Not all New Year’s Eve parties heat up at midnight. The Smoke Shop’s version of New Year’s Eve — located at its newest location, in Somerville’s Assembly Row — is family-friendly, running from 3 p.m. until 5:30 p.m., with a ball drop at 5 p.m. There will be a kid-friendly buffet featuring hot dogs and chicken fingers, as well as a buffet for the adults in the room, featuring some of the Smoke Shop’s barbecue staples. See more details here.

Cost: $0 to $22.50, depending on age, before fees and tax

At Fat Hen, the Italian sibling and neighbor to La Brasa in East Somerville, there’s a four-course prix fixe menu available on New Year’s Eve, featuring options like hamachi crudo, lumache with braised lamb, a ribeye, and blood orange sorbetto.

Cost: $85, with optional $35 wine pairing

The beloved Somerville brewery and purveyor of heady IPAs is hosting a world’s fair-themed party, set simultaneously in 1940 and 3040. Dress like a character in a Raymond Chandler novel, or like whatever you think someone in 3040 might wear. It will all be backdropped by jazz and “futuristic sounds.” See more details here.

Cost: $85, before fees (includes photobooth prints, live music, snacks (including vegetarian options), a five-ounce pour of a special-edition beer, a midnight balloon drop, and more; additional beer available for purchase, including limited-edition selections)

Alden & Harlow is serving dinner a la carte on New Year’s Eve, with some special additions, including king crab salad with caviar and Carolina gold rice; porchetta with creamed cauliflower and truffles; and more. See more details here.

Cost: Varies (a la carte)

Momi Nonmi’s New Year’s Eve prix fixe menu offers duck confit, sushi, and wagyu beef tartare (along with other treats). Book your spot here; reservations required.

Cost: $65 (five-course meal)

First, there’s dinner service at Pagu between 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., featuring a five-course tasting menu with a focus on seafood and a sneak peek at some dishes that will be served in the new year. (Gluten-free and vegetarian options available.)

Then, starting at 9 p.m., there’s a party. A ticket to Pagu’s New Year’s Eve event gets party-goers all-you-can-eat food (which will include suckling pig, seafood paella, wagyu brisket nachos, waffle churros, and more), a cocktail, some bubbly, and a raffle ticket.

Cost: $70 for dinner, with a complimentary glass of bubbles if you reserve before December 15; $80 for the party ($75 per person if you buy four or more tickets at the same time), with bonus drink and raffle tickets if you buy before December 15

Barbara Lynch’s No. 9 Park is offering two dinner seatings on New Year’s Eve, and the menu will include dishes like bluefin tuna crudo and poached branzino. Book your table here.

Cost: $175 for the first seating (five-course menu) with optional $115 wine pairing; $225 for the second seating (seven-course menu) with optional $155 wine pairing

This will be significantly cheaper than a dinner at No. 9 Park (unless you drink, like, 50 High Lifes). There will be music (probably of the 1980s and 1990s variety), and there will be cheap domestic beer. If a dive bar is more appealing than a seated dinner, this is the spot.

Cost: Depends how much beer you drink

If a disco party isn’t your idea of a good time, Lynch’s Sportello is throwing a 1960s, red-sauce-Italian-inspired dinner party. Tickets are a bit less expensive than at No. 9 Park, and dinner will be accompanied by the stylings of Frank Sinatra.

Cost: $95 for a family-style, four-course menu

Attend a Tiki-themed New Year’s Eve party at Summer Shack’s Back Bay location — Hawaiian shirts and beach attire encouraged. Tickets include unlimited raw bar from 9 p.m. until 11 p.m., passed apps, and a Champagne toast.

Cost: $50

Darryl’s Corner Bar & Kitchen is known for its soul food and its live music. Its New Year’s Eve party will include all that and more. Party-goers will get to see a live performance from American Idol star Troy Durden and a DJ set from DJ Dru Nyce. A ticket (get one here) also gets you a welcome cocktail, a sweet and savory buffet, and a Champagne toast.

Cost: $65

At Capo in South Boston, you can celebrate in two ways. There’s regular dinner (with some special additions to the menu) in the restaurant, with DJ Steve Miller onsite between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. and projector screens for the midnight ball drop; reservations recommended. Downstairs in the Supper Club, there’s a ticketed party with live music by Vincent King at 9 p.m. and DJ Silent Partner until 2 a.m.

Cost: Dinner prices are a la carte; the Supper Club party is $100 (includes charcuterie, pizza, a photo booth, and more)