For more information:
Emily Connolly or Morgan Lanier
Melissa Libby & Associates
404-816-3068
HO, HO, HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS AT THESE ATLANTA
RESTAURANTS
Food and Drink
Specials Abound for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
Holiday cheer
has spread through the Atlanta air, giving residents a reason to celebrate.
Skip the stress of planning your holiday meal this year. Here are some of
Atlanta’s best restaurants and nightspots that will be open Christmas Eve or
Christmas Day and have you covered with holly jolly specials, events and
takeout options:
Enjoy an
elegant Christmas Eve dinner at Aria in
Buckhead before heading out to a candlelight service or to view Christmas
lights. Gerry Klaskala’s acclaimed restaurant opens at 5 p.m. Dec. 24.
Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in
Virginia-Highland stays open late Christmas Eve night for those waiting up for
Santa (or frustrated by DIY assembly directions). Coals glowing in the Big
Green Egg will rival the lights on your big green tree when the neighborhood
gathering spot opens at 4 p.m. on Christmas Day. The special prix fix dinner
menu stars BGE smoked turkey breast with caramelized apple and sage stuffing
and cider gravy; bourbon glazed ham and roasted root vegetables; a crispy onion
and roasted mushroom-decked green bean casserole; roasted garlic mashed
potatoes; cranberry Grand Marnier compote; sweet potato biscuits; and sugarplum
choices of peppermint cheesecake or Southern pecan pie for dessert.
Reservations recommended, call 404-876-7249. Priced at $28 for adults, $18 for
young adults and $10 for the under 10 set.
Down the street
in Poncey-Highland, Rize Artisan Pizza +
Salads will be open Christmas Eve and serving from its regular menu of
artisan pizzas, healthy salads and global American fare from 11 a.m.-9 p.m.
5Church Atlanta in Midtown will be open
Christmas Eve and serving from their regular menu. Closing time will be
determined by the amount of merriment filling its dining room and bar.
Your Christmas
cheer headquarters is Ormsby’s.
The Westside restaurant will be open on Christmas Eve and serving as usual,
although closing time is flexible. Ormsby’s will be closed on Christmas
Day.
Opt for brunch
in Midtown before you finish your last minute holiday shopping. The Federal will be open for brunch only on
Christmas Eve from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
After a
Christmas Eve stroll in Piedmont Park or taking in Garden Lights Holiday Nights
at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, stop by HOBNOB Neighborhood Tavern
in Midtown and warm up with favorite dishes and drinks from the regular menu.
Park the sleigh at HOBNOB on Christmas Day to celebrate the holiday from 3-9
p.m.
Order your
Christmas meal to-go! Milton’s Cuisine
& Cocktails has Applewood-smoked turkeys with Madeira gravy and spiral
hams with bourbon-orange glaze available for purchase for $85 each plus tax.
Both options comes with one side and feeds 6-8 people. Additional sides are available
upon request for $18 a quart. Order by Dec. 19 and pick up Dec. 23 and Dec. 24.
Place your order here
or call 770-817-0161. Visit Milton’s on Christmas Eve for holiday specials in
addition to their regular menu.
Marc Taft’s Chicken and the Egg is clucking up a
special Christmas Eve menu
available Dec. 23 from 5-10 p.m. and Christmas Eve from 5-9 p.m. Before supper,
grab pork croquettes or creamy mushroom bisque before you dive into salt and
herb-crusted prime rib (while it lasts!) or C+E famous buttermilk fried
chicken. Pro tip: bring Santa your leftover spiced apple cake and you’re sure
to be on his good list!
Relax after all of that last minute holiday shopping and enjoy Christmas Eve dinner with friends and family at Gypsy Kitchen at The Shops Buckhead Atlanta. Gypsy Kitchen will serve dinner from 5-9 pm and the bar will remain open until 10 pm. The menu features executive chef Matthew Ridgway’s signature Spanish cuisine that includes a variety of shareable snacks (pinchos), small plates (tapas), entrées (raciónes) and larger sharing plates (platos largos) for communal-style meals. Make reservations online or by calling (404) 939-9840.
Across the
Chattahoochee River in East Cobb, sister restaurants Seed Kitchen & Bar and Stem Wine Bar on Johnson Ferry Road and Drift Fish House & Oyster Bar at
The Avenue Marietta will all be open as usual and offering their regular menus
on Christmas Eve.
During
Christmas Week Dec. 18-24, enjoy a special three-course holiday dinner at Aqua
blue. The $39 per person prix fixe menu includes seafood gumbo or
house salad; grilled ahi tuna with scallops and shrimp or grilled New York
strip with coconut shrimp; and warm chocolate cake or New York-style chocolate cheesecake.
Call 770-643-8886 for reservations.
Secreto Southern Kitchen & Bar in
Alpharetta will be open and featuring a prix fix menu on Dec. 24. The staff is
taking Christmas Day off and hopes you’ll be enjoying the day with friends and
family as well.
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