New Year’s Eve on the Lido Deck!

BOSTON - Dec. 9, 2014 - PRLog -- WHAT:          It’s time to get swinging! On Wednesday, December 31st, 2014, MET Back Bay located at 279 Dartmouth Street in Boston’s Back Bay, will transform into a 1940’s cruise ship transporting guests to another era for a special New Year’s Eve celebration filled with food, libations and live music from the Greg Hopkins Swing Six!

From 9:00PM to 1:00AM, guests are invited to join the MET for a multi-course meal including special dishes like truffled rigatoni and cheeses with Burgundy truffles, goat and fontina, MET short rib wellington with foie gras, portabella mushrooms, shaved brisket, and bordelaise, and chocolate croissant bread pudding with raspberry gelato and warm whiskey sauce. The multi-course meal is available for $125 per person.

Throughout the evening the MET Bar team will be pouring a selection of swing era-inspired cocktails including the Bee’s Knees, gin, lime juice honey syrup with a lemon twist-- top this with a splash of champagne, and you have a French 75 which was established in 1915 at Harry's New York Bar in Paris; the Mary Pickford, rum, pineapple, grenadine and maraschino liqueur; and Sidecars and Manhattans galore. Champagne will be flowing all night long, and all guests will receive a complimentary champagne toast at midnight.

Get ready to dance the night away with a live performance featuring The Greg Hopkins Swing Six who will begin with jazz & move into swing, jive, American songbook standards and more. Hopkins has been playing for 35 years and has performed with some of the most notable musicians in history, including Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Stan Getz, Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett, the Supremes, Burt Bacharach, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Marvin Gaye and Buddy Rich. In addition to being an accomplished performer, composer and arranger, Hopkins has been a Professor of Jazz Composition at Berklee College of Music since 1974. He has developed and teaches several courses in composition and also directs the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra, one of the most prestigious performing ensembles at the school.

For the early birds, MET Back Bay will be serving their regular dinner menu from 5:00PM to 8:30PM. For more information visit www.metbackbay.com.

WHEN:          Wednesday, December 31st, 2014. 9:00PM-1:00AM. Regular dinner service served from 5:00PM to 8:30PM.

WHERE:          MET Back Bay | 279 Dartmouth Street, Boston, MA 02116 | 617-267-0451 |www.metbackbay.com

PRICE:          $125.00 (Per person, tax & gratuity not included). Cash bar. Reservations can be made by calling MET Back Bay at (617) 267-0451

MET Back Bay NYE Menu

Choice of Appetizer

Ahi Tuna Ribbons

xo mayo, picked cucumber, plantain crunch

Truffled Rigatoni & Cheeses

Burgundy truffles, goat, fontina

Choice of Salad

Arugula, Shaved Mushrooms & Hazelnuts

lemon vinaigrette

Kale Caesar Salad

shaved parm, house made crouton

Choice of Entree

Met Short Rib Wellington

foie gras, portabella mushrooms, shaved brisket, bordelaise

Maine Lobster Pot Pie

1.1/4 lobster, winter vegetable, lobster cream

Choice of Dessert

Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding

raspberry gelato, warm whiskey sauce

Mini Apple Pie

salted caramel ice cream

About MET Restaurant Group:

MET Group, founded by Kathy Sidell Trustman in 2004, is comprised of MET Bar & Grill in Dedham and Natick, MET Back Bay, Met on Main on Nantucket and MET Bethesda.  MET Back Bay occupies an historic brick townhouse on the corner of Newbury and Dartmouth Street and offers the best of Boston cooking, with a complete and varied dining experience.  If you’re in the mood for a quick, casual bite at the bar or a long, festive and elegant dinner for family and friends or an intimate midnight snack in a romantic corner, you’ll find the perfect spot at MET Back Bay.  For more information, visitwww.metbackbay.com.