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Event
New Year's Eve Gala Dinner at ABC Cocina
ABC Cocina’s New Year's Eve Gala Dinner in New York City features a celebratory tasting menu, live music, dancing, party favors, a midnight champagne toast, and an after-party.
About the event
Gala format
This New York City event is built around a multi-course celebratory tasting menu at ABC Cocina. The format also includes live music, dancing, party favors, a midnight champagne toast, and an after-party, so the dinner is structured as both a meal and a New Year’s Eve program at the restaurant.
Seating begins at 8:00 PM EST on December 31, 2026. The venue is ABC Cocina, a restaurant at 38 E 19th St, New York, NY 10003.
Menu subjects
The table items named for the tasting menu include fresh guacamole with aromatic herbs and pomegranate, shrimp cocktail, Love Point oysters, hearts of palm with caviar, and truffle tostada. These items are listed separately from the entrée choices, giving the dinner a shared-table component before the main selection.
Entrée choices include wood-grilled tenderloin, whole grilled black sea bass, or charro beans with crispy pork belly. Dessert selections feature twelve grapes with champagne, lychee amazake sorbet, churros with chocolate fudge, and takeaway sweets, extending the named menu through the final course.
Restaurant and named chef
ABC Cocina is the featured venue for the gala and is identified as a restaurant in New York City. Jean-Georges Vongerichten is named as Chef / Owner of ABC Cocina, linking the event to the restaurant’s listed culinary leadership without adding any separate program role beyond that title.
Frequently asked questions
What is served at the dinner?
The dinner features a multi-course celebratory tasting menu. Named table items include fresh guacamole with aromatic herbs and pomegranate, shrimp cocktail, Love Point oysters, hearts of palm with caviar, and truffle tostada.
What entrée choices are listed?
The listed entrée choices are wood-grilled tenderloin, whole grilled black sea bass, or charro beans with crispy pork belly.
What desserts are listed?
Dessert selections feature twelve grapes with champagne, lychee amazake sorbet, churros with chocolate fudge, and takeaway sweets.
What else is part of the program?
The gala includes live music, dancing, party favors, a midnight champagne toast, and an after-party.
Where is the event held?
It is held at ABC Cocina, a restaurant at 38 E 19th St, New York, NY 10003, in New York City.
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