If your New Year’s Eve party menu includes the inimitable Lipton onion soup dip and ridged potato chips, stay in that ’50s and ’60s mode, but how about adding to it with a full complement of midcentury-inspired food and cocktails?

If you’re of a certain age, this menu will make you smile as you recall the fun food of your youth. If you’re young, you’ll actually feel pangs of jealousy that your elders came up enjoying such cool party food and drink — or just swallow the jealousy and make these for your party.

The menu comes from the new (opened just last August) restaurant Ponyboy, which resides in Point Loma’s Pearl Hotel. First up is a classic cheesy fondue served with seasonal roasted vegetables and fruit, and cubed and toasted bread, along with a Pumpkin Brandy Alexander. Also up are deviled eggs, but probably nothing you’ve ever experienced before. You’ll have to read my new story in The San Diego Union-Tribune to see what I’m hinting at. These playful deviled eggs are accompanied by Ponyboy’s All Saints cocktail featuring the elderflower liqueur St-Germain and champagne. Enjoy and Happy New Year!