Our Sixth Annual New Years Eve Gala is celebrated in classic New England country inn style! Stay three nights in one of our romantic fireplace rooms or in a well appointed non-fireplace rooms all with private bath and over six thousand square feet of elegant common space! On New Year’s Eve enjoy our famous annual black tie (optional) event featuring the East Bay Jazz Orchestra - a full ten pieces – to swing, ballroom or otherwise dance the night away!
The Package features:
coordinated by Innkeeper/Executive Chef Robert Lewis Dean, II and expertly prepared by Head Chef Lyda Lemire.
Vegetarians can be gleefully accommodated with advance notice.
Dinner is a spectacular TASTING MENU featuring:
Amuse Bouche: Chef – Lyda’s Surprise Choice (vegetarians can be gleefully accommodated with advance notice)
Soup: Choice: our signature Sweet Potato Chipotle Pepper with Apple Smoked Bacon-Sweet Red Pepper Salsa or Lyda’s Sumptuous Lobster Bisque or Pumpkin-Apple Soup with Cinnamon Ginger Creme Fraiche
Appetizer: Roasted Red Pepper Flan with French Green Lentils Roasted Artichokes and Lemon Herb Glaze
Intermezzo – Grapefruit Mint Sorbet with Prosecco
Entree: Choice of:
– Foie Gras Encrusted Filet Mignon with Blackberry Demi-glace
or
– Shrimp Mousse Stuffed Lobster Tail with Mango Butter Sauce
or
– Chilean Sea Bass served with Wild Mushrooms & Herbed ButterSauce
or
– Vegetable Roulade with Balsamic & Blackberry Reduction
All entrees are served with appropriate starch and seasonal vegetables
Salad:
Vermont Panko Crusted Goat Cheese Cake over Arugula with Roasted Beet & Apple Slaw and a Lemon-Passion Fruit Citronette
At 10:30pm a fabulous Dessert Buffet with Champagne served through midnight and dance to 12:30 pm.
DINNER/DANCING EVENING:
with three night room reservation of your choice
dinner/dance only
OPTIONAL WINE PAIRING:
The room package also includes:
In addition, there are sleigh rides and winter hot air ballooning opportunities and an abundance of wonderful shopping for everything fine art, crafts, antiques, beautiful clothing, maple syrup, handmade Vermont fine wood furniture and glasswear!
Come enjoy our picture perfect setting with mountain and lake vistas, delicious farm to table meals and an authentic Vermont inn in the classic tradition of Vermont inns and hospitality.