This Week In Gluttony

Outsource your holiday: Where to eat, drink and be merry in Dallas thisChristmas

Cook Hall at the W Dallas Victory is serving a family-style dinner Christmas Eveand Christmas Day beginning at 11:30 am.
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We're not sure what Boxing Day is and we refuse to look it up, but the Gin Millis serving brunch items like these potato pancakes with smoked salmon the dayafter Christmas, beginning at 11 am.
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Enjoy French extravagance at Toulouse on Knox where they will be serving their"White Christmas Truffle Dinner" throughout the day on both Christmas Eve andChristmas Day.
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Blue Goose Cantina makes it easy on you with tamales for $20 per dozen.
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T/X Restaurant & Bar is doing a three-course Christmas Day lunch.
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Sure, some people look at this with pure lust in their eyes, but some of youjust broke out in a cold sweat thinking about how much preparation a meal likethis takes.

As great a day as Christmas can be, it also tends to be stressful, particularly for anyone hosting three times as many people as a house is made for. And if you’re not an especially adept cook, a Christmas meal can bring on panic attacks as you attempt to juggle five dishes like a Top Chef.

We’ve rounded up some restaurants that are serving meals — pretty nice ones, in fact — for December 24 and 25. Now the only thing you need to worry about is a carpool arrangement.

The Grape is having its traditional Christmas Eve dinner with holiday-inspired food to complement the normal à la carte menu. Reservations highly recommended beginning at 5 pm. Visit the website or call 214-828-1981.

Our readers recently named Spoon the hottest opening in 2012, so it might be worth checking out for its Feast of the Seven Fishes tasting menu from 5-10 pm on Christmas Eve. Price is $125 per person with optional wine pairings for $75. For reservations, call 214-368-8220.

Highland Park Cafeteria is keeping things festive with your choice of prime rib, carved ham, pork loin or roast turkey and dressing, plus two holiday sides and a zucchini roll for $10.99-$15.99. The restaurant is open December 24, 11 am -3 pm, and closed Christmas Day.

Tamales are an easy option for a big holiday dinner. And senior editor Teresa Gubbins did all the tamale to-go research for you (and me). Feast on the fruit of her labor.

Fearing's at the Ritz-Carlton is serving Christmas Eve dinner from 5-10 pm. The three-course holiday menu is $100 for adults and $35 for children 12 and under. Chef Fearing's recipes call back to his grandmother's cooking. Call 214-922-4848 for reservations.

If you’re in the mood for French, Toulouse Cafe and Bar is open for lunch and dinner both days from 11 am-11 pm. You can go with the normal menu, or try the three-course “White Christmas Truffle Dinner” with creamy mushroom risotto, halved white truffles and filet mignon a la perigourdin for $75. They can also be ordered à la carte. Call 214-520-8999 for reservations.

If you just want to go nuts, the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek is serving three-course dinners both days, plus Christmas Day brunch. All three meals are $105. That might seem a bit steep for brunch, but look at this menu. For reservations call 214-443-4747.

Nothing too out of the ordinary here, but Village Marquee is open and taking reservations until 9 pm on Christmas Eve. It’s the normal dinner menu, but that’s generally a good thing. Call 214-522-6035 or email reservations@marqueegrill.com.

The W’s Cook Hall is serving a family-style dinner both days beginning at 11:30 am. For $42 per person and $21 per child, diners get a family-style first course of deviled eggs with Gulf blue crab, charcuterie board and mixed green salad. For the main course, choose from prime rib, roasted farm chicken or pan-seared salmon. Family-style desserts if you’ve still got room. The restaurant is open until 9 pm Christmas Eve and until 8 pm Christmas Day. Call 214-397-4111 or visit the website for reservations.

The InterContinental Hotel is going all out with a Christmas Day brunch menu that’s wayyy too long to list here, but for $65 per adult and $25 per kid ages 6-12, you get a salad and seafood station, a carving station and hot entrees, a risotto station, and omelet station. Oh, and desserts, of course. Open 10:30 am-2 pm. Call 972-386-6000 for reservations.

There aren’t many Boxing Day events, but The Gin Mill opens early on December 26 for brunch from 11 am-3 pm. Feast on potato pancakes with smoked salmon, brioche French toast, house-made crepes and eggs Norwegian. Wash it down with plenty of mimosas and Bloody Marys. The restaurant/bar also opens at 8 pm Christmas Day.

The Stoneleigh’s T/X Restaurant is hosting Christmas Day lunch for $70 per adult and $25 per kid ages 6-12. The three-course meal includes plates like slow-roasted beef brisket and sweet potato pancake, molasses braised pork belly, and golden barbecue grilled corvine. Call 214-871-7111 for reservations.

There’s that old stereotype about Chinese restaurants and Jewish people on Christmas, but anyone can get Asian fusion at Steel with its $45 holiday prix fixe from 5-9 pm on December 25.

This last one is a doozy, but The Pyramid Restaurant & Bar is serving seasonal favorites for Christmas brunch and Christmas dinner, plus complete to-go meals for entertaining at home. Christmas brunch includes an abundance of seasonally inspired breakfast items, carved meats, soups and salads, seafood, and a decadent dessert display. Brunch is for $61.95 for adults, $53.95 for seniors, $27.95 for 8-12 years old and no charge for kids up to 7 years old.

With four courses, Christmas dinner is a robust culinary experience, with a main course of lamb loin with roasted winter vegetables. Dinner is $49.95 per person, including complimentary valet parking and a glass of Champagne.

To-go meals — for four, eight or 12 — can be pre-ordered. Meals include soup, salad, sides, entrée and dessert; turkey and stuffing may be ordered separately. Pricing varies according to order size. For more information or to view Christmas dining menus, please visit the website. For reservations, call 214-720-5249.

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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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