This Week in Gluttony

These are the 8 best food and drink events in Dallas this week

The Greek Food Festival of Dallas will take place at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church on September 21-23.

This week is all about fancy dinners and fun festivals. In one weekend, you can don your lederhosen for the big Addison Oktoberfest and say, "Opa!" at the annual Dallas Greek Food Festival. There will still be time for special events featuring premium wine, beer, and whiskey.

Wednesday, September 19

Justin Wine Dinner at Jasper's Plano
New executive chef Joseph Healy creates a special menu featuring items that will pair perfectly with assorted wines from Justin Winery winemakers Fred Holloway and Scott Shirley. Courses include hearth roasted Maple Leaf Farms duck breast, A Bar n Ranch pepper crusted striploin, and pineapple upside down cake. Tickets are $75 and dinner starts at 6:30 pm. Contact Shannon Tinsley at 972-673-0823 for reservations.

Thursday, September 20

Addison Oktoberfest at Addison Circle Park
This festival features four days of food and family-oriented entertainment. Think German entertainers in authentic costumes performing traditional Bavarian folk dances, schuhplatten, oompah music, sing-a-longs, yodels, and more. A special “Oktoberfest” Paulaner Bier is served along with several types of German sausage, sauerkraut, strudel, and giant pretzels. Guests can even register to dine at the Chamberlain’s Brau Haus for a full-service dining experience featuring an exclusive menu. Tickets start at just $10 and begins at 6 pm on Thursday and Friday and 12 pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Friday, September 21

Greek Food Festival of Dallas at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Celebrate the magic of Greece with delicious cuisine, pastries made with love, spirited live music and dance, fun attractions for kids, and a marketplace brimming with imports and activity. New this year is karpouzaki, a wedge of watermelon that gets its Greek accent from crumbled feta, fresh mint, and a balsamic glaze. There are lamb chops seasoned and grilled to perfection and many other meat and veggie options. The annual festival is three days and runs through the weekend with doors opening at 11 am each day. Tickets start at $7.

Celebrating Texas Blood at Texas Ale Project
Texas Ale Project is celebrating the latest R&D Series release at the brewery — Texas Blood. Explore the taste of this juicy, blood orange IPA, with a clean, crisp finish. The event will also feature live music by Rob Redwine. Admission is free and the fun starts at 4 pm.

WhistlePig Whiskey Dinner at Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse
Enjoy a four-course menu by chef Teli Trikilis that pairs perfectly with fine-aged whiskey cocktails from WhistlePig. Courses include passed appetizers, duck leg confit, Texas Rosewood Wagyu, and chocolate ganache-orange marmalade tarte. Tickets are $195 and the dinner starts at 7 pm.

Taco Cabana Anniversary Party
Celebrate 40 years of Taco Cabana, home of late-night bean-and-cheese burritos and the cheapest margaritas in town. The San Antonio-based Mex chain is holding patio parties at two of its best known restaurants: one on Lower Greenville at 1827 Greenville Ave., and the other in Hurst at 1241 Precinct Line Rd. They'll be doing all-day happy hour, but the official party runs from 4-9 pm, with mariachi music and other festivities.

Sunday, September 23

Bolsa 10-Year Anniversary Party
Pioneer of Dallas' farm-to-table food and craft cocktail movement marks its 10th anniversary with a mega-party welcoming back former chefs and bartenders. Current executive chef Matt Balke will be joined by former chefs Graham Dodds, Jeffrey Harris, Andrew Bell, Eric Wolf, Joel Harrington, and "Chuy" (longtime line cook who worked with every Bolsa exec chef) to create the food. Behind the bar, previous head bartenders Jason Kosmos, Eddy "Lucky" Campbell, "Dub" Davis, Kyle Hilla, Joni Long, and Spencer Shelton will craft special cocktails. Tickets are $10 and the event starts at 6 pm.

Monday, September 24

Avery Brewing Beer Dinner at Meddlesome Moth
In celebration of Avery Brewing Company’s 25th anniversary, Meddlesome Moth is hosting Adam Avery for a six-course beer pairing experience showcasing 25 years of Avery Brewing Company history. Each course will be paired with an Avery sour, as well as an Avery barrel-aged beer, following a White Rascal welcome beer. Courses include crispy pork belly, braised octopus, Texas Wagyu and foie gras terrine, and more. Tickets are $100 and the event starts at 6:30 pm.

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Holiday Dining

These Dallas restaurants are open for dining on Christmas Day 2024

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Dallas restaurants are almost always ready to serve — with one exception: Christmas Day. Most restaurants close, whether it's because of fewer customers or just to give their employees the day off.

But there are still the brave, the few, who persevere with hospitality and lavish spreads — and those generally get rewarded with mobs of diners grateful for a place to grab a bite.

That is what this list is about: Dallas restaurants that are open on Christmas day. (This list does not include Christmas Eve or Christmas to-go.)

Here's what's open in Dallas on Christmas Day:

Bacchus Kitchen and Bar. Grapevine restaurant is offering a four-course Christmas Day feast featuring frisèe & arugula salad, leek & potato cream soup, Prime rib roast, truffle mash, Brussels sprouts, and chocolate marquis paired with layers of chocolate ganache. $95. 5-9:30 pm. 817-251-3040.

Bar Louie. Four-course dinner for two features one bar bite to share, choice of soup or salad, entrée, and one dessert to share. Options include citrus grilled salmon, parmesan crusted chicken, and cinnamon donut holes. $75-$85 at select locations. 3-10 pm. Park Lane 469-638-8050, Las Colinas 469-472-1050.

The Crescent Club. Hotel Crescent Court restaurant will host Christmas brunch featuring holiday specials and desserts. $150, or $60 for 11 and under. 10:30 am - 3 pm. 214-871-3200.

Cut & Bourbon. Live! by Loews Arlington restaurant is hosting Christmas brunch and dinner with specials like Beef Wellington, and a traditional dinner menu of king crab legs, New York strip, and salmon. Prices are a la carte. Brunch is 9 am-2 pm, dinner 5 pm-10 pm. 682-277-4950.

Del Frisco's Double Eagle. Christmas feast features 38-ounce bone-in New York strip King cut and side of sweet potato casserole for an additional $19. $195. Dinner 2-8 pm. Dallas 972-490-9000, Plano 972-312-9115.

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Del Frisco's Grille. Holiday feature filet mignon and lobster tail, apple cranberry cobbler, and red velvet cheesecake. 12-8 pm. Plano 469-661-8012.

Dolce Riviera. Brunch buffet includes omelet bar, bruschetta bar, carving station, and dessert station. $95, or $35 for 12 and under. All reservations require a $50 deposit. 10 am-4 pm. Harwood District 469-458-6623.

Ebb & Flow. Open with the regular menu featuring toasted ravioli, Cubano egg rolls, salmon piccata, and a brown sugar soy-glazed porterhouse pork chop with mashed potatoes and sautéed spinach. 3 pm-2 am. Available at both Dallas 972-913-2322 and Plano 972-483-2266.

Ellie's Dallas. Three-course prix fixe menu for dinner features winter greens salad, gnocchi, slow-cooked beef picanha, sea bass, and buche de noel sponge cake, plus a la carte selections and festive cocktails. $95. 972-629-0924.

Farena. Loews Arlington Hotel restaurant is offering an Italian Continental breakfast buffet featuring baked pastries, seasonal fruits, and traditional breakfast dishes. The traditional dinner menu includes a classic Margherita pizza, veal milanese, prime 10-ounce filet mignon, and Executive Chef Tony France's Christmas special, herb crusted osso buco. $35 breakfast buffet; a la carte dinner pricing. Breakfast buffet 7 am - 12 pm, dinner 5-10 pm. 682-318-2810.

Fearing's. Christmas brunch features seafood raw bar, kale & spinach sesame salad, fruit & berries, bagels & spreads, smoked salmon, and meat carving stations. $185. 214-922-4848. 11 am-2:30 pm.

Hall Park Hotel. Newly opened Frisco hotel wll offer a grand buffet in the seventh-floor ballroom with a hot cocoa bar, carving station, desserts, juice and coffee, and dedicated kids' buffet station. $99, or $27 for 12 and under. Buy tickets here. 11 am–3 pm. 469-922-2442.

Harwood Arms. Pub will be open on Christmas Day and feature a traditional roast. $30-$50. 11 am-2 pm. Harwood District 214-273-5151.

Knife Italian. Ritz Carlton-Las Colinas restaurant is offering a pre-fixe menu featuring cream of wild mushroom soup, winter salad, Dr Pepper glazed ham, and 60-day dry age 14-ounce ribeye of beef. $159. Lunch 12-10 pm. 972-717-2420.

Kona Grill. Special menu includes roasted turkey, baked glazed ham, prime rib, and pumpkin pie. Holiday cocktails will also be available for $16 each. 11:30 am-11 pm. Dallas 214-369-7600, Plano 214-945-2500.

Monarch. Holiday specials include pork belly porchetta with creamy fennel salad, chestnut agnolotti with parmesan, brandied chestnuts, and Meyer lemon, and The Grinch, a chocolate cake with strawberry filling and chocolate ganache. Plus a custom Monarch crystal ornament as a festive keepsake. Prices are a la carte from $28-$45. 4-9 pm. 214-945-2222.

Montage. JW Marriott Dallas Arts District hotel restaurant is hosting holiday brunch including a seafood tower, charcuterie board, omelet station, chilaquiles station, and carving stations featuring bone-in prime rib and roasted pork loin. $75. 10:30 am-2 pm. 214-736-7760.

NDA Brasserie. Harwood District spot will serve a three-course brunch with a champagne activation and custom mimosa bar. $75, or $40 for 12 and under. All reservations require a $50 deposit. 10 am-3 pm. 945-910-4671.

Pyramid. Fairmont Hotel restaurant is hosting Christmas brunch featuring made-to-order omelets, Viennoiseries, avocado toast, lobster roll, smash burger, braised short rib, and smoked prime rib. Prices a la carte. 10 am-3 pm. 214-720-2020.

Ryder Grille. Frisco restaurant has holiday specials including Prime Rib with rosemary fingerling potatoes, pork belly, creamed spinach served in cast iron, glazed carrots, creamy horseradish and au jus for $48; and lamb chops with polenta, glazed carrots, roasted cippolini, and lamb jus for $44. Texas Pecan Pie with Bourbon whipped cream will be available for dessert. 7 am-9 pm. 469-888-5850.

Sanjh Restaurant & Bar. Elevated Indian restaurant has a Christmas buffet featuring Mulligatawny soup, paneer shashlik tikka, chicken haryali tikka, and ajwaini fish tikka. Plus live stations with made-to-order dosas served with sambar and chutney, omelet station, and a roasted counter with turkey and assorted breads. Desserts include plum cake, stollen, and a chocolate and candy station. $65, or $32.50 for 12 and under. 11 am-3 pm. 972-239-1800.

SER Steak + Spirits. Holiday specials include $18 roasted chestnut mushroom soup, market price Texas Wagyu Chateaubriand, and an "Underneath the Tree" dessert with ginger sable, peppermint mocha gateau, rompope, and praline bonbon. 5-10 pm. 214-761-7479.

Stillwell’s. Hotel Swexan’s steakhouse will offer a Christmas dinner including a la carte dishes and classic Beef Wellington. $95. 469-405-1911.

STK Steakhouse. Uptown steakhouse is open for Christmas Day with Wagyu, prime rib, holiday cocktails and the Holiday Features menu, with premium Wagyu cuts and caviar. Prices are a la carte. 11 am-10 pm. 972-842-9450.

Sushi Marquee. Frisco sushi restaurant will be open Christmas Day serving regular menu, including sushi, rolls, and ramen. 3 pm-2 am. 972-833-1608.

TK's Addison. Comedy club will do a three-course dinner with choics from lobster bisque or Caesar salad, filet mignon with crusted potato croquet and bernaise sauce, butternut squash ravioli with brown butter sage sauce, or Bay of Funday salmon with garlic whipped mashed potatoes & roasted red-pepper sauce. Third course features creme brulee or bananas Foster bread pudding with boozy caramel sauce. $75. 5-9 pm. 945-800-7668.

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