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9 Options For Dining On Christmas Eve and Day in DFW

The finest places to partake in a holiday feast

by Courtney E. Smith and Rachel Pinn Updated
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Go to town on a Tomahawk for the holidays at Al Biernat’s.
| Gustav Schmiege
by Courtney E. Smith and Rachel Pinn Updated

Instead of braving the grocery store and being stuck in the kitchen during the holidays, consider heading to one of Dallas’ finest restaurants instead. The food is probably going to be better, and requires decidedly fewer dishes to do.

From low-key takeout dinners to fancy, multi-course feasts, these restaurants are keeping the grills warm on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Go forth, tip big, and remember to celebrate safely.

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LAW Restaurant

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Law at the Four Seasons in Las Colinas has a whole spate of holiday dining options. Those include Christmas Eve and day dinners, with a  four-course prix fixe menu. It includes an endive salad, and a second course with choice of sheep’s milk tortellini or eggplant and zucchini carpaccio. For their main, diners can choose from striped bass, a veal chop, or cauliflower steak piccata. Dessert is a chocolate gianduja bar with 24-carat gold and a mini boxed Panettone as the chef’s gift. The cost is $125 per plate for adults and an a la carte menu is available for kids.

4150 N MacArthur Blvd, Irving, TX 75038
(972) 717-2420
(972) 717-2420

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Al Biernat's

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If a classic steakhouse dinner or a little surf and turf is on the agenda for the holidays, great news: both Al Biernat’s locations will serve Christmas Eve lunch and dinner. The regular menu will be available but seating is already at a premium — reservations are strongly recommended.

4217 Oak Lawn Ave, Dallas, TX 75219
(214) 219-2201
(214) 219-2201

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Commons Club

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The Commons Club inside the Virgin Hotel will serve Christmas day brunch and dinner with some special items on the menu for the holiday. Those include braised bone-in short rib, Florida stone crab claws, and Norwegian king crab. Service is available on Christmas Eve from 5 to 9 p.m, and on Christmas day for brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and dinner from 5 to 9 p.m.

1445 Turtle Creek Blvd, Dallas, TX 75207
(469) 436-7150
(469) 436-7150

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Meddlesome Moth

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Celebrate the Feast of the Seven Fishes at this Italian spot on December 22 to 24. This holiday dish includes lobster with cognac cream, fried smelts, shrimp, mussels, little neck clams, diver scallops, and black bass over a bed of linguini pasta for $59.

1621 Oak Lawn Ave, Dallas, TX 75207
(214) 628-7900
(214) 628-7900

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Mercat Bistro

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Enjoy a very European-inspired holiday meal at this Harwood district restaurant which offers a 3-course prix fixe menu for Christmas Day brunch. Savvy diners already know to ask to be seated in the polar bear area. Service is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will cost $68 per person.

2501 N Harwood St Suite 225, Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 953-0917
(214) 953-0917

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Yardbird Table & Bar

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Order from the Christmas menu for a holiday treat. It includes baked oysters on the half shell, seared jumbo scallops with chive truffle butter, herb-crusted prime rib, and a dessert of cinnamon roll bread pudding. The regular menu will also be available as it serves on Christmas day during normal service hours, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Yardbird is also offering a nine days of brunch program from December 24 to January 1. Reservations are recommended.

2121 N Pearl St St 170, Dallas, TX 75201
(469) 208-2441
(469) 208-2441

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Dakota's Steakhouse

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Eat Christmas Eve dinner at Dakota’s. The restaurant will offer its regular menu, but if a family-style meal is the order of the eve, it is offering a hole roasted lamb crown with sourdough bread stuffing and apple and mint compote that serves three to four people for $175. Reservations are recommended.

600 N Akard St, Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 740-4001
(214) 740-4001

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Sassetta

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Head downtown for an Italian holiday tradition: Sassetta is serving up Feast of the Seven Fishes with a seven-course meal that includes caviar, scallop crudo, branzino al forno, and more. The family-style service will be available on Friday, December 23 and Saturday, December 24 for parties of four or more at $130 per person. Plus executive chef Mat Urban will stop by the table to speak about the tradition, for interested diners. Reservations encouraged.

1530 Main St STE 100, Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 307-5690
(214) 307-5690

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City Hall Bistro

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Have an easy breezy holiday in the gorgeous City Hall Bistro in the Adolphus Hotel. It will offer a prix fixe menu on Christmas day with items such as roasted fall squash and kale salad, honey baked ham, cornbread dressing, candied yams, classic pumpkin pie, and a Texas praline crunch brownie. Other items will also be available, including smoked prime rib and pan seared salmon, for an additional cost — but sticking to the prix fixe options will cost $70 per person. Service is available on December 25 from noon to 8 p.m. Reservations are recommended.

1321 Commerce St, Dallas, TX 75202
(214) 651-3686
(214) 651-3686

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LAW Restaurant

4150 N MacArthur Blvd, Irving, TX 75038

Law at the Four Seasons in Las Colinas has a whole spate of holiday dining options. Those include Christmas Eve and day dinners, with a  four-course prix fixe menu. It includes an endive salad, and a second course with choice of sheep’s milk tortellini or eggplant and zucchini carpaccio. For their main, diners can choose from striped bass, a veal chop, or cauliflower steak piccata. Dessert is a chocolate gianduja bar with 24-carat gold and a mini boxed Panettone as the chef’s gift. The cost is $125 per plate for adults and an a la carte menu is available for kids.

4150 N MacArthur Blvd, Irving, TX 75038
(972) 717-2420
(972) 717-2420

Al Biernat's

4217 Oak Lawn Ave, Dallas, TX 75219

If a classic steakhouse dinner or a little surf and turf is on the agenda for the holidays, great news: both Al Biernat’s locations will serve Christmas Eve lunch and dinner. The regular menu will be available but seating is already at a premium — reservations are strongly recommended.

4217 Oak Lawn Ave, Dallas, TX 75219
(214) 219-2201
(214) 219-2201

Commons Club

1445 Turtle Creek Blvd, Dallas, TX 75207

The Commons Club inside the Virgin Hotel will serve Christmas day brunch and dinner with some special items on the menu for the holiday. Those include braised bone-in short rib, Florida stone crab claws, and Norwegian king crab. Service is available on Christmas Eve from 5 to 9 p.m, and on Christmas day for brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and dinner from 5 to 9 p.m.

1445 Turtle Creek Blvd, Dallas, TX 75207
(469) 436-7150
(469) 436-7150

Meddlesome Moth

1621 Oak Lawn Ave, Dallas, TX 75207

Celebrate the Feast of the Seven Fishes at this Italian spot on December 22 to 24. This holiday dish includes lobster with cognac cream, fried smelts, shrimp, mussels, little neck clams, diver scallops, and black bass over a bed of linguini pasta for $59.

1621 Oak Lawn Ave, Dallas, TX 75207
(214) 628-7900
(214) 628-7900

Mercat Bistro

2501 N Harwood St Suite 225, Dallas, TX 75201

Enjoy a very European-inspired holiday meal at this Harwood district restaurant which offers a 3-course prix fixe menu for Christmas Day brunch. Savvy diners already know to ask to be seated in the polar bear area. Service is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will cost $68 per person.

2501 N Harwood St Suite 225, Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 953-0917
(214) 953-0917

Yardbird Table & Bar

2121 N Pearl St St 170, Dallas, TX 75201

Order from the Christmas menu for a holiday treat. It includes baked oysters on the half shell, seared jumbo scallops with chive truffle butter, herb-crusted prime rib, and a dessert of cinnamon roll bread pudding. The regular menu will also be available as it serves on Christmas day during normal service hours, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Yardbird is also offering a nine days of brunch program from December 24 to January 1. Reservations are recommended.

2121 N Pearl St St 170, Dallas, TX 75201
(469) 208-2441
(469) 208-2441

Dakota's Steakhouse

600 N Akard St, Dallas, TX 75201

Eat Christmas Eve dinner at Dakota’s. The restaurant will offer its regular menu, but if a family-style meal is the order of the eve, it is offering a hole roasted lamb crown with sourdough bread stuffing and apple and mint compote that serves three to four people for $175. Reservations are recommended.

600 N Akard St, Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 740-4001
(214) 740-4001

Sassetta

1530 Main St STE 100, Dallas, TX 75201

Head downtown for an Italian holiday tradition: Sassetta is serving up Feast of the Seven Fishes with a seven-course meal that includes caviar, scallop crudo, branzino al forno, and more. The family-style service will be available on Friday, December 23 and Saturday, December 24 for parties of four or more at $130 per person. Plus executive chef Mat Urban will stop by the table to speak about the tradition, for interested diners. Reservations encouraged.

1530 Main St STE 100, Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 307-5690
(214) 307-5690

City Hall Bistro

1321 Commerce St, Dallas, TX 75202

Have an easy breezy holiday in the gorgeous City Hall Bistro in the Adolphus Hotel. It will offer a prix fixe menu on Christmas day with items such as roasted fall squash and kale salad, honey baked ham, cornbread dressing, candied yams, classic pumpkin pie, and a Texas praline crunch brownie. Other items will also be available, including smoked prime rib and pan seared salmon, for an additional cost — but sticking to the prix fixe options will cost $70 per person. Service is available on December 25 from noon to 8 p.m. Reservations are recommended.

1321 Commerce St, Dallas, TX 75202
(214) 651-3686
(214) 651-3686

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