Happening at Aerie

December 25, 2022

Christmas Day Buffet

This year, spend Christmas relaxing and enjoying time with family and friends while we take care of the cooking.

December 31

New Year's Eve Dinner

Join us on the scenic 16th Floor of our Tower for a romantic New Year's Eve dinner celebration, featuring a special one-night-only New Year's Eve menu.

New Year's Eve Dinner

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Aerie Dinner Menu

Starters

Brussels Sprouts - $14 brown butter rye crumb, shaved parmesan, lemon gel

Gnocchi - $19 squash, red pepper pimento jam, serrano ham, pepita, crispy sage

Falafel - $16 fava, cumin spiced yogurt, za'atar, cilantro

Pork Belly - $20 smoked potato puree, crispy kale, tarragon creme, pickled mustard seed

Arancini - $22 saffron risotto, romesco sauce, parmesan, fried mushroom, basil

Social Cheese & Charcuterie - $24 chefs' selections of specialty charcuterie and cheese with accompaniments

Soup and Salads

Squash Bisque - $12 curry oil, pickled apple, spiced creme fraiche, candied pecan

Beets and Burrata - $18 hazelnut gremolata, basil, watercress, beet chip

Arugula Salad - $14 house made ricotta, crispy pancetta, pickled onion, roasted shallot poppyseed vinaigrette

Mains

Duck Breast - $46 butternut squash hash, brown butter celery root, cherry compote, juniper sage jus

Scallops - $58 beet risotto, mushroom, peppered bacon, cider gastrique, tarragon

Chicken Breast - $38 house mole, avocado crema, pickled red onion, cilantro cabbage, toasted sesame

Filet - $68 fingerling potato, brussels sprouts, candied bacon, shallot jam

Salmon - $46 vinegar potato, chimichurri, charred carrot, crispy onion, grilled lemon

Add on

Chicken - $22

Salmon - $26

Duck - $26

Scallops - $33

Filet - $38

Desserts Menu

Desserts

Pumpkin Bourbon Cheesecake - $9 bourbon whipped cream, candied pecans, pumpkin spice caramel, pecan streusel

Banana Peanut Butter Chocolate Torte - $9 banana cake, peanut butter chocolate mousse, milk chocolate hazelnut glaze, whipped cream, chocolate shortbread streusel, banana caramel ice cream, dark chocolate curl garnish

Classic Crème Brulee - $9 vanilla bean crème brulee, garnished with fresh berries

Wild Cherry Chocolate Bombe - $9 dark chocolate mousse, cherry cardamom compote, chocolate glaze, whipped cream, chocolate shortbread streusel, cherry sauce, raspberry chocolate garnish

Featured Drinks

Regular - $5

Decaf - $5

Espresso

Cappuccino - $5

Latte - $5

Mocha - $6

Americano - $4

Post Dinner Cocktails

Espresso Old Fashioned - $11 espresso, minor case whiskey, 5 spice syrup

Hot Buttered Rum - $10 homeade butter base, papa's pilar rum, hot water

Dulce de Leche Coffee - $9 dulce de leche syrup, thrive coffee, kalula

Mocha Martini - $13 godiva chocolate, irish cream, absolut vanilla, cold brew

Add Ons

Housemade Irish Cream - $8

Godiva Chocolate - $8

Kahlua - $7

Frangelico - $7

Meletti - $8

Campari - $7

Cynar - $7

Courvoisier VSOP - $10

Dessert Wine

Fonseca Bin#27 Port - $7

Warre's OTIMA 10 Year Tawny Port - $9

Chateau Chantal "Entice" - $10

Small Batch Bourbon

Woodford Double Oaked - $12

Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon - $12

Bakers 7 Year 107 Proof - $9

Basil Hayden's 8 Year 80 Proof - $8

Basil Hayden's Dark Rye

Jefferson's Ocean Aged at Sea - $18

Two James, Grass Widow - $14

Minor Case Straight Rye - $8

Single Malt Scotch

Dalmore 12 Year, West Highland - $16

Dalmore 15 Year, West Highland - $26

Oban 14 Year, West Highland - $14

Macallan 12 Year, Highland - $18

Laphroaig 10 Year, Islay - $12

Talisker 10 Year, Isle of Skye - $12

Glenlivet 12 Year, Speyside - $14

Glenlivet 18 Year, Speyside - $25

Glenlivet 21 Year, Speyside - $55

Beer & Cocktail Menu

Craft Cocktails

Sparkling Pear - $11 Absolut Pear, Looza Pear Nectar, lemon juice, simple syrup, topped with Valdelavia

Cucumber Smash - $14 Hendricks gin, St. Germain elderflower liqueur, lemon juice, lime juice, simple syrup, cucumber

Basil Old Fashioned - $16 Minor Case rye whiskey, fresh squeezed orange juice, basil simple syrup, Angostura bitters, fresh orange peel

Aperol Sour - $12 Aperol, Titos vodka, lemon juice, simple syrup, organic egg white

White Chocolate Raspberry Martini - $13 Absolut vanilla, Godiva white chocolate liqueur, Baileys, Arte Piatto raspberry sauce

Cherry Soda - $13 Patron Anejo, B&B Liqueur, Luxardo cherry liqueur, grenadine, agave nectar

Cointreau Fizz - $15 Cointreau, Dr.Gill ice mint liqueur, sparkling wine, freshly squeezed orange, soda water

Aviation - $12 Roku gin, Luxardo cherry liqueur, Crème de Violet liqueur, lemon juice

Toki Can - $17 Suntory Toki whiskey, Chambord, agave nectar, Crème de Menthe, cranberry juice

Voot Beer - $10 Absolut, Luxardo Cherry Liqueur, Mugs Root Beer topped with whipped cream

Rare and Unique Whiskey / Whisky

Yamazaki 12 Year - $26

Suntory Toki - $9

Suntory Hibiki "Japanese Harmony" - $16

Single Malt Scotch

Dalmore 12 Year, West Highland - $16

Oban 14 Year, West Highland - $14

Talisker 10 Year, Isle of Skye - $12

Glenlivet 12 Year, Speyside - $14

Bourbon / Whiskey

Woodford Reserve Double Oaked - $12

Bakers 7 Year 107 Proof - $9

Blantons - $12

Minor Case Straight Rye - $8

Basil Hayden's 8 Year 80 Proof - $8

Jefferson's Reserve - $14

Jefferson's Ocean Aged at Sea - $18

Middleton Very Rare Irish Whiskey - $24

Cognac

Courvoisier VSOP Cognac - $10

Port

Warre's Otima 10 Year Tawny Port - $9

Drafts

Middlecoast Brewing Co. "Weizen Shine" - $8

Bell's "Oberon" - $8

Green Busch Brewing "Star Chicken Shotgun" - $8

Short's "Bellaire Brown" - $8

Dragonmead's "Final Absolution" - $8

Bottles

Budweiser - $4

Bud Light - $4

Miller Lite - $4

Coors Light - $4

Labatt Blue - $4

Michelob Ultra - $4

Kaliber - $4

Corona Extra

Heineken 0.0

Heineken

Red Stripe

Bell's "Two Hearted" IPA

Founder's "All Day IPA" Session Ale

Short's "Soft Parade"

Stella Artois "Pilsner"

Starcut Ciders "Octorock"

Wine Menu

vintages subject to change

Sparkling

M. Lawrence "Sex "Brut Rose, Leelanau Peninsula, MI, NV* - $40

L. Mawby, Blanc de Blancs Brut, Leelanau Peninsula, MI, NV* - $50

Valdelavia, Brut Cava, Penedes, Spain NV - $33

Veuve Clicquot, Brut, Champagne, France NV

Moet & Chandon "Dom Perignon", Brut, Champagne, France 2010 - $234

Rose

Sokol Blosser, Rose' of Pinot Noir, Dundee Hills, OR 2021 - $45

Fleur de Mer, Cotes de Provence, France 2019 - $50

Chateau Ferry Lacombe, Cotes de Provence, France 2018 - $53

Verterra, Rose' of Pinot Noir, Leelanau Peninsula, MI* - $65

Black Star Farms, Arcturos, Old Mission, MI* - $36

Pinot Grigio

Danzante, Delle Venezie, Italy 2019 - $38

Montinore Estate, Willamette Valley, OR 2021 - $36

Jermann, Venezia Giulia, Italy 2021 - $55

Riesling

Chateau Grand Traverse, Late Harvest, Old Mission, MI 2020 - $46

Clean Slate, Mosel, Germany 2020 - $38

Bowers Harbor "Block II", Dry, Old Mission, MI 2020* - $53

Chateau Chantal, Semi Dry, Old Mission, MI 2019* - $38

Chateau Chantal, Late Harvest, Old Mission, MI 2020* - $36

Mari Vineyards "Simplissimus", Sparkling Riesling Old Mission-Peninsula, MI 2018* - $62

Left Foot Charley, Le Caban, Leelanau Peninsula, MI* - $41

Sauvignon Blanc

Cakebread Cellars, Napa Valley, CA 2020 - $54

Emmolo, Rutherford, Napa Valley, CA 2020 - $45

Kim Crawford, Marlborough, NZ 2021 - $38

Domaine Fournier, Loir Valley, France 2021 - $50

Matua, Marlborough, NZ 2021 - $32

Chardonnay

Sixto "Uncovered", Columbia Valley, WA 2016 - $68

Chalk Hill, Sonoma County, CA 2019 - $42

Chateau Montelena, Calistoga, Napa Valley, CA 2018 - $72

Rodney Strong, Sonoma Coast, CA 2016 - $52

Jermann "Where Dreams Have No End", Venezia Giulia, Italy 2017 - $109

Mer Soliel "Reserve", Santa Lucia Highlands, CA 2019 - $58

Au Bon Climat, Santa Barbara County, CA 2019 - $60

Rombauer, Carneros, Napa Valley CA 2020 - $88

Luca, Mendoza, Argentina 2019 - $66

Bergstrom "Sigrid", Willamette Valley, OR 2014 - $135

Sonoma Cutrer, Russian River, Sonoma Coast, CA 2019 - $62

Chateau Grand Traverse, Old Mission, MI 2018* - $40

Carelli 34, Mendoza - $30

White Blends

Claude Val, Pays d'Oc IGP, France 2018 - $38 Grenache Blanc, Chasan, Sauvignon Blanc, Vermentino, Chenin, Mauzac

Luzón, Jumilla DOP, Spain 2020 - $40 Sauvignon Blanc, Macabeo

BOS Wine, Hunter White, Elk Rapids, MI 2016* - $40

Worldly Whites

Vajra, Moscato d'Asti, Italy 2018 - $40

Boutari, Moschofilero, Mantinia, Greece 2019 - $52

Yalumba, Viognier, Eden Valley, Australia 2017 - $60

Special Selections

Black Star Farms, Arcturos, Pinot Blanc, Old Mission, MI* - $36

Chateau Chantal, Proprietors Reserve Riesling, Old Mission MI* - $60

Mari Vineyards, Pinot Blanc, Old Mission, MI 2017* - $45

Para Maria, Stolpman Vineyards, Red Blend, Santa Barbara, CA 2019 - $60

Bos Wine, Moon Bos Harvest, California Red Blend, Elk Rapids, MI 2017* - $70

Brys Estate, Cabernet Franc, Old Mission Peninsula, MI 2017* - $110

Michael David 6th Sense, Syrah, Lodi, CA 2017 - $40

Black Star Farm, Arcturos Cabernet Franc, Old Mission, MI* - $50

Soul Squeeze, Petit Syrah, Leelanau Peninsula, MI 2015* - $60

Pinot Noir

Belle Glos "Taylor Lane", Sonoma Coast, CA 2011 - $225

Flowers, Sonoma Coast, CA 2019 - $90

Merry Edwards, Russian River Valley, CA 2018 - $125

Penner-Ash, Willamette Valley, OR 2019 - $105

Meiomi, Acampo, CA - $45

Merlot

Decoy, Sonoma County, CA 2018 - $60

Gordon Estate, Columbia Valley, WA 2014 - $52

Duckhorn, Rutherford, Napa Valley, CA 2018 - $82

Black Star Farms, Arcturos, Pinot Blanc, Old Mission, MI - $40

Thorn, Napa Valley 2017 - $95

Cabernet Sauvignon

Rodney Strong, Sonoma County, CA 2018 - $50

Chateau Montelena, Calistoga, Napa Valley, CA 2017 - $90

Rockaway, Single Vineyard, Alexander Valley, CA 2015 - $162

Silver Oak, Alexander Valley, CA 2017 - $140

Daou, Paso Robles CA 2019 - $54

Stags Leap Wine Cellars "Artemis", Napa Valley, CA 2019 - $159

Rombauer, Napa Valley, CA 2019 - $109

Grgich Hills, Napa Valley, CA 2017 - $140

Philip Tongi "Tanbark Hill", Napa Valley, CA 2018 - $138

Austin Hope, Paso Robles, Central Coast, CA 2019 - $140

Bos, Deo Elk Rapids, MI 2015* - $120

Malbec

Casarena "Areyna", Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina 2018 - $45

Zinfandel and Rhone Varietals

Torbreck "Woodcutter's Shiraz", Barossa Valley, Australia 2018 - $65

Department 66 "D66", Vin de Pay des Cotes Catalanes, France 2014 - $75

Old World Reds

Italy

Brusco dei Barbi, Tuscany, Italy 2017 - $46

Reversanti, Barbaresco DOCG, Piedmont, Italy 2015 - $65

Caparzo, Brunello di Montelcino DOCG, Tuscany, Italy 2016 - $103

Argiano "Solengo", Rosso Toscano IGT, Italy 2017 - $115

Lorenzo Begali, Amarone della Valpolicello Classico, Veneto, Italy 2015 - $126

Allegrini "La Poja", Corvina Veronese, Veneto, Italy 2011 - $150

Tenuta San Guido "Sassicaia", Bolgheri, Italy 2018 - $300

Banfi, Chianti Classico 2017 - $40

France

Domaine Xavier Monnot, Beaune, Les Cents Vignes 1er Cru 2019 - $104

E. Guigal, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Rhone, France 2016 - $130

Chateau Lassegue, St. Emilion Grand Cru, Bordeaux, France 2017 - $90

Joseph Drouin, Cote de Beaune, France 2019 - $125

Chateau Providence, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France 2010 - $285

Cairanne Côtes du Rhône Villages, Domaine Lucien Tramier, France 2018 - $52

Spain

Bodegas Aragonesas, Garnacha, Coto de Hayas, Spain 2016 - $42

Dominio de Atauta, Ribera del Duero, Spain 2017 - $90

Tinto Pesquera, Crianza, Ribera del Duero, Spain 2017 - $82

Faustino, Gran Reserva, Rioja, Spain 2010 - $75

New World Blends and Single Varietals

Opus One, Oakville, Napa Valley, CA 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec

Opus One, Oakville, Napa Valley, CA 2018 - $450 Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec

Opus One, Oakville, Napa Valley, CA 2016 - $525 Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec

Mari Vineyards "Praefectus", Old Mission Peninsula, MI 2017* - $75 Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon

Ridge "Lytton Springs", Sonoma County, CA 2014 - $180 Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Carignane

Paraduxx, Proprietary Red Wine, Napa, CA 2018 - $75 Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Petit Verdot, Petit Sirah, Syrah, Cabernet Franc, Malbec

Chateau Chantal, Trio, Old Mission MI* - $60

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Eat, Drink, and Relax.

We're raising the culinary bar by 16 floors.

Aerie has become a mecca for those who love bold, exciting flavors. Locally-grown produce is paired with products and tastes boasting an international flair.

The Culinary team is dedicated to bringing the best of everything, from wherever they can source it, to create an inventive, exciting menu within a setting unlike any other Traverse City dining venue.

When it comes to selecting your wine pairing for such eclectic cuisine, the list is expansive, encompassing both international and national offerings as well as several from our award-winning region.