This holiday season, deck the halls at one of you favorite Boston restaurants, where the city’s best chefs are working overtime to create festive holiday menus that’ll suit your Christmas Day dining needs – see what chefs have in store at spots like Aujourd’hui, Aura, Avenue One, Bristol Lounge, Cafe Fleuri, Coach House, Crowne Pointe, Eastern Standard, Henrietta’s Table, Meritage and Turner Fisheries.
Chef William Kovel welcomes guests to Aujourd’hui on Christmas Day for a holiday buffet that’ll please even the most discerning palate. The buffet, which runs from 11:00am until 8:00pm, costs $98 per person (not including tax or gratuity). Call Aujourd’hui at 617.351.2037 to book your table.
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Get cozy this Christmas at Aura, where recently appointed chef Frank Toohey will be serving a spectacular brunch at one seating only (12:00-12:30pm). Christmas Day diners can choose from among courses like caramelized apple pancakes with warm Vermont maple syrup; poached eggs over griddled seafood cakes; and pan seared salmon with grilled asparagus, fondant potato and Chardonnay butter sauce. Dinner costs $42 for adults and $17 for children under 12, not including tax or gratuity. Make your reservations for Aura’s holiday brunch by calling 617.385.4300.
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Celebrate the season at Avenue One at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Boston. Chef Lisa Lyon and her team will be offering a three-course prix fixe on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Highlights from the menu include Maine lobster bisque with white truffle whipped cream and a New England corn beignet; salmon Wellington with spinach, scallop mousse and dill hollandaise; and raspberry crème brulée with a chocolate-dipped Florentine and a Chambord Royale sipper. Dinner costs $55 per person, not including tax and gratuity. Children ages 5-12 are half price, and children age 4 and under are complimentary. Call Avenue One at 617.422.5579 to make reservations.
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The Four Seasons Boston’s Bristol Lounge welcomes holiday diners to sit down for a Christmas Day buffet from 10:00am until 2:00pm. Executive chef Brooke Vosika and pastry chef Tim Fonseca are still working on the menu for the festivities. Call 617.351.2053 to book your table for $45 per person (exclusive of tax, gratuity and alcohol).
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On Christmas Day, diners at Café Fleuri can enjoy a lively jazz brunch, complete with face painting, balloon sculpting, Victorian Singers, photos ops with Santa and, of course, a deletable brunch from chefs Mark Sapienza, John Lambiase and pastry chef Alex Luna. Christmas Day jazz brunch costs $60 for adults, $30 for children between tha ages of 5 and 12 and nothing for children four and under. Call Café Fleuri at 617.956.8751 to book your table.
Get away for the holiday and head to Martha’s Vineyard where chef Joshua Hollinger welcomes guests to the Coach House at the Harbor View Hotel for his Grand Buffet. Available from 11:30am to 5:00pm, the holiday spread includes dishes like chilled tenderloin of beef with noodle salad and wasabi cream; roasted beet and endive salad with applewood smoked bacon vinaigrette; and pan seared Atlantic salmon with lentils and pork belly. The buffet costs $36 for adults and $16 for children. Children under five are complimentary. Reservations are strongly recommended call 508.627.3761.
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Enjoy Christmas at the Bistro at Crowne Pointe in Provincetown where chef Amy Howell celebrates with an elaborate four-course menu chock full of seasonal goodness. Guests can tuck in to puree of pear, parsnip and pumpkin soup; and prime rib with a robust Beaujolais veal reduction, and horseradish and browned shallot mashed potatoes. For dessert, indulge in a little gingerbread cheesecake with a gingerbread cookie. Howell’s Christmas menu, which is available from 6:00-9:00pm, costs $54.95 per person, not including tax, gratuity or beverages. Call 508.487.6767 to make reservations.
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Enjoy the holiday at Eastern Standard where chef Jamie Bissonnette will be serving breakfast and dinner on Christmas Day. Swing by from 7:00am until 12:00pm for breakfast fare or make reservations from 2:00-9:00pm to enjoy a holiday prix fixe. The menu, which costs $50 per adult and $20 per child, includes Bissonnette’s renditions of a traditional turkey dinner as well as seasonal holiday favorites like beef Wellington, prime rib and veal Oscar. Call 617.532.9100 to book your table or for more information.
Henrietta’s Table hosts a holiday buffet on Christmas Day from 12:00-8:00pm. Perfect for Cantabrigians who don’t feel like cooking or holiday travelers who are staying at the Charles Hotel, the menu features chef Peter Davis’ honest to goodness cooking in courses like spinach salad with warm applewood-smoked bacon dressing and hard boiled egg; star anise-marinated fruit salad; mustard and thyme-glazed salmon; smokehouse ham and desserts like marble cheesecake; gingerbread cake and rum raisin bread pudding. The buffet costs $55 per adult and $25 for children under 12. Call Henrietta’s Table at 617.661.5005 to make a reservation.
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Celebrate the holiday at Meritage at the Boston Harbor Hotel, where chef Daniel Bruce will be welcoming guests for a five course menu featuring choices like warm lemon and caviar glazed Wawenoc oysters and micro amaranth; prosciutto wrapped venison loin with Beluga lentil ragout, crispy bacon and black currant sauce; and a nut tasting plate of chestnut cream mousse, maple walnut pumpkin pie and warm hazelnut cake with caramel laced bananas. Dinner, which will be served from 5:00-10:00pm, costs $95 for adults and $37.50 for the children’s three-course prix fixe. Call Meritage at 617.439.3995 to reserve your table.
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Christmas Day guests at Turner Fisheries can enjoy all sorts of deliciousness at chef Frank Neugebauer’s all day long buffet. Neugebauer and his team cover all the bases with an assortment of salads (think: winter mache with crispy pancetta, pecans and roasted pears; and golden beets with crumbled goat cheese and green apples), and hot and hearty favorites like Turner’s award-winning clam chowder, roasted prime rib, honey basted Virginia ham and herb and brioche crusted cod. There’ll also be a pasta station if you’re in the mood for roasted butter nut squash ravioli with roasted tomato and gorgonzola cream sauce, and a breakfast station, if you’ve got a hankering for made to order omelets or Belgian waffles. The buffet, which costs $59 per adult and $22 for children, runs from 10:30am until 9:00pm. To make reservations, call 617.424.7425.
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