Where To Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2022 In Warren

WARREN, NJ — The year has once again flown by with 2023 around the corner. For those looking to go out and ring in the New Year, there are some local celebrations happening in the Warren area.

For those looking for a New York City style feel but without having to travel into the city, locals should check out The Bradford Rooftop’s NYE Event at 600 Somerset Corporate Blvd. in Bridgewater.

The event is $100 per ticket and includes entrance and open bar from 9 p.m. to midnight plus a complimentary champagne toast at midnight. Then cash bar is available from midnight to close.

There will also be food specials and bottle packages offered in addition to the standard open bar. There is table seating available for guests with reservations only. And a live DJ all night long.

For more information visit thebradfordrooftop.com or call 732-384-6831.

Here is a look at some additional events happening in the Warren area:

New Year's Eve Extravaganza at Saly G's Restaurant and Tavern at 169 Washinton Valley Road in Warren. Music by DJ Paul Anthony, Pre-Fixe 4-course dinner with seating at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. $120 per person. Call 732-677-7400 to reserve or click here for more information.

The Stone House at Stirling Ridge at 50 Stirling Road in Warren. Dinner from 5 to 8 p.m. and include 3-Course Prix-Fixe Menu for $85 for adults and $30 for children (12 & under). There is also a late night dinner for reservation for $105 per adult. Reservations can be made from 9 p.m. and on and include a 4-course prix-fixe menu with a champagne toast at midnight. To make a reservation visit opentable.com/stone-house.

New Years Eve at The Village Brewing Company at 34 West Main St. in Somerville. The event begins at 8 p.m. and tickets are $75. Tickets include a DJ, Midnight buffet and Champagne toast. For more information or to buy tickets click here.

Ring in 2023 with the Green Knoll Grill at 645 Route 202/206 in Bridgewater. The event offers a complimentary midnight buffet and champagne toast, a DJ, and a heated outdoor tiki bar. For more information click here.

22 West Tap and Grill at 1601 Route 22 in Bound Brook is hosting High in the Mid 80s who will take the stage for their NYE Party beginning at 9 p.m. It is $75 for open bar (9 p.m. to Midnight); $10 to get in after 9 p.m. and open bar includes free midnight buffet, free champagne toast at midnight, dancing, and a $50 table minimum. To make a reservation call 732-627-5012. For more information click here.

In the United States, one of the most popular New Year’s Eve traditions is, of course, the dropping of the giant ball in New York City’s Times Square. Various cities have adopted their own iterations of the event — the Peach Drop in Atlanta, the Chick Drop in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and the giant Potato Drop in Boise, Idaho.

The end of one year and beginning of another is often celebrated with the singing of “Auld Lang Syne,” a Scottish folk song whose title roughly translates to “days gone by,” according to Encyclopedia Britannica and History.com.

The history of New Year’s resolutions dates back 8,000 years to ancient Babylonians, who would make promises to return borrowed objects and pay outstanding debts at the beginning of the new year, in mid-March when they planted their crops.

According to legend, if they kept their word, pagan gods would grant them favor in the coming year. If they broke the promise, they would fall out of God’s favor, according to a history of New Year’s resolutions compiled by North Hampton Community College New Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Many secular New Year’s resolutions focus on imagining new, improved versions of ourselves. The failure rate of New Year’s resolutions is about 80 percent, according to U.S. News & World Report. There are myriad reasons, but a big one is they’re made out of remorse for gaining weight, for example, and aren’t accompanied by a shift in attitude and a plan to meet the stress and discomfort of changing a habit or condition.