{"id":99511,"date":"2025-12-24T07:56:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T07:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/99511\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T07:56:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T07:56:14","slug":"8-fine-dining-restaurants-near-downtown-houston-open-christmas-eve-christmas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/99511\/","title":{"rendered":"8 fine dining restaurants near Downtown Houston open Christmas Eve, Christmas Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are eight fine dining restaurants near Downtown Houston that will be open on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. This list is not comprehensive, and details are subject to change.<\/p>\n<p>Christmas Eve Dining<\/p>\n<p>Trattoria Sofia<\/p>\n<p>The Houston Heights restaurant serves authentic, rustic Italian food in an intimate, romantic setting, with a focus on seasonal items and fresh ingredients. Popular pastas include the cacio e pepe, lamb ragu and shrimp scampi.<\/p>\n<p>B&amp;B Butchers<\/p>\n<p>The fine-dining steakhouse on Washington Avenue will be open Christmas Eve, serving Royal White Sturgeon Caviar, Snake River Farms Pork Chop and brisket ravioli.<\/p>\n<p>Guard and Grace<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant will be serving a selection of chef-crafted seasonal dishes such as the dry-aged duck breast with foie gras dirty rice and Viet-Cajun curry butter, and the bluefin tuna belly tataki with roast tomato ponzu, baby bok choy and pickled daikon.<\/p>\n<p>Le Jardinier<\/p>\n<p>The Michelin-starred French fine-dining restaurant is serving specialties such as lobster and chanterelle vol-au-vent, kale-ricotta gnudi, steelhead trout and cranberry nougat for dessert.<\/p>\n<p>Christmas Day Dining<\/p>\n<p>JW Marriott Houston Downtown<\/p>\n<p>The hotel is serving a three-course Christmas feast, with starters such as wild mushroom soup with truffled sourdough croutons, short rib gnocchi in black truffle sauce and an apple walnut salad with dried cranberries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Japanese restaurant serves hot and cold dishes and is located at The Galleria. (Courtesy Karen Henry\/Nobu)\" height=\"1346\" src=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/uploads\/images\/2025\/12\/22\/401928.jpg\" class=\"include_body\" onerror=\"this.src=\" width=\"2019\"\/>The Japanese restaurant Nobu serves hot and cold dishes and is located at The Galleria. (Courtesy Karen Henry\/Nobu)<\/p>\n<p>Nobu<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy Christmas dinner with Nobu\u2019s renowned menu and exclusive holiday specials, including bluefin toro tartare with caviar and toro carpaccio truffle.<\/p>\n<p>Open 5-9:15 p.m. on Christmas Day, 5-8:15 p.m. on Christmas Eve5115 Westheimer Road, Ste. C-3515, Houston<a href=\"http:\/\/www.noburestaurants.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.noburestaurants.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Remi<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant at Hotel Granduca is hosting a festive, family-style feast with sparkling bubbles, gourmet dishes and seasonal treats.<\/p>\n<p>La Griglia<\/p>\n<p>The Italian restaurant is featuring select holiday specials, including bucatini Amatriciana, pasta alla ruota and Chilean seabass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are eight fine dining restaurants near Downtown Houston that will be open on Christmas Eve or Christmas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[41199,39598,1604,4904,5459,45829,44328,56,58,57,1454,34504,45830,17075,6496,3292,1983],"class_list":["post-99511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-christmas-day","tag-christmas-eve","tag-community-impact","tag-downtown-houston","tag-fine-dining","tag-holiday-menu","tag-hours","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-near-me","tag-open","tag-reservations","tag-river-oaks","tag-specials","tag-where-to-eat","tag-where-to-go"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}