New York City Christmas Dinners To Take Take Out This Year
No Christmas will be like this year. While Restaurants aren’t able to serve indoors you can still eat in the comforts of your own home. And why try cooking a meal when you can do take out. We rounded up our favorite New York City Christmas dinners this year,
Brooklyn Chop House
Brooklyn Chop House will be open for Christmas Day offering their everyday menu with reservations recommended and ample outdoor heated seating in addition to indoor socially distanced tables. The restaurant will be available from 4pm 10pm and reservations can be made by visiting, https://www.brooklynchophouse.com
Hole in the Wall
A Christmas Bundle, including everything you’ll need for Christmas lunch delivered to your door and ready to be placed in the oven for easy preparation. The bundle includes Roast Lamb Leg with rosemary garlic and mint jelly, Shrimp on the Barbie featuring chili and garlic shrimp BBQ skewers, a Potato Bake with creamed potato and bacon scallions or Potato Salad, Mac n’ Cheese, Green Beans with caramelized onions and almonds, Damper Rolls, Roast Pumpkin with honey and thyme and Pavola. Customers can also opt to have Turkey, Ham or Lamb. With every bundle purchased, a meal will be provided to the homeless over the holidays.
Amali
Aa Christmas Dinner To-Go Package for $115 per person. Mezze includes Winter Chicories and Burrata with Grilled Bread, the Pasta Course includes both Tortellini in Brodo and Tagliatelle Bolognese, a choice of protein of either Milk-Fed Suckling Pig Porchetta or Grilled Spanish Bronzino for an additional $15 per person. Sides include Crispy Fingerling Potatoes and broccoli with breadcrumbs and Salmoriglio. All packages are available for pickup and delivery December 24th and Christmas Day. Delivery is an additional charge of $60.
Hortus NYC
The Michelin-recognized, modern Korean restaurant in NoMad that is helmed by newly appointed Executive Chef Youjin Jung (Del Posto, Osteria Mozza, DB Bistro & Oyster Bar, Boulud Sud), will offer a $70 Christmas menu, available on December 24th and 25th for lunch and dinner. The menu will highlight the HORTUS Royal Platter (chilled lobster tail, tuna tataki and shrimp cocktail to share), followed by a choice of appetizers with Tuna Tartare served with crispy tapioca chips and truffle salt or the Truffle Noodle, truffle noodle with assorted mushrooms and Thai bird chili. From there guests can choose from one of the mains from the regular menu such as Seabass with charred eggplant puree and lotus root chips or the Wagyu NY Strip with lobster mac & cheese, caviar and wild mushroom ragu. To finish the meal a choice of dessert will be offered with the Macha Tiramisu or Chocolate Mousse. You can also supplement the menu with a $40 wine pairing. Apart from the main dining room, the second floor showcases a hidden garden oasis complete with propane heat lamps with lights hanging above. The menu can also be ordered for pick up or delivery and guests need to email the restaurant at order@hortusnyc.com before December 23rd. You can view the full menu here: https://www.hortusnyc.com/smenu/
Nuhma NYC
A Christmas menu available for delivery. Appetizers can come in 6 or 12 pieces and include Baked Brie Puff Pastries, Devils on Horseback, Mushroom Arancini, Jumbo Shrimp Cocktails and Maryland Lump Crab Cakes with old bay aioli. For the first course, enjoy Butternut & Kabocha Squash Soup or Lobster Bisque Soup, Salads include Local Apple Salad with kale, cranberry cheese, candied pecan, pomegranate and apple-balsamic dressing or an Iceberg Wedge Salad. The Main Course includes Apple Cider-honey Glazed Ham, Nuhma’s Surf & Turf with Maine lobster tail thermidor, pastrami picanha steak and housemade steak sauce, Braised Five Spice Short Ribs, Maine Lobster Pot Pie and Cedar Plank Grilled Salmon with dill, lemon, parsley and pomegranate syrup-yoghurt sauce. Sides feature Lobster Ravioli, Potato Gratin, Creamy mashed Potatoes, Cream of Spinach, Haricot Vert and Cauliflower Gratin. There’s an array of desserts as well which includes Nuhma’s Chocolate Cake and a Surprise Christmas Cookie Box. Orders can be made by visiting, https://nuhmanyc.com.
Kissaki
The culinary experience honoring Japanese tradition, is available for delivery on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at their Bowery (319 Bowery), Columbus (286 Columbus Ave) and Hamptons (670 Montauk Hwy) locations. Kissaki’s seasonal menu includes a selection of seasonal items coming from Japan, as well as a special offering in addition to their omakase experience in house. Items include Kan Buri, Ice Fish and Shiro Ebi. Diners can also buy by the gram out of their selection of uni from Maine, Santa Barbara and Hokkaido. To ensure safety, Kissaki’s two robots, their Maki Maker and Nigiri Maker are used for delivery and take out orders. More information can be found by visiting, https://explorekissaki.com.
MIFUNE New York
The acclaimed Michelin-recognized Japanese restaurant in Midtown East, will be offering an At Home Christmas Eve and Day dinner set for $75, which serves 1 to 2 people and gives guests the chance to make their signature holiday Duck Truffle Foie Gras Pie.
The set, which was prepared by Executive Chefs Yuu Shimano and Tomohiro Urata, will include the following:
Duck Truffle Foie Gras Pie (Unbaked)
Foie Gras Truffle Sauce
Potato Puree
Side of Roasted Vegetables
The set will include baking instructions and can be upgraded with add-ons from URBANI TRUFFLES such as Black Winter Truffle from Périgord, France (a whole nugget approximately 20 grams to 25 grams) for $65 or White Truffle from Northern Italy (a whole nugget approximately 10 grams to 15 grams) for $120. You can view the menu here: MIFUNE New York’s Christmas At Home
The MIFUNE New York Christmas Dinner at Home Set can be picked up or delivered.
The pick-up time will be between 3pm to 7pm on Christmas Eve and Day, and they will deliver anywhere below 125th street with a window between 3pm and 7pm.
The set must be preordered by emailing amane.mifune.delivery@gmail.com or through the online store.
Nai Tapas
The Spanish tapas restaurant in the East Village that will be open for Christmas Eve offering their regular menus. Helmed by Galicia-native Chef/Owner Ruben Rodriguez, the restaurant is best experienced with the tasting menu, which can be complemented with a wine list designed by top Spanish Sommelier Daniel Poveda, 2009 Best Sommelier of Madrid or sangria.
For those who prefer an a la carte experience the Nai Tapas menu is divided into two sections with Tapas Tradicionales and Tapas Modernas. Selections on the menus include Chipirones Con Fabas, grilled baby squid with Valencia faba beans and a Pedro Ximenez balsamic reduction; Endivias with red Belgian endive, three-month majored pimentos cheese, candied pecans and granny smith apples with rose vinegar and lemon; Pollo A La Parilla, citrus brined chicken served with a sherry vinegar gastrique and fermented piquillo pepper; and Tomate Desnudo, a standout with napa grape cherry tomatoes placed on top of clear gazpacho gelatin with arbequina extra virgin olive oil, Pedro Ximenez sherry vinegar. The dishes can be expertly paired with their selection of wines, which highlight small family-owned wineries, biodynamic, unfiltered and organic selections. There are also eight flavors of sangria available with Champagne, Passionfruit, White and Red. Nai Tapas has indoor and heated outdoor seating. You can view the menus here: https://www.naitapas.nyc/copy-of-dinner
Amigo by Nai
The taqueria and cocktail experience collaboration from Executive Chef/Owner Ruben Rodriguez of Nai Tapas and Juan “Billy” Acosta co-owner of Los Angeles’ famed Carnitas El Momo that will be open for dine-in and deliver/takeout on Christmas Eve for those who prefer a more unique holiday dining experience. The menu features a selection of tacos including Maciza, pork butt with the bone in; Rabo: oxtail, red mojo and shishito peppers with an optional side of consommé; and Coliflor, shawarma roasted cauliflower with avocado lime chimichurri and marcona almonds.
Additionally, they offer aperitivos like Frijoles con Chorizo and Esquite de Maiz Gratinado. Tacos are available by the pound for delivery and takeout at Amigo by Nai, which averages out to about 10-12 tacos. Amigo by Nai has also created four to-go cocktail bottles with options like Abuela Spiked My Lemonade (Hendrick’s gin, Thai basil, shiso, cucumber, elderflower, velvet falernum, agave and lime. You can order via the website or GrubHub and Seamless. You can view the menu here: https://www.amigonyc.com/menu
Bubby’s
Let Bubby’s do the work: This year Bubby’s is offering take out packages for local pickup on December 24th. Christmas Dinner serves 4 and comes with your choice of mains (Old Fashioned Glazed Ham or Roasted Pallman Farms Turkey Breast/option to add-on Vegetarian Lasagna) plus all your favorite holiday starters (biscuits, shrimp cocktails, butternut squash, market salad), sides (mac n’ cheese, green bean casserole, more!), and pie. All orders must be placed here by end of day on December 17th ($350).
Krug x Mushroom
A perfect pairing with Krug Grande Cuvée 168th Edition, Chef Cassidee has created a delicious mushroom recipe – Roasted Golden Beets with Mushrooms, Winter Truffles and Pine Bud Syrup – as part of Krug’s “World of Craft” program. Perfect for fall and upcoming holiday occasions, this dish is amazingly complex with the sweet flavors of the beets, the earthy mushrooms flavors and the slight scent of pine from the pine bud syrup.
Beginning Tuesday, December 1, the mushroom dish will also be available at Blackberry Farm where guests can enjoy either on the menu or re-create the Krug pairing in a cooking class. For those seeking a local destination to vacation safely, Blackberry Farm provides the ultimate escape and an opportunity to experience Krug x Mushroom this winter season.
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