Ring in 2025 with 9 of the best New Year's Eve dinners in Northern Colorado

If you're looking for an excuse to sit down at a ritzy, multicourse meal, New Year's Eve is your chance and — with everything Northern Colorado restaurants have in store this year — I suggest you take it.

Several eateries in Fort Collins, Windsor, Timnath and Loveland are serving up special New Year's Eve menus to end 2024 with a bang. Here are your options:

New Year's Eve dinners to try in Northern Colorado

Backyard Bird Chicken + Donuts

This Timnath chicken and doughnut spot, 4650 Signal Tree Drive, is serving up a three-course takeout New Year's Eve meal, featuring a wedge salad to start, prime rib entrée and chocolate chip doughnut bread pudding dessert. The meal is $49 per person and can be pre-ordered on the restaurant's website.

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Bistro Nautile

Celebrate New Year's Eve at Nautile. It's tradition, after all. The French-inspired Old Town bistro, 150 W. Oak St., goes big at the end of each year with New Year's Eve festivities starting at 4 p.m. The party includes party hats, noisemakers, beads and free champagne toasts every time the new year begins in a different part of the world. The restaurant will be serving its full menu as well as some throwbacks to its predecessor, Fish. You can make a reservation by calling 970-224-1188.

Cafe Vino

See what special things Cafe Vino has in store as 2024 comes to an end. The Midtown wine bar, 1200 S. College Ave., is offering a three-course New Year's Eve dinner pairing this year, with your choice of specially curated starters, entrées and desserts. The meal is $80 a person or $115 per person for an added wine pairing. Parties of six or more get a complimentary bottle of champagne. To view the full menu, visit the Cafe Vino website. To make a reservation, visit Resy.com.

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C.B. & Potts

End 2024 with a bang for your buck at C.B. & Potts' annual New Year's Eve dinner. The Fort Collins brewpub, 1441 E. Horsetooth Road, is serving up a $50 dinner for two featuring a grilled salmon, grilled chicken breast or 8-ounce sirloin steak entrée options. The eatery's regular menu will also be available. Reservations are recommended and can by made by calling 970-226-0148.

Chimney Park

Feel like some fine dining? This renowned Windsor eatery, 406 Main St., is going big with a special five-course prix-fixe New Year's Eve menu, including pan-seared Hudson Valley foie gras, Maine lobster bisque, pan-roasted Chilean sea bass, a mystery crème brulee trio and more. The meal is $140 per person with an optional $80 wine pairing per diner. Check out the full menu at the Chimney Park website and make a reservation at OpenTable.com.

Door 222

Head on down to Door 222, 222 E. 4th St., in Loveland for its special New Year's Eve menu, which features a range of ritzy appetizers, entrees and desserts you won't find just any old day. To peruse the full menu, or make a reservation, visit the Door 222 website.

The Emporium: An American Brasserie

The Emporium: An American Brasserie will be rounding out the holiday season with some special New Year's Eve menu offerings. The Old Town New American bistro — located inside The Elizabeth Hotel at 378 Walnut St. — will be serving up cocktail and food specials specials for the big day starting at 5 p.m. To make a reservation, head to OpenTable.com.

Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar

The Old Town seafood spot, 123 N. College Ave., will be serving up its traditional New Year's Eve dinner complete with three seafood courses — plus an amuse-bouche — and a dessert option to polish it off. The meal is $85 per person, with wine and cocktails available at an additional cost. You can make a reservation on the restaurant's website.

The Regional

The Regional is ringing in 2025 with a special five-course prix-fixe dinner this New Year's Eve. The Old Town eatery, 130 S. Mason St., will be shucking up something special for all you seafood lovers, boasting oysters, red snapper crudo, crab and sweet potato pierogis and lobster paella as well as a custard dessert and optional wine pairing. Gluten-free and vegan substitutions are available for each course. The meal is $110 per person. The Regional's regular menu will not be available on Dec. 31. To make a reservation, head to Resy.com or call the restaurant at 970-689-3508.

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