Families and friends are choosing to gather again in 2021, and it shows. Reservations are going fast for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dining, but many restaurants have kept the family meal to-go option that was so popular in 2020. Here’s where to let someone else do the Christmas cooking this year in Fort Worth, whether dining in or ordering for pick-up.

97 West Kitchen & Bar
The Hotel Drover restaurant will be open Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to serve a four-course, Texas-inspired menu. Highlights includes buttermilk fried quail Johnny cakes, lobster bisque, black angus beef tenderloin with lump crab, Cornish hen with fingerling potatoes, and bread pudding with whiskey sauce. Prices vary per choice of main course and range from $79 to $94 per person. Children 6-12 are $28. Dinner will be offered from 4-10 pm both days.

Bacchus Kitchen + Bar
The Grapevine dining destination inside Hotel Vin will serve a four-course feast featuring salad, chestnut bisque, prime rib roast with potato pave and petite vegetables, and spiced chocolate mousse with ginger cream. The meal is $85 per person, with an option to add wine pairings. Seating times are at 5 and 6:30 pm both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

B&B Butchers & Restaurant
The super festive Shops at Clearfork steakhouse is offering an impressive a la carte takeout menu with items ranging from ready-to-bake beef Wellington with foie gras and mushroom duxelles ($425), to roasted prime rib with whipped potatoes and Yorkshire pudding ($650 for whole, $325 for a half). There are also a la carte sides and hors d’oeuvres to-go, including that famous bacon. Place orders with 48 hours’ notice. Or dine in on Christmas Eve and enjoy Christmas carolers during brunch or dinner.

Blue Mesa Southwest Grill
Ready-to-heat Christmas dinner family packs ($130, feeds four to six) include festive cheese enchiladas with red and green sauce along with glazed ham, cinnamon-roasted butternut squash, corncakes, green beans, salad, green chile potatoes, coconut lime tres leches cake, and even a treat for Christmas morning: French toast bread pudding. Order online by December 21 for pick-up December 23-24. For those who wish to dine in, Blue Mesa will be open Christmas Eve and closed Christmas Day.

Bonnell’s Fine Texas Cuisine
The deadline is quick (Thursday, December 16) to order Christmas dinner to-go from Bonnell’s. All items will be ready for pick-up Thursday, December 23 with reheating instructions. Meals range from a whole beef tenderloin dinner for eight ($450) to a pepper-crusted buffalo tenderloin with whiskey cream sauce for eight ($525). Both meals come with house salad, two sides, and a dozen rolls. Or choose from several a la carte sides and desserts like bourbon-buttermilk pie. Bonnell’s will be closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse
The downtown steakhouse will be open at 3 pm both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, serving its normal menu along with a prix-fixe three-course menu ($77 per person) of prime rib, choice of lobster bisque or salad, and pecan pie or butter cake for dessert.

Eatzi’s Market & Bakery
The grab-and-go market will load up on Christmas spread favorites like lobster mac and cheese, mini jumbo lump crab cakes, orange bourbon vanilla glazed ham, bacon-chipotle roasted turkey breast, and smoked Wagyu prime rib roast. Don’t forget dessert, like mocha buche de noel, bourbon pecan pie, and Christmas cookies. All orders must be placed by December 23. Eatzi’s will be closed on Christmas Day.

Omni Fort Worth
The downtown hotel is bringing back its family-friendly Christmas Day brunch buffet. Visit for a smorgasbord of carpaccio, charcuteries, eggs to order, chilled seafood display, coffee-rubbed beef roast, redfish with crawfish gastrique, Christmas yule logs, mince meat pies, and more. The buffet is $70 for adults and $40 for children 6-12. Seating is available every half-hour from 11 am-3 pm.

Toro Toro
The Latin steakhouse inside the Worthington Renaissance Hotel will serve a three-course Christmas dinner featuring roasted prime rib, pork tamales, chorizo and cornbread pudding, and Café de Olla flan. The menu is $65 per person and will be served from 4-10 pm.

Il Modo
The Italian restaurant on the ground level of the Kimpton Harper hotel downtown will host an Italian Christmas Eve tradition: Feast of the Seven Fishes. The five-course dinner will include fried calamari, artichoke crab salad, seafood broth with lobster, shrimp and mussels, linguini with branzino and clams, and tiramisu. The dinner is $68 per person and seating times are 5, 7, and 9 pm.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House
The fine dining steakhouse chain is offering a holiday feast ($195, serves four) that comes with roasted beef tenderloin with horseradish cream, choice of salad, garlic mashed potatoes and creamed spinach, and four personal chocolate cakes — all served hot and ready-to-eat. Holiday sides to-go start at $27.95 and can be picked up hot or chilled with reheating instructions. Must be ordered 48 hours in advance. Ruth’s Chris will be open Christmas Eve and all day starting at 11 am on Christmas Day.

Silver Fox
The high-end steakhouse will be open Christmas Eve from 5 – 8 pm serving its tradition menu, but for those who wish to dine at home, there’s a beef tenderloin family pack ($200, feeds three to four) available to-go. The pack comes with sliced beef tenderloin, mashed potatoes, seasonal vegetables, and creamed corn. Order on or before December 24. Silver Fox will be closed Christmas Day.

Wicked Butcher
The Sinclair Hotel restaurant downtown will serve their normal menu on Christmas Day along with a la carte specials, including butternut squash soup ($12), rack of lamb with chipotle glaze and sweet potato and porcini mushroom gravy ($48) and pumpkin cheesecake ($12). The restaurant will be open from 11 am – 9 pm.