Harbor Nights Primavera – 2025 Menu and Ticket Prices

The Harbor Nights Primavera event at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel is taking place on Friday, April 25th this year and it's one of those events that will sell out in advance... so if you want to go (especially if you want to sit in the VIP section), now is the time to start planning.

The all-inclusive ticketed event takes place from 6:30pm – 9:00pm and features great entertainment with music from "The I-4 Band", an area for dancing, opera singers on balconies, free self-parking, and naturally — as many samples of the food and beverages listed on the menu below that you want — for the duration of the event! There's two ticket levels available that offer two sightly different ways to experience the same event.

If you would like to take a look at some photos from one of the previous Harbor Nights La Dolce Vita events that takes place in the fall, click here.

There has been one change to the verbiage on the ticket sales page — what we had been calling the "Standing Harbor Ticket" is now called the "General Harbor Ticket" — the official ticket page now says that "Open Communal Seating" is available at tables with the lower cost "General Harbor Ticket". In the past, the amount of seating available for the lower priced ticket seemed limited — compared with the number of people that wanted to sit down — so maybe they've added more seating? We'll have to go and find out.

• A $85 "General Harbor Ticket" (per person, plus tax and ticket fee ends up being $98.57) includes everything mentioned above, but does not guarantee a table or a seat. There is said to be "Open Communal Seating" at tables included with the General Harbor Ticket.
• A $125 "VIP Ticket" (per person, plus tax and ticket fee ends up being $144.02) includes all of the above, plus gets you a reserved table and seating in a special area. In addition to having access to all the "General Harbor Ticket" food and wine, you'll also be served a six-course food and wine pairing meal that includes elevated versions of several of the same items available in the general area, along with a couple of exclusive food items and a couple of wines that are not available to those with a Standing Harbor Ticket.

Here's a direct link to purchase tickets from the official Harbor Nights Primavera event page (via Eventbrite.com) — click here to open that in a new window.

General Ticket - Harbor Nights Primavera Menu

• Antipasto Station
  Parma ham, Genoa salami, Sicilian pepperoni, toasted pistachio mortadella, aged Brown Cow Parmesan, fontina, grilled ricotta salata, fresh mozzarella, cold-pressed olive oil, 15-year balsamic, oven-dried tomato tapenade, marinated artichoke hearts, Marcona almonds, champagne grapes, grilled Italian crostini.
• Baby Kale & Spring Artichoke Soup
  With braised chicken thighs, fresh mozzarella, extra virgin olive oil.
• Fresh-made Pasta
  Served with Mama Della's beef short rib bolognese, rigatoni, micro basil.
• Florida Gulf Grouper
  Served wtih Lentil-grilled sweet corn, blistered shishito peppers.
• Bay Shrimp Arrabiata
  (Arrabbiata sauce is a spicy, Italian, tomato-based sauce for pasta.) Served with baked four cheese cannelloni, crispy pepperoncini, imported pecorino cheese.
• Carved Flank Steak
  Served with baby heirloom carrots, Yukon potato au gratin, cracked black pepper cognac sauce.
• Sweets
  Italian Hazelnut Cannoli, Lemon Mascarpone Cheesecake, and Citrus Graham Crumble Neapolitan Verrine
• Gelato & Sorbet
  Straciatella Gelato, Tiramisu Gelato, and Blood Orange Sorbet
• Wines
  Oh there's wine. We're publishing one month out from this event and there's no wine list per say, yet. There might not be before the event starts – but there's usually a great selection of selected red, white, and other specialty wines. This time, Peroni Nastro Azzurro beer, soft drinks and bottled water have also been mentioned as being available.

VIP Ticket - Harbor Nights Primavera Menu

Guests sitting in the VIP section have access to everything mentioned above. You can step out of the VIP area and visit any of the General Ticket tasting stations as you would like, and then step back into the VIP area, as many times as you would like. In addition to that — there's a served, six-course meal that's made up of elevated items (where special ingredients and plated methods have be used) along with paired wines that are not available at the other "General Ticket" wine stations.

• Citrus-poached Gulf Shrimp
  Paired with Velenosi Pecorino 2023
  Gulf Shrimp Stuffed with Maine lobster, blue crab, grilled Georgia peach, crispy sage, preserved lemon crème fraiche.
• Quail's Nest
  Paired with Freixenet Prosecco Rosé
  Poached quail eggs, kataifi, micro turnips, frisée, marigolds, toasted pistachio, farro, strawberry rhubarb jelly.
• Bucatini all'Amatriciana
  Paired with Saracco Pinot Noir 2021
  Featuring oven-roasted tomato sauce, smoked pancetta, cippolini onion, balsamic pearls, micro basil.
• Stuffed Free-Ranage Chicken
  Paired with Velenosi Verdicchio Classico 2022
  Roasted garlic, broccoli rabe, fontina, braised cabbage, drunken golden raisin butter sauce.
• Butcher's Cut Hanger Steak
  Paired with Villa Antinori Toscana 2002
  Served with heirloom carrot toffee, pomegranate.
• Sweet Trio of Desserts
  Paired with Espresso Martini
  Italian Hazelnut Cannoli, Lemon Mascarpone Cheesecake with citrus graham crumble, and Neapolitan Verrine

Additional information and a direct link to purchase tickets are available from the official Harbor Nights Primavera event page (on the Eventbrite site) — click here to open that in a new window.