Courtesy of Butler's Pantry
Holiday Dinner spread from Butler's Pantry
As the holiday festivities begin, plan ahead for some ease on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day by crossing cooking off your to-do list. Below is a list of restaurants and caterers offering holiday specials this year. If we missed a place that will be open or is providing pickup or delivery service, please email the information to gmahe@stlmag.com for inclusion in the article.
CARRYOUT
Courtesy of Adam's Smokehouse
The South City barbecue joint is offering multiple meats and specials for preorder this holiday season. The Santa Special includes a whole brisket, two bottles of sauce, 18 buns, and four quarts of sides, while the Santa Supreme contains a large brisket, three half-gallons of sides, 24 buns, and three bottles of sauce. Combo meals are also available. Orders must be placed for pickup by December 21, and preorders are for December 23 from 10:30 a.m.–4 p.m. and December 24 from 10:30 a.m.–3 p.m. 2819 Watson, 314-875-9890.
Bolyard’s offers a variety of foods, from a sandwich platter to charcuterie to rib roasts. For more information, check the online order form. 2733 Sutton, 314-647-2567.
Courtesy of Bogart's Smokehouse
Bogart’s is offering its smoked bacon-wrapped ham this holiday season. Each ham feeds about 10–12 people and is $70 per piece. Orders must be placed by December 17, and orders can be picked up December 21 to Christmas Eve from 10:30 a.m.–3 p.m. 314-621-3107.
The local restaurant is offering holiday brunch and dinner orders for pickup or delivery on or before Christmas Eve. The brunch menu is $675 and serves 10–12 people, featuring a choice of items such as cinnamon rolls, red velvet cheesecake bread pudding, and grilled ham steaks. The dinner menu is $700 and serves 10–12 people, featuring a choice of items such as spinach and artichoke dip, honey roasted carrots, or citrus roasted pork loin. Orders must be placed with at least three business days’ notice. 1414 Park, 314-664-7680.
The Dogtown bakery is offering a variety of Christmas treats this year, such as a Christmas sugar cookie trio, 12-inch snowman cookie cake, and a spiced pecan. Prices vary, and items are limited. The bakery is open until noon on Christmas Eve and closed on Christmas Day. 1420 Tamm, 314-647-6000.
Naughty flavors include such options as Boozy Banana Rum, Flirty Shirley, and Mango Tequila Lime. Nice flavors are handcrafted with scratch ingredients, featuring flavors such as Banoffee, Halva Chocolate Cherry, and Malted Raspberry Crunch. Order a four-, six-, or 12-pint pack. All locations.
Dalie's offers a smoked turkey breast and bacon-wrapped ham this Christmas. The turkey feeds five to seven people and is $52, while the ham feeds eight to 10 and is $70. Orders must be placed by December 16 by 5 p.m., and pickup will be December 23 and Christmas Eve. 2951 Dougherty Ferry, 636-529-1898.
The popular, locally-owned Italian restaurant will be offering its traditional menu on Christmas eve until 3 p.m. for dine-in and 4 p.m. for carry-out. Volume is heavy at the holidays, so it's best to call 314-962-0048 a few days ahead to guarantee availability. For specialty items, call the catering department several days in advance at 314-962-4155.
Preorder your holiday feast for pickup on December 23 or 24. The prime rib feast serves six people and costs $199.95. It includes prime rib with au jus and horseradish sauce, Parmesan mashed potatoes, salad, asparagus, pineapple brown sugar cake, and bread with whipped butter. Each feast includes full cooking and reheating instructions. 1501 Beale, St. Charles. 636-866-0984
Available for pickup or delivery on Christmas Eve, the classic holiday dinner features beef tenderloin, strawberry almond salad, a choice of vegetables, potatoes au gratin, and a yule log cake. An a la carte menu is also available. The dinner for six is $295.80, and the dinner for 12 is $532.80. Recommendations for Christmas morning breakfast are also available. 314-205-1151.
Courtesy of Grace Meat + Three
Mom's Dressin' is made with brioche, herbs, and Italian sausage
Available for pickup, the Christmas menu includes sugar-glazed smoked ham, smoked prime rib, baked mostaccioli, macaroni and cheese, sweet potato casserole, Mom’s Dress’n, potato rolls, and a choice of desserts, such as cranberry bread pudding and a magic cookie bar. All items come prepared cold with reheating instructions. Orders can be picked up December 23 at the Grace Chicken + Fish window. 314-520-8182.
In need of desserts for Christmas dinner? Check out KNEAD, which offers such desserts as dark chocolate cake, cranapple pie, and assorted Christmas cookies available for pre-order. The bakery also has baked goods, such as bread and cinnamon rolls, available for purchase. Orders must be scheduled for pickup on December 23 from 7:30 a.m.–2 p.m. 3467 Hampton, 314-376-4361.
The Italian kitchen’s Christmas meal features chicken piccata or chicken marsala, rigatoni with meat sauce, rigatoni with white sauce, house salad, cheese garlic bread, and cannoli. A minimum order of four meals is required, with each being $23.95 per person. Orders must be placed by December 19 and picked up December 23 or Christmas Eve. 11836 Tesson Ferry, 314-729-1800.
The Italian chains offers a Holiday Carryout Bundle, with Caesar salad, Mom’s Lasagna, fettuccine Alfredo, chicken piccata, chocolate layered cake, butter cake, lemon cookies, and ciabatta bread. The bundle feeds four to six people, and orders must be placed 24 hours prior to pickup. Orders are available for pickup December 15–Christmas Eve. 2 The Boulevard, 314-824-2420.
The bakery offers a variety of baked goods, such as cookies, pies, and cakes, in seasonal flavors, such as orange ricotta bundt, chocolate salted caramel tart, and walnut-chocolate-bourbon pie. Place orders for pickup on Christmas Eve from 8 a.m.–noon. The bakery will be open for walk-in orders, with a full bakery case and coffee drinks; additional daily bakery offers will be available online starting at 4 p.m. the day before. 3133 Watson, 314-645-7142.
The catering company offers a a traditional holiday buffet for $22.95 per person and a holiday feast buffet for $27.95 per person. Both buffets are offered for a minimum of 20 people each and available for order until Christmas Eve. Russo's also offers holiday entrées by the pan until Christmas Eve. 9904 Page, 314-427-4955.
The Creve Coeur business offers a holiday feast with ham and turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, herb crumb stuffing, green bean casserole, cranberries, and dinner rolls. The meal is $279 and feeds eight to 10 people. The restaurant also offers ham, whole turkeys, turkey breasts, and holiday combo meals. Call to place orders. 12414 Olive, 314-504-9098
The popular barbecue chain is offering delivery for its meats this holiday season. Orders must be placed by December 19 to be delivered by Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. 6525 Delmar, 314-727-0200.
This holiday season, the local vegan restaurant offers Hanukkah meals, including latkes made from scratch, matzo ball soup, and New York-style knishes. Orders must be placed by noon on December 11. 1956 Utah, 314-925-8883.
The local bakery offers a variety of desserts and baked goods for Christmas this year, including quiche, decorated Christmas cookies, and a variety of pies. Orders can be placed for delivery or pickup, with pre-orders by December 15 at noon. Sugaree will be open for in-store pickups, curbside pickups, and walk-in purchases on December 22 and 23 from 11 a.m.–6 p.m. 1242 Tamm, 314-645.5496.
Fresh baked goods include Cherry Hand Pies, Pecan Pie, Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cake, and pastry chef Carolyn Downs' Award-Winning Sweet Potato Cheesecake Pie with Toasted Marshmallow. Place holiday orders by December 19. The shop will assign pick up details once orders have been placed. 9200 Olive, 314-736-6300.
Place your Christmas dinner order by December 18. Dinner packs are $26.99 per person and include smoked turkey breast, potatoes au gratin, green beans almondine, cinnamon apples, house cornbread, mixed green salad, and a choice of pie. A la carte items include smoked turkey or ham, beef tenderloin, side dishes, and whole pies. Orders by December 19 and pick up on Christmas Eve. Multiple locations.
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A Christmas tradition in households across the U.S. and Mexico, handmade tamales are available for the holiday from Taqueria Morita in University City. Choose from poblano pepper and Oaxaca cheese, or beef barbacoa with ancho chili mojo. Eight fully cooked tamales (4 servings) are $35 and come with cumin cream, house made chips, and tatemada (classic charred) salsa. House made guacamole also available. Pre-order here for pickup on December 23. 7213 Delmar, 314-725-7559.
The Ellisville restaurant will be open from 9 a.m.–2 p.m. on Christmas Eve for shop purchases, holiday sides, and turkey pickup. Veritas will be closed Christmas Day–January 4. Call the restaurant to place an order. 15860 Fountain Plaza, 636-227-6800.
Volpi offers five holiday gift baskets and boxes for purchase on its website. Each basket can be purchased online and picked up in-store. Baskets and boxes start at $40 and can be paid for in installments. 5256 Daggett, 314-446-7950.
The chain provides door-to-door service, setup, and supplies as necessary for events or parties. Call the O’Fallon, Missouri, or St. Louis locations for more information.
White Box is offering two holiday specials. The Holiday Brunch options offers a choice of five items from scrambled eggs, cheesy hashbrown casserole, breakfast meats, biscuits and gravy, fresh fruit, yogurt parfait, mini quiche, waggles, cinnamon rolls, and cronut holes. Among the options for the Holiday Heat & Serve: brown sugar ham, rosemary lemon salmon, or orange cranberry chicken with sides of garlic mashed potatoes, sweet potato pecan casserole, parmesan pesto cauliflower, green bean casserole, berry spinach salad, honey cream corn, white cheddar macaroni and cheese, or broccoli salad with a dessert. The Holiday Brunch is $14 per person, and the Holiday Heat & Serve is $20 per person. Place orders by December 20 for delivery or pickup on December 23 from 8 a.m.–2 p.m. 314-725-7559.
The Crestwood spot has put together a holiday menu for Christmas, with such seasonal desserts as sticky buns, key lime pie, butter cake, double fudge cake, blueberry coffee cake, and holiday cookie cake. Yolklore also offers a Take N Bake Brunch, complete with bacon, Buttonwood Farm eggs, fruit, coffee, milk, and sticky buns that feeds four to six people. Preorder online through December 18, and pick up orders on Christmas Eve.
DINE-IN
A special three-course dinner on Christmas eve (regular dinner menu not available) includes soup or salad, and choices of four dessert and six entrees, including Provencal Beef Daube, Roasted Scottish Salmon, Wild Mushroom Risotto, and Savory Bread Pudding with artichokes, carrots, and broccoli. $68 per person, not inclusive of tax and tip. 12 N. Meramec, 314-727-4141.
The pop-culture-memorabilia-filled restaurant and music club that’s known around the world also never closes: Christmas Eve hours are 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. (bar until 4 p.m.). Christmas Day hours from 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. (kitchen) and until 1:30 a.m. (bar). 6504 Delmar, 314-727-4444.
The restaurant located inside the Le Meridien St. Louis Clayton is open Christmas Eve and Christmas day. The menu features comforting dishes with nods to European classics from Coq au Vin to Cassoulet. 7730 Bonhomme, 314-863-0400.
Celebrate Christmas Eve atop the Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis, with a prime view of the Arch. In addition to its signature wood-fired a la carte menu, Cinder House offers a prime rib special for $95 with special seasonal sides. Open 6–9:30 p.m. Christmas Eve. 999 N. 2nd, 314-881-5759
Cooper’s Hawk Restaurant & Winery
Enjoy seasonal chef recommendations, such as wild mushroom flatbread, a surf and turf dinner, and white and dark chocolate cheesecake on Christmas Eve. Prices vary. Two area locations, Town & Country and St. Peters.
The Fenton restaurant's December menu include a Cubano sandwich (made with pulled pork, ham, swiss cheese, pickles, and honey mustard in a hoagie), Monster Stuffed Potato (stuffed with butter, cheddar cheese, pulled pork, and bacon, smothered in barbecue sauce or barbecue honey stingin’ garlic sauce), a shrimp cocktail (served with cocktail sauce), guacamole Wontons (stuffed with guacamole and served with salsa or your choice of sauce), and Spicy Fried Pickle Fries (fried in a spicy cornmeal batter and served with horsey sauce or ranch). Open Christmas Eve from 11 a.m.–8 p.m.; closed Christmas Day. 519 Mae, Fenton, 636-496-7021.
The restaurant at Union Station offers its holiday two-course meal December 24–26. It includes a Landry’s house salad and either seafood-stuffed salmon with lemon butter and seasonal accompaniments for $34.59 or an 8-ounce filet mignon and shrimp scampi with garlic butter and mashed potatoes for $55. Open Christmas Eve from 11:30 a.m.–10 p.m. and Christmas Day from noon–8 p.m. 314-231-4040.
The holiday menu features the return of a three-course Chateaubriand meal with a winter green salad; a choice of creamed spinach, jumbo grilled asparagus, sauteed garlic green beans, baked corn soufflé, or sour cream mashed potatoes; and sticky toffee bread pudding, hot chocolate cake, or bruléed cheesecake. The meal is $179 for two people, and the restaurant is open Christmas Eve from 4–9 p.m. and Christmas Day from 1–9 p.m. 999 N. Second, 314-725-4008.
On Christmas Eve, the Lafayette Square restaurant will be open from 8–11:30 a.m. for mimosas, Bloody Mary's, breakfast sandwiches, catering tray orders, and last-minute shopping needs. The restaurant will be closed on Christmas Day. 1415 S. 18th, 314-865-3522.
Know about another restaurant that will be open on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day and/or that's providing pickup or delivery service? Email gmahe@stlmag.com with details.
