Christmas Day Dining

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Christmas dinner with ham and red wine and candles

Save the hassle of cooking and find a restaurant for Christmas dinner.

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Christmas is hectic enough between hosting relatives and wrapping presents without saying anything of cooking a big dinner for a bunch of people who have been arguing about college football or politics or whether Elf is better than Die Hard for the past two days.

Instead of losing your mind in the kitchen, look to these Dallas restaurants for Christmas offerings that probably trump an overcooked turkey or spiral ham and mean way less clean-up.

Canary By Gorji
The highlights: A three-course dinner with a salad of mixed field greens with pomegranate vinaigrette and toasted almonds; turkey or pork chop with pomegranate citrus sauce, pistachio fig dressing, mashed potatoes and vegetables; and pumpkin or pecan pie. Available Christmas Eve and Christmas Day from 5 to 9:30 pm.
Price per person: $30
Reservations: 972-503-7080

Central 214
The highlights: For this Christmas Eve three-course prix fixe holiday dinner, choose from starters such as shrimp and lobster chowder or roasted Brussels sprouts with cranberries in bacon maple vinaigrette; main courses such as savory pumpkin risotto, roasted strip loin with triple-cooked fries or pan-seared sea bass; and desserts such as mint and chocolate Yule log, upside-down pineapple spice cake or New York-style cheesecake. Available from 5 to 9 pm.
Price per person: $50 for adults, $25 for children
Reservations: 214-443-9339

Cook Hall
The highlights: Cook Hall offers a three-course, fixed-price menu on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Appetizers include deviled eggs with gulf blue crab, chopped salad with grilled shrimp, or butternut squash soup with oyster mushrooms. Entrees are crispy halibut with roasted Brussels sprouts and spiced apple jus; grilled filet with potato confit, Swiss chard and Madeira sauce; or lamb chops with mushroom Bolognese and Pecorino. Desserts options include orange Bundt cake with cranberries or chocolate pudding with glazed kumquats and shortbread cookie.
Price per person: $50
Reservations: 214-397-4111

Dee Lincoln Steak & Burger Bar
Christmas Eve dinner is a fixed-price three-course meal with choice of utternut squash bisque or chopped salad; pork chop with sourdough stuffing and white asparagus; and for dessert, a red velvet cupcake with rum-cream cheese icing. Open 11 am to 9 pm, serving regular menu also.
Price per person: $35/ $10 for child's menu
Reservations: 214-754-4949

Fearing's
The highlights: Christmas Eve dinner is a fixed three-course holiday menu with a selection of seasonal starters (such as lobster bisque and Hudson Valley foie gras duo) and main courses (such as Peking duck à l'orange or prime rib-eye), followed by a dessert trio and take-home cookies. Dinner seatings are from 5-8:30 pm.
Price per person: $100 for adults, $30 for children
Reservations: 214-922-4848

Landmark Dine & Wine (Christmas Eve)
The highlights: A three-course prix fixe menu with three options per course egg nog shooters as an amuse bouche. The first course offers roasted corn chowder with lobster, fall spinach salad or Romaine wedge salad; second course offers pan-seared striped bass, Hereford sirloin steak or pork Osso Buco; dessert offers pumpkin crème brulée or tiramisu cheesecake.
Price per person: $45
Reservations: 214-224-3152

Landmark Dine & Wine (Christmas Brunch)
The highlights: Celebrate Christmas day with brunch featuring turkey, pork tenderloin, ham, prime rib, waffles, omelets, Snow crab claws, parmesan chicken tenders, potato-sausage hash, tortilla casserole and plenty more. Runs from 11 am to 2:30 pm.
Price per person: $60 for adults, $24 for children 5-12 and free for under five.
Reservations: 214-224-3152

MoMo’s Pasta
The highlights: MoMo’s offers a three-course Christmas lunch or dinner with a house or Caesar salad, an entrée of Pollo ari Carciofi (chicken breast with mushrooms and artichoke hearts in garlic butter), Veal al Limone (veal with lemon sauce, garlic, parsley and cream) or Salmone alla Toscano (salmon with basil cream sauce) and tiramisu for dessert. Hours are from 11 am to 10 pm.
Price per person: $24.95
Reservations: 214-521-3009

Mi Piaci (Christmas Eve)
The highlights: Four-course Christmas Eve dinner with butternut squash soup, leg of lamb with lemon fingerling potatoes and green beans, risotto with mushrooms and Italian sausage, and chocolate flourless cake with fresh raspberries. Hours are from 5 to 10 pm.
Price per person: $49.95
Reservations: 214-774-9584

Pyramid Restaurant (brunch)
The highlights: The Fairmont hotel restaurant is doing a Christmas brunch with omelets, carved meats and decadent desserts. Enjoy crab cake eggs Benedict, pecan and toffee sticky buns, roasted turkey, and more. The meal comes with a complimentary mimosa or sparkling wine. Brunch seating times include 10:30 am, 11 am, 1 pm or 1:30 pm.
Price per person: $65 for adults, $55 for seniors, $30 for kids 6-12, free for kids 5 and under
Reservations: 214-720-5249

Pyramid Restaurant (Christmas dinner)
The highlights: For this special fixed-price dinner menu on Christmas Day, executive chef Brian Armstrong is doing roasted turkey, roasted Niman Ranch prime rib, seared cobia, spinach and stuffed ricotta agnolotti, and deconstructed eggnog cheesecake. Dinner is available between 6 and 10 pm.
Price per person: $65
Reservations: 214-720-5249

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The highlights: The Hilton Anatole steakhouse is serving a four-course dinner Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Starters include quail, crab cake, steak tartare or grilled ciabatta panzanella; second course is soup (lobster or squash red curry bisque) or salad (wedge or arugula). For main courses, choose porchetta, beef filet, lamb, salmon or chicken breast. Dessert options include coconut cream pie, Valhrona fondant with “Snickers” cream or pumpkin pie cheesecake. Served 5-9 pm both nights.
Price per person: $70 for adults, $24 for kids 5-12, free for kids 4 and under
Reservations: 214-761-7470

Spoon
The highlights: Chef John Tesar offers a special Feast of the Seven Fishes tasting menu on Christmas Eve. The meal, which is a longstanding Italian tradition, features seven courses of fresh seafood from waters around the globe. The dinner is available from 5 to 10 pm. In addition, Spoon’s also offers its a la carte menu.
Price per person: $125 with optional wine pairings for an additional $75
Reservations: 214-368-8220

Urbano Cafe
The highlights: Christmas Eve dinner with regular menu plus specials including duck breast with pumkin ravioli, lamb shank with butternut squash puree and baby beet greens, Alaskan cod and jumbo prawns.
Price per person: A la carte
Reservations: 214-823-8550

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Steakhouse News

Palladino's Steak & Seafood opening in Dallas earns raves in New York

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Joseph Palladino at Palladino's Steaks and Seafood in NY.

High-profile new steakhouse Palladino’s Steak & Seafood, the eponymous concept from restaurateur Joseph Palladino slated to open in North Dallas in spring 2026, is currently the toast of New York.

Palladino is the ex-NYPD police officer-turned-restaurateur known for concepts such as Nick & Sam's Steakhouse and the Coal Vines pizza chain. Palladino's Steak & Seafood is his newest creation, combining steakhouse, Italian, and seafood, particularly sushi.

The Dallas location will be opening at the intersection of Preston and Royal in the former Spec's space at 5959 Royal Ln. — but the concept has already made its debut in New York at the Grand Central Terminal, where it opened in September, emerging as one of the city's hottest openings, drawing celebrity visits and raves.

Here's some of the buzz it has already generated in New York:

Actor Armand Assante (Gotti, American Gangster) visited the restaurant in late September. Posing for a photo with Palladino and Las Vegas restaurateur Nick Bimonte, Assante proclaimed it to be "without rival."

Eater New York added Palladino's to its list of Best Steakhouses in NYC.

Actor William DeMeo (Gotti, The Sopranos), who has become a Palladino's semi-regular, dined there in mid-December with Italian restaurateur Steve Martorano (Cafe Martorano, Martorano's Prime). Martorano called it "one of the best meals I ever experienced in my life."

The cast and crew of Gravesend, the Mafia-themed Amazon series DeMeo created, filmed an episode at Palladino's with Sopranos cast members Vince Curatola and Chuck Zito.

The NY Post called Palladino's "NYC’s hottest new restaurant," noting that it's been "packed day and night." They gushed over the atmosphere and compared the steaks to chef Daniel Boulud’s great La Tete D’Or. "Grand Central Terminal, America’s greatest railroad nexus, deserved a great American restaurant. Brand-new Palladino’s Steak & Seafood is it."

Forbes did a feature spotlighting "Two Recently Opened New York City Steakhouses Offering A Unique Take," which included Palladino's and Cuerno — A Mexican steakhouse in the Time Life building at Rockefeller Center. "Grand Central Station may not be the first place you think of when you are trying to find an elevated dining experience. But newly opened Palladino’s provides several reasons to visit besides the need to catch a train," they said, before going on to praise the "exceptional" service and steaks.

A story by Resident magazine called Palladino's "a new era of fine dining at Grand Central Terminal" with a particular focus on the design by acclaimed Rockwell Group, which they said "channels the glamour of rail travel in the 1920s and 30s with Art Deco details, vintage-inspired finishes, and a sweeping sense of forward motion," before marveling at the "striking 2,000-square-foot all-season outdoor patio — the first of its kind at Grand Central."

The Today Show aired a segment on December 28 starring Palladino's executive chef Sam Hazen demo-ing their lunch sliders, featuring three mini burgers with American cheese, pickles & caramelized onions, stacked on a vertical spike and doused with a cheesy fondue sauce. (Palladino's also does a slider at dinner with filet mignon and truffle aioli.)

Humans of New York, the famous photography storytelling project, did a profile on Joseph Palladino and his mother, Catherine, after he hosted their exhibit, called "Dear New York," at Palladino's, giving them a prominent, highly visible platform on the restaurant's balcony.

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