Harbor Nights Primavera 2023 Menu Items and Prices

The Harbor Nights Primavera event at Loews Portofino Bay Hotel is just around the corner. It takes place this year on Friday, April 21st, 2023 — from 6:30pm until 9:00pm.

All the ticket levels are still available (I'm posting this article about a month before the event starts), but the VIP tickets usually sell out sometime between now and the start of the event. The "Standing Tickets" are generally available right up until a couple days before the event starts.

All of the Harbor Nights events follow a similar format ... but each unique seasonal night features different decor, music, and food items. The resort's restaurants each feature a tapas style, plated version of a dish that represents their location, and there are Italian based wine pairings to sample with each dish. You can sample all the food and wine as much as you like over the course of the event (aka "all you care to enjoy" style).

If you would like to take a look at some photos from one of the previous Harbor Nights Primavera events, click here.

The all-inclusive event features some great entertainment with a live band and dancing area, along with a couple of opera singers for good measure, free self-parking, and as many samples of the food and beverages listed on the menu below, for the duration of the event.

• A $79 Standing Ticket (per person, plus tax and ticket fee ends up being $91.74) includes all of the above, but does not guarantee a table or a seat. Some "high boy" type of strolling tables are available, but are very limited — and there really are only a handful of chairs here and there.
• A $109 VIP Ticket (per person, plus tax and ticket fee ends up being $125.83) includes all of the above, plus gets you a reserved table and seating in a special area with an additional hors d'oeuvres plate — along with some exclusive food and wine sampling stations (where the lines aren't as long as they are in the general "standing" area).

Here's a look at the menu for the Harbor Nights Primavera 2023 event!

Food Stations

• Fennel Dusted Braised Veal Stufato
  Mediterranean cannellini bean and toasted farro salata, pickled kumquats, saffron and paprika rouille.
  Mama Della's Ristorante
• Blood Orange Glazed Pork Belly
  Crunchy kale and brussels sprouts slaw, apricot mustard, sweet and spicy hazelnut crumble.
  Trattoria del Porto
• Hand Dipped Ricotta Spinach Gundi
  Fava bean, roasted cherry tomatoes, limoncello butter.
  Splendido Bar & Grill
• Toasted Aged Taleggio Griddled Sandwich
  Basil, pepperoncini, powdered sugar. served with roasted heirloom tomato bisque, handpicked green olive extra virgin oil, micro arugula.
  Sal's Market Deli
• Blue Crab & Lobster Biscuits
  Grilled zellwood creamed corn, tarragon butter, calabrian honey syrup.
  The Thirsty Fish
• Orecchiette Pasta
  Bolognese sauce.
  Bice Ristorante
• Desserts
• Watermelon Sorbet
• Dulce de Leche Brownie Gelato
• Citrus Mascarpone Cheesecake
• White Chocolate Raspberry Blondie Verrine

Sparkling Wine

• Casa Canevel Prosecco DOC Brut
  Canevel
• Moncalvina Moscato d'Asti DOCG
  Coppo
• Moscato Veneto IGT
  La Perlina

Rosé Wine

• Frico Rosata
  Scarpetta

White Wines

• Frico Bianco
  Scarpetta
• Pinot Grigio Delle Venezie DOC
  Caposaldo
• Pinot Grigio
  Scarpetta
• Vermentino
  Morisfarms

Red Wines

• Barbera del Monferrato
  Scarpetta
• Cabernet Franc
  Scarpetta
• Valpolicella Classico DOC
  Allegrini
• Cabernet Sauvignon
  Prelius
• Podere Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC
  Umani Ronchi
• Chianti Classico DOCG
  Ricasoli

If you want to read a review and see photos from a previous Harbor Nights event, click here. We also have a Guidebook page for the event with lots of photos that outlines what and where everything happens, if you want to know before you go! Click here to see our Guide for Harbor Nights.

More information and a direct link to purchase tickets is available directly from the Harbor Nights Primavera 2023 event page (which is actually an "Eventbrite.com" page) — click here to open that in a new window.