Nightlife

Auld School

2014 Is Ending. Let’s Party About It.

2015: without a doubt, it’ll be the highest-numbered year we’ve ever seen. And to commemorate its coming, you’ll be wanting to bust out the spats and your best champagne-drinking face. So by all means, do. In fact, do it at these parties...

THE CAN’T-MISS OPTION

The NoMad Bar

You require: The best food, the best drinks... a place with a bed for the after-party.
You’ll receive: A greatest-hits selection of the dinner and cocktail menus, and a little hotel called the NoMad pretty close by.

THE LOW-MAINTENANCE OPTION

The Happiest Hour

You require: Something on the casual, first-come, first-served side. And a killer burger.
You’ll receive: Palm trees on the walls, champagne cocktails from the Pegu Club guy and probably the killerest new burger of ’14.

THE BROOKLYN OPTION

Verboten

You require: Everything in one place.
You’ll receive: A three-course, cocktail-paired meal immediately followed by five EDM DJ sets’ worth of year-changing in a futuristic diamond paradise. Did we mention this was the Brooklyn option?

THE QUINTESSENTIAL OPTION

Bar 54

You require: Something classic, but better.
You’ll receive: Black tie at the highest rooftop bar in town. Which happens to be somehow both right on top of the ball drop and freezing-tourist-free. And cocktails are from the Clover Club folks. So... nailed it.

THE AFTER-HOURS OPTION

Space Ibiza NY

You require: Ample space and time to just dance-marathon right into daylight.
You’ll receive: A seven-hour test of your rug-cutting endurance set to some Italian techno, followed by another all-day DJ set starting at noon on the 1st. We assume you’ll be participating in both.