New Year's 2001

59 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60610 (map)

This $49 three-course meal deal includes a choice of appetizer, entree and dessert from a menu of classic French dishes. Plus, stop by during the midnight hour and you'll get a free bowl of French onion soup with any drink purchase.

500 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60610 (map)

Carrie Nahabedian will cook up an expanded menu for New Year's at this River North favorite, which will be taking regular reservations.

440 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60606 (map)

Go early for a four-course $80 dinner, or later for the five-course, $125 dinner. Or head straight for the buffet at Ghost Bar at 9pm for $75.

419 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60610 (map)

Select from two menus at Michael Taus' sleek River North spot: An early seating at 5:30pm will feature a four-course menu for $65, while the 8:45pm seating includes a special five-course chef's menu and champagne toast at midnight for $105. Guests may also choose an all-seafood menu or a vegetarian menu.

1610 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60614 (map)

From 5pm to 7:30pm, order from a special a la carte menu. Starting at 9pm, enjoy a four-course menu for $45 (for an extra $25, you'll get unlimited margaritas and Mexican beer). Then ring in the New Year with a complimentary shot of tequila.

1732 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614 (map)

Chef-owner Paul LoDuca will offer two prix fixe menus from 5:30pm to 8pm ($34 or $39). At 9pm the party gets underway with a five-course, $75 menu.

833 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60607 (map)

Go-go dancers, a fire-eater and a champagne toast at midnight are included in this wild French spot's five-course $125 dinner. For something a bit tamer, opt for the first seating, a four-course dinner for $65.

820 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60607 (map)

Worlds collide on the last night of 2001, when Paul Wildermuth cooks up two special menus, one $60, the other $85.

1312 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605 (map)

Chef Corcoran O'Connor presents a prix fixe menu for $65, as well as an a la carte menu. Live DJ and complimentary champagne toast at midnight.

3651 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613 (map)

Celebrate New Year's Eve Oaxacan style with dishes like ropa vieja and lobster in garlic sauce. Two seatings: 7pm ($50) and 9:30pm ($60).

41 E Chestnut St, Chicago, IL 60611 (map)

Order from M & S's extensive seafood menu, or grab one of three special additions: surf and turf, Nantucket Bay scallops, and lobster tail. Jazz pianist Garrett Drucker will perform in the bar from 5pm to 9pm, followed by DJ Derrick Wize from 11pm to 1:30am.

937 N Rush St, Chicago, IL 60611 (map)

Enjoy an extravagant four-course prix fixe menu at an early seating ($75) or late seating ($100).

980 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611 (map)

This upscale Italian spot offers three New Year's Eve seatings: Three courses for $80 (5pm-5:45pm), four courses for $100 (7pm-7:45pm), and a whopping ni ne courses for $195 (9pm-9:45pm).

339 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610 (map)

Dine early (four courses, $60), mid-evening (five courses, $80), or late (five courses, $100) at this wine-lovers' favorite. A live jazz combo will play from 8pm to 1am.

440 S LaSalle St, Chicago, IL 60605 (map)

Two seatings, two multi-course dinners, one fab four-star restaurant 40 floors above the city. The first seating costs $95, the second $195--and prices exclude tax, tip or beverages.

644 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60611 (map)

For $60, enjoy a four-course meal with dishes like sea scallops, gnocchi, and pan-roasted sturgeon.

401 E Illinois St, Chicago, IL 60611 (map)

Do your last-minute gourmet food shopping here, open from 9am-6pm.

3438 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657 (map)

Order from the a la carte menu from 5:30pm to 9pm, or dig into Chef Chris Lateano's four-course prix fixe menu ($60, $85-$95 with wine) from 5:30pm to 10:30pm.

531 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60610 (map)

Go Moroccan for New Year's with a la carte specials and some "Tizi Favorites."