It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. If you’ve got your hands full making merry and drumming up some holiday cheer (not to mention gift getting and gift giving), let the professionals handle the cooking for you.
Get ready to get comfy over a wonderful Christmas Day meal from local chefs who are rolling out festive fare for you to enjoy on-site or at-home. Just scroll down to see which restaurants are open for Christmas and where you can book a table for on-site dining. Or, if you’re looking to pre-order your Christmas takeout in Boston and get Christmas dinner to-go so you can have a perfectly catered holiday right from the comfort of your very own house. Be sure to keep checking back — this is just the beginning.
For Boston restaurants that are open for Christmas Eve or offering take-out, click here.
Cambridge - East Cambridge
Dine-In
Have an easy breezy early Christmas morning at Bambara. The restaurant at the Kimpton Marlowe Hotel will be serving their usual breakfast menu with café style service, so you can enjoy a breakfast of omelets, benedicts, brioche French toast and more before heading back home to open all the presents.
Availability: 7:00-10:30am
Price: A la Carte
25 Edwin H Land Boulevard
Cambridge, MA 02141
617-868-4444
Cambridge
Take-Out
Get all things holiday - pies, quiche and seasonal treats - from your friends at Hi-Rise bakery. Make sure to check out their popular Panforte with French glacéed lemon and orange. and their Bûche de Noël decorated with with meringue mushrooms, sugared cranberries, white chocolate leaves, and rosemary.
Availability: Order ASAP for pick-up Monday, December 18th through Sunday, December 24th; Consult the ordering page for pick-up time-slots
Price: A la Carte
208 Concord Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
617.876.8766
Cambridge - Kendall Square
Take-Out
Celebrate the holidays with Japanese tapas from the team at PAGU. Complete with specials like a Sticky Rice Duck Meal, Koji Prime Rib and Suckling Pig and Ramen kits, the holiday spread from this Cambridge fave will be full of flavor. Browse all the options and even add on a cocktail or mocktail, so you don't have to lift a finger.
Availability: Order by Tuesday, December 19th for pick-up Saturday, December 23rd
Price: A la Carte
310 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-945-9290
Cambridge - Harvard Square
Take-Out
Have a holly, jolly, BBQ-filled Christmas with boxes from the experts at The Smoke Shop. Andy Husbands & his teams at all four locations are putting together kits-for-two complete with brisket, burnt ends, pulled chicken and more. Order multiples if you've got many mouths to feed and just pick the location of your choice for Christmas Eve pick-up.
Availability: Order by 4:00pm on Thursday, December 21st for pickup on Sunday, December 24th between 11:00am and 5:00pm
Price: $80 for two
8 Holyoke Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-547-7427
Cambridge - Kendall Square
Take-Out
Have a holly, jolly, BBQ-filled Christmas with boxes from the experts at The Smoke Shop. Andy Husbands & his teams at all four locations are putting together kits-for-two complete with brisket, burnt ends, pulled chicken and more. Order multiples if you've got many mouths to feed and just pick the location of your choice for Christmas Eve pick-up.
Availability: Order by 4:00pm on Thursday, December 21st for pickup on Sunday, December 24th between 11:00am and 5:00pm
Price: $80 for two
1 Kendall Square #100
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-577-7427
