Craft Dallas
Craft Dallas reaches beyond its typical breakfast, lunch and dinner menus with a special Christmas Day menu. This upscale Dallas restaurant serves beef tenderloin, shrimp, gnocchi and roasted quail during Christmas dinner. The kitchen prepares ice cream and sorbet samplers to end your Christmas meal with sweet flavors. Craft Dallas also offers a three-course tasting menu on Christmas Eve culminating in slices of pecan and pumpkin pie. Diners can head to Craft Dallas around the holidays for short rib sandwiches, buttermilk pancakes and three-egg omelets from the brunch menu.
Craft Dallas
2440 Victory Park Lane, Suite 100
Dallas, TX 75219
(214) 397-4111
craftrestaurant.com/craft_dallas_style.html
Charlie Palmer at the Joule
Charlie Palmer at the Joule in downtown Dallas serves brunch and dinner on December 25th each year. The Christmas brunch menu begins with small plates like potato soup and Waldorf salads. You can enjoy crisp sea bass, eggs Benedict and pancakes on Christmas. The kitchen also creates chocolate terrine and spiced plum pudding to conclude the December 25th brunch service. Charlie Palmer at the Joule offers main courses of bone-in ribeyes, pork tenderloin and pheasant tajine for Christmas dinner. You can order from the restaurant's 700-bottle wine cellar to complement your Christmas meal.
Charlie Palmer at the Joule
1530 Main St.
Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 261-4600
charliepalmer.com/Properties/CharliePalmerAtJoule
The Mansion Restaurant
The Mansion Restaurant serves dinner every December 25th from the first floor of the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek. The Christmas dinner menu kicks off with potato gnocchi, oysters and poached gulf prawns. Main courses include monkfish and pan-roasted halibut. The Mansion Restaurant serves a weekend brunch and daily lunch menu outside of its Christmas Day service. The three-course lunch is headlined by roasted eggplant and grilled salmon. The dessert menu offered 365 days a year includes an ice cream sampler and homemade candy bars.
The Mansion Restaurant
2821 Turtle Creek Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75219
(214) 443-4747
mansiononturtlecreek.com/dine1.cfm
Toulouse Cafe and Bar
Toulouse Cafe and Bar in Dallas serves three-course lunches and dinners on December 25th. Start your Christmas meal with butternut squash soup and chestnut custard, then continue with main courses like seared scallops and baked ham in brioche. Finish your Christmas lunch or dinner with sticky toffee pudding and yule log cake made on site. Toulouse Cafe and Bar offers red and white wines by the glass or bottle to accompany your Christmas Day meal.
Toulouse Cafe and Bar
3314 Knox St.
Dallas, TX 75205
(214) 520-8999
toulousecafeandbar.com
About The Author
Nicholas Katers has been a freelance writer since 2006. He teaches American history at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wis. His past works include articles for "CCN Magazine," "The History Teacher" and "The Internationalist" magazine. Katers holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in American history from University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, respectively.
