Catering for Christmas, fine dining for New Year’s Eve – The Mercury News

Foodies who need help with catering holiday gatherings need look no further than Los Gatos.

Grocer+Goddess offers family-style boxes that can be ordered ahead, like the Italian Meal (Caesar salad, chicken parmesan, linguini, cheese ravioli); Seaside with spinach and arugula salad and poached sea bass; fried chicken with salad and corn on the cob; or the Korean Barbecue Meal with spare ribs, rice ban chan and sesame broccoli salad.

Weekend brunch boxes are available for pre-order, and a limited number of grab-and-go items, like dry rubbed ribs and salads, can be found in the case. Grazing boxes (Italian, Middle Eastern and Mexican themed) require 48 hours notice.

Montebello Market can whip up party food like Carnegie Deli Reubens, Neto sausage sandwiches or Philly Cheese steaks. Craving Matzah ball soup? Onion rings or funnel fries? Stop in for a snack and pick up breakfast kits for Christmas morning or proper libations for Christmas Eve.

Chef David Cohen also offers family-style meals like chicken thighs with sausage and peppers, porchetta, pot roast, veggie lasagna, or chicken parm, each of which comes with two sides, including loaded baked potatoes, sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts, broccolini and more from the cold case. Don’t forget the Scrooge-approved ready-to-drink cocktails, perhaps the ultimate stocking stuffers.

Bringing in 2023

For those who want to eat in on New Year’s Eve, The Tasting House will pop corks in style for a six-course feast from 6 p.m. til midnight at $200 per person. [email protected]

Chez Phillippe is serving a three-course NYE prix fixe, with seatings from 5-7:30 p.m. for $195 per person and 7:45 p.m.-1 a.m. for $250 per person, including dancing to a DJ.

At Santana Row,  Hotel Valencia is offering a six-course NYE meal by Executive Chef Martelle Lorenz at its Spanish-inspired restaurant Oveja Negra. Seatings are at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. for $150 per person.

Left Bank Brasserie, LB Steak and Meso Modern Mediterranean offer New Year’s Eve menus for on-premises dining, pick up and/or delivery. Left Bank Brasserie offers special holiday options for lunch and dinner, along with all-day menus and brunch until 3 p.m. All three restaurants will also serve brunch on New Year’s Day.