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Toast the end of the decade with these special prix fixe dinners

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Aureole’s scallop carpaccio
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The time for healthy resolutions is still a couple of weeks away. In the meantime, why not end the decade with a meal you'll remember forever? Clear your calendar, make a reservation and indulge in a feast that will send 2019 off in style and start 2020 with a bang.

Christmas Eve

Feast of The Seven Fishes at Locale Italian Kitchen

Chef Nicole Brisson's Italian restaurant is barely half a year old, but it has already made itself such a part of its Mountain's Edge neighborhood that it feels like it's been there forever. Paying homage to its culinary tradition, it will offer a Feast of the Seven Fishes dinner on December 24. The seven fishes and seafood in the billing include marinated Cetara anchovy, salt cod fritters, octopus, ahi tuna crudo, baked oysters, seafood ravioli and a Tuscan seafood stew. $75 (traditional wine pairing, $40; reserve wine pairing, $75), 7995 Blue Diamond Road #106, 702-330-0404.

Christmas Day

5-Spice Duck Feast at Momofuku

Bundle up the family and head to the Cosmopolitan for this spread at David Chang's Momofuku. The five-course tasting menu, served family-style, starts with spicy cucumber salad and sansho cabbage, followed by a Wagyu beef roll and glazed Heritage pork spare ribs, then the shrimp in black truffle lobster sauce and blistered long beans. The main event—five-spice roasted duck carved tableside—is served with crispy rice and fried bones, along with Hokkien noodles and steamed Chinese broccoli. There are also two kinds of dessert, plus cheese and fruit. $148, Cosmopolitan, 702-698-2663.

New Year's Eve

Tasting menu at Aureole

Few restaurants in the Valley can match the splendor of Aureole, with its four-story wine tower housing thousands of bottles and fetched by wine angels who fly around with grace and aplomb. At 20 years old, James Beard Award winner Charlie Palmer's gem of a restaurant remains a bucket-list destination. The New Year's Eve tasting menu starts with a chef's amuse bouche selection, followed by scallop carpaccio and seared foie gras. Wild-caught striped bass and an Angus beef tenderloin are the main courses, and the Aureole candy bar with coconut/lime sorbet ends the evening. If you still have the juice, stay till midnight for a fireworks viewing in the patio bar. $140 person (optional wine pairing, $75; patio bar entry, $25 and includes a glass of sparkling wine), Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7401.

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