Sometimes, all you want for Christmas is for someone else to take the reins when it comes to turning out delicious food for the special occasion. In New Orleans, check out these places all over the city. Also included: three places to get food to pick up and eat in the comfort of home.
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Where to Eat on Christmas Day in New Orleans
Forget the cooking and cleaning - treat yourself on Christmas Day to an elegant (or not so much) meal with these places open on Dec. 25.
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Café Adelaide & the Swizzle Stick Bar
WAREHOUSE DISTRICT: The special Christmas menu includes turducken and redfish specials.
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SoBou
FRENCH QUARTER: Open regular hours for breakfast, lunch, and dinner with its regular menu.
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Compère Lapin
WAREHOUSE DISTRICT: Family style meal with porchetta as the star, and pesto pasta, oyster dressing, and charred green beans with tomato sofrito. Start with a choice of apps, like curried pumpkin soup or scallop crudo with satsuma and green apple.
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Morton's The Steakhouse
FRENCH QUARTER: Open from 2-9pm on Christmas.for steaks, wine, and good times.
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The Rib Room
FRENCH QUARTER: Open from 11:30am-7pm with a special 3 course brunch, $52-62 depending on the main course ordered. Try the prime rib or crispy leg of confit duck. Or, for the more traditional touch, turkey ballontine
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Restaurant R'evolution
FRENCH QUARTER: Open from 11 a.m to 8 p.m. for French Quarter elegance on Christmas Day.
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The Bombay Club
FRENCH QUARTER: Check out Bombay Club's Reveillon menu with rabbit and andouille gumbo, foie gras poached flounder, and as a lagniappe, Preakness Eggnog.
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Borgne
CBD: Enjoy a 4-course Christmas menu including Chef Landry faves like shrimp toast, blue crab bisque, a whole flounder stuffed with crab and shrimp, and much more.
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Chiba
RIVERBEND: Treat yo'self to some sushi on Christmas Day.
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Chophouse New Orleans
CBD: Go Flintstonian with giant cuts of 28 day dry aged beef.
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Nirvana Indian Cuisine
UPTOWN: Get your curry on during dinner hours on Christmas Day.
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Fountain Lounge
CBD: Get a four-course dinner in the middle of the Roosevelt's Christmas decoration extravaganza featuring dishes like oyster artichoke veloute, roasted duckling with foie gras rice dressing, and lobster ginger ravioli.
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Tujague's Restaurant
FRENCH QUARTER: A traditional Creole Reveillon menu shines at this historic FQ restaurant with a recently revamped menu.
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Lüke
CBD: Open all day, check out Luke's four course prix fixe menu for $60, featuring items such as stuffed P&J oysters and grilled veal loin. They will also be serving a limited a la carte menu with some of their classic dishes like Flammenkuchen (Alsatian flatbread), buttermilk fried quail, and moules et frites.
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Besh Steak
CBD: Take a break from gambling your Christmas pennies away and check out Besh Steak for a high end steak dinner.
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Desi Vega's Steakhouse
TAKE OUT (WAREHOUSE DISTRICT): This steakhouse is offering turkey breast with all the trimmings for takeout, but hurry up - the deadline for ordering is December 17.
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Willa Jean
TAKE OUT (WAREHOUSE DISTRICT): Get some sides and desserts at Willa Jean, for pickup on Christmas Eve and the Christmas morning.
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St Roch Market
TAKE OUT (ST. ROCH): Get all the holiday fixins to go from the vendors at St. Roch, including Shank Charcuterie, the Mayhaw, Elysian Seafood, King Creole, La Mezcla, and the Sweet Spot.
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