With the Super Bowl over, our minds wander to the next big celebration coming to town. The Chinese New Year starts on February 7th when the Year of the Rat begins. In honor of the holiday, these restaurants are offering special dinners with food meant to ensure wealth, health and longevity all year long.

The Chinatown Brasserie is putting forth a four-course banquet featuring a dim sum selection, a suckling pig, "Gold Coin" shrimp and scallops, a "double happiness" crispy chicken and an assortment of traditional sweets (February 6–10 and 15–17; $60 per person; 212-533-7000).

For two weeks, Mr. K's will offer a seven-course meal that includes sesame-shrimp toast, Peking duck, seared beef medallions, Yuling chicken, fresh pastries and more (February 7–21; $70 per person, two person minimum; 212-583-1668).

For a week at Monkey Bar, new chef Chris Cheung will add symbolic specials to his à la carte menu. Look for shrimp with lobster sauce served with wonton noodles – seafood represents prosperity and noodles are for longevity (February 7–13; 212-838-2600).

The fine folks at Our Place are celebrating the new year for the week with a six-course banquet that includes minced sea bass on a soft bean curd bed, Peking duck in "new year bau," lobster and shrimp in a ginger scallion sauce, Penang-style pork tenderloin, and assorted pocket pastries (February 6–13; Banquet seatings available at 6PM and 8PM; 212-288-4888).

Both Ruby Foo's locations will celebrate on the 7th and 11th. On the 7th, diners will be treated to prizes and special lunch-and-dinner dishes like coconut-lobster bisque with "dragon" shrimp sate ($9), Mongolian lamb shank with melted leeks, Chinese eggplant and wok-seared fennel ($26) and a grilled "Salt and Pepper" filet mignon with smashed taro root and rosemary-soy drizzle ($29). Those items will also be offered on the 11th (12–3 PM), when families are encouraged to bring their children to enjoy the caligraphy, ballooon and origami artists on hand for the event.

At Shun Lee Palace, diners will be able to feast on an eight-course menu ranging from Cantonese-style poached scallop in black-bean sauce to braised pork ribs to seafood corn chowder to wok-fried Szechuan venison and culminating in fresh sweets with Oolong tea (February 6–13; $70 per person; 212-371-8844).

Check out Gramercy Park Hotel's swanky newcomer Wakiya, which is ringing in the new year with a seven-course menu starring a "Swallow's Nest Soup," made in a pork-chicken-ham stock that's cooked for at least five hours. Also on the special menu is the Y-4706 martini, comprised of ginger brandy, pomegranate juice and lychee liquor and served in a glass with pop rocks around the rim (February 5–7; $175 per person; 212-995-1330).