The Argo will have a 4 course menu available for new years eve along with its regular menu. upstairs has limited seating for adults only. email reservations@argonautdc.com.
New Year’s Eve Menu
New Year’s Eve Menu
$45/person
Artisan bread bouquet with whipped butter
First Course
Mixed Baby Lettuces, Pear Tomatoes, and Garlic Croutons with our Country Vinaigrette
Second Course
Sun-dried Tomato and White Cheddar Bisque
Main Course (select one)
Slow-Roasted Standing Beef Rib Roast au Jus
with Yorkshire pancake, rosemary whipped potatoes and horseradish sauce
Pan-Roasted Wild Rockfish Fillet
with lump crab risotto and pickapeppa’d white corn salad
Broiled Portobello and French Onion Gratin
with Gruyere over roasted baby vegetables and red pepper orzo
Dessert (select one)
Served with Champagne
Chocolate Mousse Torte
Key Lime Cheesecake
New Years Eve Children’s Menu
$20/person
$20/person
First Course (select one)
Tomato Soup
Fresh Apple Slices
Fresh Garden Salad
Main Course (select one)
A Pig in a Poke
crispy pastry-wrapped hot dog with macaroni and cheese
The Captain’s Repast
roast beef with mashed potatoes and green peas
Chicken and Chips
crispy chicken tenders and French fried potatoes
Dessert (select one)
Funnel Cake Swirl with whipped cream and powdered sugar
Chocolate Brownie with whipped cream and chocolate sauce
20 comments:
Thank you Argonaut for the family friendly menu set-up on 12/31. I emailed the Argo today and they said that dinner reservations begin at 5pm. My family will be there.
I think of New Years as an adult holiday. I sure don't want to spend the evening with a lot of brats.
I know this is a bit off topic and I promise I won't mention it again (to avoid becoming a lower case hill), but Sidamo now has a Facebook page. Just search Sidamo Coffee and Tea and join!
Happy New Year.
Thanks Rob, thats cool. also have to agree with anon, I don't really enjoy sharing NYE with kids but hey it's just preference.
Glad there is a place for everyone.
Anon 8:14 and Robby, I generally encourage people to think before they speak, I know it isn’t a universal rule for everyone. Think for a moment -- most families will be gone from the Argo likely before either of you roll out of bed from the previous evening.
Too bad that hasn't been the case for me lately at Argo, or Sticky Rice. I've had meals ruined by loud unruly darlings of indifferent parents. The 'rents are "networking" while their loud out of control offspring are either pounding the table, or the floor. Seems like they think that the price of a meal includes rent for the entire room.
Anon 1:03,
I agree. Children shouldn't be on planes either. How dare they fly on the same plane as me? The nerve of these parents. We should make them all take buses and eat all of their meals in their house.
Who will be bartending for NYE? That is just as important as dinner.
I think it will be Lee upstairs, and probably one of the Chris' downstairs.
Hmmm, here we go again, I simply said:
"I don't really enjoy sharing NYE with kids but hey it's just preference.
Glad there is a place for everyone."
Somehow two of you decided that my very nice and open statement was worthy of snotty attacks.
So I was accused of not thinking b4 speaking, or being unreasonable.
Hey I don't have kids, I don't know if I want them, but If I plan to get drunk at a bar and stumble around I really don't want kids around. If that makes me an ignorant ass hole then okay fine.
Some would say I was actually caring about kids instead of dragging them to a bar, so I could reclaim some sibilance of a social life robbed from me by offspring.
But I wont tell parents how to parent, but don't you dare suggest that I should have to suffer through and be burdened by your lifestyle choice on NYE. (Yes, making babies is a choice, not a calling, it isn't noble, nor should everyone do it - even if they able).
I don't go to some resultants because of the kid factor, its real and it costs places business.
I love parents who understand that their little ones, precious as they can be, can also be annoying and loud, those paretns often know when to bring and not to bring their kids out, and they try to impart manners on their spawn.
However, there are those parents that think their little angel's screams are a blessing to the world, and frankly that's absurd.
But hey I am sure the stroller pushers will attack further. But as I said
"Glad there is a place for everyone."
But hell there's no middle ground here if one says they like oxygen someone will call them an idiot. It's a wonderful snotty blog.
-Robby
The parents and kids will be gone by 8:00. And Robby, please relax and then edit; don't give a page when a paragraph is needed.
Robby is not your kid, nor am I, so stop with the advice already.
Don't you dare suggest that I should have to suffer through and be burdened by your lifestyle choice on NYE.
There is totally nothing worse than getting staggeringly drunk at a local restaurant and having to watch out for small children. If those parents had any gumption at all, they'd stay at home with them and feed 'em macaroni and cheese until they're 18.
You know what totally pisses me off? Slow walkers! I'm sure I'm not the only one who's tired of getting stuck behind some old lady toodling along with a cane or walker, acting like the world owes her a favor just 'cause she's managed to cheat death for so long.
Oh, sure, some old people know when to get out of the way, but most of them are totally selfish. I also dislike retards. Seriously, keep 'em indoors.
I'm sure some starry-eyed dreamer-type with waaay too much time on their hands is going pop up and say, "Hey, it's called 'living in civilized society'." But you can save your breath! You people need to stop being selfish, and get the hell out of my way.
Thank you for listening.
If you are pushing a stroller we have to, because otherwise you will run us over. Love it when you use the stroller to jam the METRO car doors, or walk out in front of cars...
Unbelievable. Truly. No one is asking you to babysit. Just quit being so offended when we dare bring our children out to eat. We are entitled to eat in public as well. We absolutely have a responsibility to keep our children in check, but by no means is any child going to stay silent for you to enjoy your meal. I am not letting my kids around stumbling drunks, unless its me, so quit being offended by our desire to leave the house with our children. unreal.
Luckily there are TWO floors at the Argonaut. Families, and those that don't mind being around kids can sit downstairs, and those that really do mind kids can hang out upstairs. I suspect the families with small children probably won't hang out too late anyway, so I don't foresee many problems at the Argonaut tomorrow night.
For those who really want no chance of encountering small children that night, almost every place on H Street is doing something for New Years, and most of the bars don't admit children at all.
Anon 7:02 and Robby: if you act like a child, you will be treated like one.....or in this case maybe like teenagers.
As usual this is a matter of extremes. We all know parents that are very mindful of their children. We all also know parents that view public places like restaurants as de facto babysitting services.
And we all know non-parents who are buttheads and feel put out by the very presence of a child, regardless of behavior.
As Inked pointed out, there are tons of adult-only options for NYE, for those that actually enjoy Amateur Night for Drunks.
We had maybe two or three tables with kids at the Argo on NYE. All the kids were quiet, none ran around, and they were all out early. No kid/adult conflict as far as I could tell. My biggest drama was a drunk guy who stiffed me [a first for me] because he was upset about the price of the crab cake entree [20 bucks, and yes, he was specific about the issue] that he devoured and said was terrific. All in all people were very well behaved, and I think everyone had a good time. We had regulars, and newbies.
I'm told that the Hotel sold out, and had a massive line of people without tickets who were hoping to get in anyway. I even saw a Craig's List ad posted by someone seeking to purchase tickets, and offering free rides there as a bonus.
Just catching up on this. You all never fail to amaze me. I hope everyone had a great NYE.
And I hope all went to Dr. G's on Saturday and had there Kanien'kehake biscuits.
Peace be with you all.
-Robby
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