Winter Cocktail Launch

Bartender Jaymee Mandeville's unveils her seasonal cocktail lineup featuring warming libations like Breaking Castagne (cognac, mezcal, housemade chestnut syrup, mole bitters and nutmeg), Grimhilda (apple brandy, chipotle honey, pama and lemon) and Remedy X (rosemary-infused whiskey, ginger agave and lemon). Normally $12, all drinks on the special menu will cost $8 tonight.

WHEN: Dec. 28

WHERE: Drago Centro

COST: $8/cocktail

Latke Madness

Hanukkah is over but you can still celebrate by digging into chef Eric Greenspan's holiday menu of traditional and nouveau latkes: potato with pear and black pepper marmalade, beet and carrot with caraway creme fraiche, celery root and red onion with horseradish creme fraiche. (The Foundry's regular menu still in effect.)

WHEN: 6 p.m. – close, Dec. 28

WHERE: The Foundry

COST: $8 for two latkes or $10 for the three-latke sample

Caviar 201

You've passed Caviar 101. (Phew, that was rough.) You're ready for the next step: an intermediate-level tasting and class featuring some of Petrossian's finest fish eggs.

WHEN: 7:30 p.m., Dec. 29

WHERE: Petrossian

COST: $75

4 All

Chef Casey Lane takes the name of his restaurant to literal extremes with three tasting menus: vegetarian, pescatarian or omnivore. Look for French, Italian, Moroccan, and Spanish influences running through dishes like roasted scallops with Moorish spiced capunata and duck confit with kumquat preserves and puntarella.

WHEN: 6 p.m. – close, Dec. 31

WHERE: Tasting Kitchen

COST: $90, meal; $45, optional wine pairing

Recovery Brunch

Have a hair of the dog with $6 soju margaritas and a menu of Mexican classics including chilaquiles, huevos rancheros and capriotada a bread pudding made with cocoa, raisins, nuts and dulce de leche. For those who don't have a pounding headache, DJ Kitkaboom will be spinning from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WHEN: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Jan. 1

WHERE: Royal/T

COST: dishes start at $10

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