Sometimes, a holiday meal tastes better when someone else is cooking—take advantage of these restaurants open on Christmas Day
If you’re enjoying a magical holiday season in Boston, it’s easy to keep the fun and festive experience going with a Christmas feast in one of our finest restaurants (and you might need a break from the kitchen). You can deck the halls of these eateries open on December 25. For more joyful activities to make your holidays merry and bright, check out the jaw-dropping splendor of Boston’s best Christmas lights, grab some gifts at some of Boston’s winter holiday Christmas markets, or coast along the frost at one of the best ice skating rinks in Boston.
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The Back Bay steakhouse will be open Christmas day with lots of tasty specials. Try the smoked trout pate with pickled shallots, cornichons, grain mustard and toasted baguette, followed by slow roasted prime rib with roasted carrots, a twice baked potato and au jus. They’ve also got seafood lovers covered with George’s Bank sea scallops served with Anson Mills golden polenta, braised escarole and lemon-brown butter. Pineapple upside down cake provides a sweet finish.
4 – 9pm
Alcove will be warm, cozy and welcoming on Christmas Day with its complete menu plus a festive holiday menu. They’re planning a short rib pomme puree, red wine glazed carrots, and a truffle supplement.
12 – 10pm
In downtown Boston, just off the common, sits the new(er) Ritz, and their elegant bistro is open for a prix fixe feast on Christmas day. For $79 per person for adults (a children’s menu will be available) you’ll get a traditional New England Christmas meal with Cornish hen and rack of lamb.
7am – 11pm
You can get the full menu of this restaurant's seafood classics on Christmas, along with some holiday specials like pan-roasted Nantucket Bay scallops with black winter truffle risotto and oysters Rockefeller with spinach, black truffle-hollandaise and breadcrumbs to start. The duo of mains is dover sole meunière with green beans and roasted fingerling potatoes with a brown butter-caper sauce and a half “whole roasted” duck with Tuscan kale potato puree and a cranberry-black winter truffle gastrique.
3 – 9pm
Celebrate Christmas in the North End at Bricco who will be serving their signature dishes including Italian specialties, seafood entrees, top-quality steak options and the restaurant's famous espresso martini.
12 to 11pm
Inside the Liberty Hotel, Clink will be serving fun and festive specials for brunch and dinner on Christmas, in addition to their regular menu. Brunch specials will include Maine lobster benedict and Wagyu corned beef and sugar beet "red flannel" hash, while dinner specials will include hand-cut mac and cheese with Maine lobster and surf and turf.
Brunch 10am to 2pm, Dinner 4 to 8pm
One of our favorite cozy bistros in the South End, Frenchie will be serving a prix fixe menu on Christmas day. The menu isn’t confirmed yet, but fingers crossed for the restaurant's beef bourguignon.
11am – 8pm
The beloved breakfast and dinner spot, located in the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, will be open and serving their normal breakfast and lunch menus full of local and farm fresh ingredients. We’re big fans of the granola!
7am – 12pm
Sit in a cozy window seat on Newbury on Christmas day and dig into a classic American menu, along with specials like a prosciutto and fig flatbread with smoked gouda cheese, Maine lobster ravioli with butternut squash, roasted Brussels sprouts and mushroom butter and a 12oz grilled ribeye with a loaded baked potato, broccolini and herb-hotel butter.
11am – 9pm
Acclaimed seafood-focused restaurant from local restaurateur and chef Frank DePasquale, Mare will be open for anyone looking to celebrate snuggled up to a warm fire-pit under its enclosed patio while enjoying skyline views and delicious seafood-centric dishes, like their award winning lobster roll and tableside cacio e pepe.
4 to 11pm
The historic bar and restaurant will be open for regular hours on Christmas, and in addition to the regular lunch and dinner menu, they will serve a special spot prawn terrine with caviar, a three pound Maine lobster thermidor for two with risotto and caesar salad, a 16 oz. prime rib and their special Snow White cosmo.
7am – 12pm
Tuck into the posh Mandarin Oriental hotel for a Christmas day dinner courtesy of the famous chef and TV personality, Gordon Ramsay. He probably won’t be in the kitchen, but his roasts are divine. Guests can dine on a mouthwatering Sunday Roast prime rib, served with roasted vegetables, yorkshire, pudding, horseradish, and beef jus.
6:30am – 8pm
The Revere Hotel's onsite restaurant Rebel's Guild will be celebrating with a special menu featuring holiday classics and local Boston favorites, in addition to the regular menu. The menu will be available from from noon to 8 p.m.
12 to 8pm
In celebration of Christmas Eve at Scampo at The Liberty Hotel, Chef Lydia Shire will serve specialty dishes in addition to the regular menu. At Scampo you’ll find Shire’s Italian-inspired cuisine unrestrained by borders, drawing on flavors from the Mediterranean and Middle East.
12 to 7pm
Sometimes Christmas day calls for Taiwan-style pan fried dumplings and savory oyster pancakes. If that’s the case for you, get some of the best dumplings in town at this Chinatown stalwart. They’re open for dining and delivery.
11am – 12pm
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