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Not sure where to go this New Year's Eve? Secrets of the City has you covered. Take a peel through our New Year's Eve Guide to find the perfect event to fit your personality (or level of debauchery). Enjoy a laid back evening with us at the Red Stag Supper Club, get glammed up for a gala, or dance your lights out at a glossy downtown nightclub. No matter where you end up, we hope 2009 is your best year yet!

Most restaurant industry slaves refer to New Year's Eve as "Amateur Night". Having worked plenty of NYE's in past, I can't say that I'm eager to go out and cram myself into a bar with a bunch of sweaty, drunk people. Have fun.

I wouldn't mind tucking into a cozy booth at a favorite restaurant, but we always seem to have too many revelers in our pack and no one can make a decision as to the best location.

So it's my house for the fest. But what manner of fest shall we have?

Fancy Schmancy

Monday night is cheap date night at the Bryant Lake Bowl - two soups or salads, two entrees, a bottle of wine, and two lines of bowling for $28. And since New Years Eve happens to fall on a Monday, they are offering a Not So Cheap Date Night - the same deal for $32, but with better than usual entrees and wine, and tablecloths on the table. They don't take reservations for dinner, but you can guarantee yourself a seat if you reserve tickets for