Dining room at La Colombe d'Or's Tonight and Tomorrow restaurant
Badolina Bakery
Whether you’re fueling up with some coffee, a personal pastry, flavored focaccia, or taking it to-go to impress your family, Badolina will be open to get you through Christmas Day. Grab an artisan loaf of bread or three! Smoked sourdough bread with sour cherries anyone?
Benny Chows
This still-new Cantonese concept from Berg Hospitality is festively decorated for the holidays. On Christmas Day, lunch and dinner will be served or indulge in the special four-course prix-fix menu ($95).
Bloom and Bee
Bloom and Bee
The pretty Post Oak Hotel restaurant is open for reservations on Christmas Day, offering a special three-course menu. But the fun starts before that with Holiday Brunch Dec. 17 and 31, Brunch with Santa Dec. 23, and on Christmas Eve.
Cleburne Cafeteria
With traditional recipes that date back almost 80 years, this legendary restaurant will welcome guests for dine-in or takeout from 11am-8pm on Christmas Day.
Hamsa
Hamsa
The modern Israeli Rice Village hotspot will feature an array of mouthwatering shareable dishes for the whole family to enjoy. Sip a seasonal cocktail like the Christmas at the House of Ritten or a Chai Hot Buttered Rum. Open on Christmas Day 11:30am-9:30pm; reservations can be made via Resy.
Kiran's
Christmas Day brunch is buffet style with a wide assortment of Indian delicacies including starters, mains like carved leg of lamb, tandoori salmon and chicken tikka masala with sides, and a dessert extravaganza!
MaKiin Thai
This luxurious Thai newcomer in the Hanover River Oaks will be open from 11am-10pm both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Rest assured that the chefs are serving a special upscale menu full of creative surprises for both occasions.
Phat Eatery
Phat's beef Wellington
Phat Eatery will be open on Christmas Day until 8pm. In addition to signature family-style Malaysian night market hits, James Beard Award semifinalist chef Alex Au-Yeung will be offering Wagyu Beef Rendang Wellington. Call 832.412.2927 for reservations, or book online.
Tonight & Tomorrow at La Colombe d'Or
Indulge with breakfast, brunch, and dinner service featuring a special à la carte Christmas Day menu as well as the restaurant’s daily seasonal menus. Appetizers like Lamb Enmoladas and Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad and entrées of Blackened Heritage Turkey, Short Rib Bourguignon, and Roasted Chilean Sea Bass headline the Christmas Day menu.
Toro Toro at The Four Seasons
Christmas Day brunch at The Four Seasons Hotel downtown is always a sumptuous gift. Served from 10am-3pm, the decadent spread includes an omelet station, a cold seafood display, a meat-carving station and an array of desserts ($145 per person, $65 per child). Toro Toro will also be open for Christmas dinner with its a la carte menu.
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Nice Winery in Spring Branch
Angelle’s rendition of an extremely cute monkey with pink cheeks and a purple bow, wearing a sash of colorful letters that spell the word “SURVIVOR,” is an earnest and poignant tribute to the resilience of children in the face of cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Angelle is a participant in the Periwinkle Arts in Medicine’s program Making A Mark, which exhibits art and creative writing by children touched by cancer and blood disorders at Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Center. (Last year, we spoke to multidisciplinary artist Matt Manalo about his experience as a Making A Mark guest artist.) Thirty percent of proceeds from the sale of each $60 bottle of “Survivor Monkey” will go toward The Periwinkle Foundation to help fund its programs, including Making A Mark, as well as summer camps and long-term survivor programs for children and their families.
Nice Winery is owned by certified sommeliers Ryan Levy and Ian Eastveld, both Le Cordon Bleu-trained chefs, and both committed to supporting the charitable mission of The Periwinkle Foundation. Survivor Monkey is a 100 percent Zinfandel from fruit sourced from a sustainably farmed, family-owned estate in the Sonoma Valley. Its scent is described by Nice Winery as “Christmas spice, cardamom, cinnamon, and cedar,” and its flavor a combination of “vibrant blackberry notes are layered with plums, violets, and roses.”
“I hope ‘Survivor Monkey’ will be on holiday lists for all of the many wine lovers in the Houston area,” said Doug Suggitt, executive director for The Periwinkle Foundation. “Not only is it a perfect wine for the winter holidays, it keeps on giving by helping to fund our programs.”
Ian Eastveld, Ryan Levy and Payton with framed artwork
Payton with Survivor Monkey Wine
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