If your family decides to forgo the usual hours in the kitchen for a home-cooked meal this holiday season, you can find a variety of restaurants open in Dallas. These establishments include luxury hotels, upscale Italian restaurants and eating places located inside historic mansions. Serving brunch, lunch and dinner, these restaurants are located throughout the Dallas area and ready to take your reservations for your holiday meal.
The Warwick Melrose Hotel in Oak Lawn on Oak Lawn Avenue at Cedar Spring Road serves as home to The Landmark Restaurant. The establishment held "Zagat" dining guide ratings of "very good to excellent" for its food, decor and service as of October 2010. The restaurant has also received the four-diamond award from the AAA Motor Club and the DiRONA Award from the Distinguished Restaurants of North America.
On Christmas, The Landmark Restaurant features a special holiday brunch. Selections on the menu vary each year. The wine list is a past recipient of the "Wine Spectator" magazine "Award of Excellence." Children can select their meals from a special menu designed for them, and the restaurant has highchairs and booster seats.
Reservations are required to attend the Christmas brunch at The Landmark. The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, and reservations are highly recommended every other day of the year. Business casual attire is appropriate.
This AAA Five-Diamond luxury hotel, the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, serves as home to The Mansion Restaurant and is located at Turtle Creek Boulevard near Gillespie Street in Uptown Dallas. The restaurant held "Zagat" dining guide ratings of "extraordinary to perfection" for its food, decor and service as of October 2010.
The Rosewood Mansion hosts a special Christmas dinner each year that includes a three-course, prix fixe menu. Selections vary annually with past entrees including potato gnocchi with wild mushrooms and veal wrapped in prosciutto. A full bar is available. Children under 12 years of age receive a discounted meal price, and the restaurant has highchairs and booster seats.
Reservations are required for the Christmas dinner at The Mansion Restaurant and highly recommended year-round, when the restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Ask for seating on the patio to enjoy your holiday meal al fresco if the weather is nice. Business casual attire is the norm.
Momo's Italian Restaurant is in the Knox-Henderson neighborhood of Dallas, at the intersection of Knox and Dallas Streets. The restaurant held "Zagat" dining guide ratings of "very good to excellent" for its food, "good to very good" for service and "fair to good" for decor as of October 2010. The restaurant was also named in the top five best Italian restaurants in the WFAA television station A-List Awards in 2009.
On Christmas, Momo's offers its standard menu of Italian fare. The house specialty entree is the portafoglio alla Momo, a Porterhouse steak filled with prosciutto and Gruyere cheese in a sauce made with cream and mushrooms. The restaurant has a full bar.
Reservations are suggested whenever dining at Momo's Italian Restaurant, including on Christmas. Throughout the year, the restaurant serves lunch and dinner daily. Casual attire is acceptable. Outdoor seating is available, weather permitting.
