 

Dude.  I was a kid, fresh out of college; and it was an education.  

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