Christmas and New Year's Eve dinner at mar'sel

Spend your holiday dinners overlooking the Pacific, with multi-course meals available at Terranea's mar'sel on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Eve. During Christmas, a three-course tasting menu includes poached oysters, butternut squash veloute, scallop carpaccio, prime rib and more, ending on a sweet note with pumpkin pie for dessert. On New Year's Eve, caramelized duck breast, poached pear tarts, black truffle risotto and other indulgent dishes will be on hand to ring in 2015—choose from a three-course menu ($120) or a five-course menu ($180). To make reservations for either holiday dinner, call 310-265-2836.