Holiday Dinner Guide- Portland for Christmas
Looking for the best places to eat for the holidays in Portland? Look no further than the guide below for a festive night out on Christmas Eve, Christmas, or New Year’s Eve.
Bluehour
250 NW 13th Avenue
503-226-3394
Bluehour will be open on Christmas Eve offering a special 3-course dinner for $55. Reservations are available from 5-9pm.
Spend New Year’s Eve under the twinkling lights in Bluehour for a truly beautiful and rocking New Years Eve experience. Bluehour will offer a prix fix menu for $75 dollars per person (with an optional wine pairing) from 5pm-11pm. A DJ will be spinning from 9pm-2am, so be sure to wear your dancing shoes!
Bluehour is closed on Christmas Day and New Years Day.
Bowery Bagels
310 NW Broadway
503-227-6674
Bowery Bagels is open regular hours on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve, 7 am to 2pm so Portlanders can pick up their bagels and schmear for Christmas morning or for the first bite of 2016! Bowery also has two great holiday bagel flavors on the menu just for December – a Ginger Bagel and Cranberry Spice Bagel. Bowery Bagels will be closed on Christmas Day and New Years Day.
Coquine
6839 SE Belmont Street
503-384-2483
Coquine will be open on Christmas Eve for Café hours, 8am-3pm. They will be closed for dinner on Christmas Eve and closed all day on Christmas Day. The bakery case will be full of special holiday baked goods in the weeks leading up to Christmas! Call to pre-order Coquine’s amazing chocolate chip cookies and special spiced gingerbread loaves for your holiday festivities.
Coquine will be serving a special five-course Prix-Fixe Menu ($85 per person) for New Year’s Eve with three seatings offered. An optional wine pairing will be available for $50 per person. The Dinner Menu will be Omnivore friendly and they ask that guests inform them at the time of making the reservation if they require a vegetarian menu (which they will gladly offer). Seatings are being offered between 5pm and 6pm, 7:30pm to 8:30pm, and 10pm to 10:30pm. For reservations, please call the restaurant at 503.384.2483.
The Country Cat
7937 SE Stark
503.408.1414
The Country Cat will be taking reservations for all sized parties up to 12 people this New Year’s Eve making it the perfect place to gather all your friends for the last dinner of 2015. They will be serving their regular menu in addition to some special New Year’s Eve items! The Country Cat will be open regular hours for brunch (hair of the dog!) and dinner on New Year’s Day.
Fogo de Chão
930 SW 6th Avenue
503-241-0900
Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse in Portland will have special hours during the holidays: they will be open for lunch 11:30am-2pm and dinner from 5pm-9pm on Christmas Eve and they will be closed on Christmas Day. Holiday menu additions included as part of their Full Churrasco Experience are classic slow roasted beef roast; Quentão (keen-tao) – a warm Brazilian mulled red wine made with fresh oranges, cinnamon, clove, and ginger; Sweet Potato Casserole with rich butter, cinnamon, and toasted marshmallows; and tender New York Strip steak carved tableside by gaucho chefs.
Celebrate New Year’s Eve Brazilian style at Fogo de Chão, in the heart of Downtown. Try any of their 15 cuts of meat and enjoy their bountiful Market Table! The cocktail menu features some new wintery additions, including their new cocktail, Quentão (keen-tao) – a warm Brazilian mulled red wine made with fresh oranges, cinnamon, clove, and ginger.
Levant
2448 East Burnside
503-954-2322
Only a few weeks left to dine at Levant before they close at the end of the year! Levant will be open for dinner on Christmas Eve and closed on Christmas Day, but be sure to come in for brunch on Saturday or Sunday after Christmas!
Come celebrate the last night of Levant, and of 2015, with dinner on New Years – don’t miss this special night!
Marché
296 East Fifth Avenue, Eugene, Oregon
541-342-3612
Spend the holidays in beautiful Eugene, Oregon! Christmas Eve reservations at Marché are available until 8pm, and breakfast will be served on Christmas Day and New Years Day fom 7am to 11am.
Make any last minute grocery and gift purchases at Marché’s Provisions Market Hall from 8am to 6pm on Christmas Day, and they will be open normal hours, 8am to 8pm on New Year’s Eve, perfect for those hosting a party and are doing last minute shopping!
If you’re ringing in the New Year in Eugene, spend the night with Marché and enjoy with festive dinner specials including a caviar & blini starter, tenderloin with foie butter and truffles, truffle soufflé, lots of champagne and more. They’ll be serving dinner right up until midnight! Call for reservations.
Muselet
3730 SW Bond Ave
503-265-8133
Muselet will be open for dinner on Christmas Eve from Open 5pm-Close. A perfect time to come try the SW Portland restaurants wine focused, approachable food balancing classic preparation and modern technique that is inspired by the Northwest bounty showcasing a sense of place and intention. Muselet is Closed on Christmas Day through Monday December 28th and reopens with dinner service on December 29. Cozy up in Southwest Portland’s Muselet for a four-Course, prix fixe dinner ($68 per person) with extra special NYE wine and Champagne pairing options: $45 All Oregon wines, $55 Around the World wines, $75 Champagne pairing. After dinner, continue the party at 11pm and for an additional $20 per person you can enjoy free- flowing bubbles!
Already have dinner plans but want to join Muselet for the 11pm party? For $40 per person (or $60 per couple), stop by and enjoy savory snacks and free-flowing bubbles including Veuve Cliquot, Taittinger, Moutard, Baron Fuente, Andre Clouet, Billecart-Salmon, Argyle and more.
Seven-course New Year’s Eve Dinner Menu at Muselet:
amuse
oysters
half shell, netarts
or
winter greens
buffalo mozzarella, oregon truffles
braised squash
hen glace
or
roast turnip
sak lees, trout roe
Intermezzo
monkfish
smoked clam chowder
or
wagyu
salsify
chocolate
dark and milk, hazelnut, bourbon
or
caramel
poached apples, madeleine cake, vanilla ice cream
Olympia Provisions
Northwest Restaurant
1632 NW Thurman Street
503-894-8136
Southeast Restaurant
107 SE Washington Street
503-954-3663
Celebrate New Years Eve with friends at Olympia Provisions Southeast or Olympia Provisions Northwest with a special six course Chef’s tasting menu ($65 per person) being offered at each! An optional wine pairing will be available for an additional $35 per person. An a la carte menu will also be available. Each location will have a different menu:
Olympia Provisions Southeast NYE Menu
amuse bouche: gougère
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venison carpaccio with shaved vegetables or
deviled egg with cured salmon
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selection of house french charcuterie or
selection of french cheese
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endive, oranges, chevre or
cauliflower soup, mussel salad
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braised lamb shoulder steak, root vegetables, preserved lemon or
poached prawns, mushroom risotto, shellfish broth
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frozen kir royale
cassis sorbet, champagne sabayon in a meringue cup or
valrhona chocolate terrine
grand marnier oranges, citrus creme anglaise, fleur de sel
Olympia Provisions Northwest NYE Menu
amuse bouche: squash consommé
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sweet potato tartlet, lemon creme fraiche, spiced walnuts or
tempura oysters, tarragon mousseline, cranberry relish
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selection of house french charcuterie or
selection of french cheese
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grilled escarole, radish, grated egg, truffle vinaigrette or
lentil salad, mache, foie gras torchon, lemon vinaigrette
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cotriade | dungeness crab, mussels, clams, monkfish, salsify, leek broth
or
goose | smoked breast, confit thigh, citrus and fennel salad, puffed barley, jus
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frozen kir royale
cassis sorbet, champagne sabayon in a meringue cup or
valrhona chocolate terrine
grand marnier oranges, citrus creme anglaise, fleur de sel
*a la carte menu will also be available*
RingSide Steakhouse
2165 W. Burnside
503-223-1513
RingSide Grill
14021 NE Glisan
503-255-0750
RingSide Fish House
838 SW Park Avenue
503-227-3900
All three RingSide Properties will be open on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve with holiday specials on the menu. All three will be closed on Christmas Day and New Years Day.
RingSide is also offering a special gift card deal for the holidays: Get a $50 bonus dining card when you purchase $300 in gift cards, or get a $100 bonus dining card when you purchase $500 in gift cards.
Heathman Restaurant and Bar
Christmas Eve Prix Fixe Menu in Dining Room
As an alternative to the Christmas Day Grand Buffet, a prix fixe menu will be served in the main dining room on both Christmas Eve (5 p.m. to 10 p.m.) and Christmas Day (Noon to 9 p.m.) for $59 per adult and $19 for children 12 and under. Highlights from the prixe fixe menu include:
Appetizers
Lobster bisque
Foie gras torchon
Caesar salad
Asian pear salad
Entrees
Grilled Prime Rib
Handmade pappardelle with black trumpet mushrooms, chevre and Oregon truffles
Maine lobster
Anderson Valley Ranch lamb
Fisherman’s stew
Dessert
Apple galette
Bûche de Noël
Pistachio bread pudding
Blood orange chocolate parfait
Christmas Day Grand Buffet
Noon to 6 p.m., $59 per adult and $19 for children 12 and under plus gratuity.
The traditional Christmas Day buffet will be served on the second floor mezzanine and private dining rooms. Some highlights include:
Appetizers
Roasted butternut squash farro and baby arugula salad
Hearts of Romaine Caesar salad
Shaved pear with spinach, goat cheese and fig vinaigrette
Tortellini pasta salad
Roasted beet and fennel salad
Charcuterie and dry meat platter
Seasonal fruit display
Grand Seafood Display: Oysters, chilled prawns, whole smoked salmon, seared Albacore tuna, smoked trout, salmon pâté.
Carving Stations:
Roasted pit ham with a dijon mustard honey glaze
Double R Ranch roast sirloin of beef au jus
Anderson Ranch leg of lamb
Entrees
Roasted pork loin with spinach puree
Steelhead salmon with leek fondue
Chicken coq au vin with foraged mushrooms, caramelized pearl onions
Dessert
Bread pudding
Apple pear crisp
Pecan tart
Pear frangipane tart
Apple pie
Pumpkin pie
Pumpkin cheesecake