Restaurant dining this December looks like most of 2020: dining outdoors where possible and getting takeout or delivery. This holiday season, local restaurants are ramping up their offerings up with special menus for holiday dining. There are feasts with traditional roast turkey or ham as the centerpiece as well as modern twists on festive meals.
This curated list isn’t an exhaustive list, so we encourage you to contact your favorite spot and inquire about their holiday celebration menus. Our local restaurants need your support more than ever. We’ll be updating this story as more restaurants reveal their plans.
The following restaurants are open on Christmas Eve:
316 Tap & Barrel Grill
111 W. Main St. Medway, OH 45341
(937) 849-0423
Offering a limited menu on Christmas Eve. We will be taking reservations for parties of no more than 8. We will also be offering curbside pick up and take out. Prime Rib will be one of the main courses.
Amar India Restaurant
2751 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd. Dayton, OH 45459 (937) 439 – 9005
Open Christmas Eve 11.30am –8.00pm, same hours on Christmas Day
Bravo Italian Kitchen
2770 Miamisburg Centerville Rd Centerville (937) 439-1294
Opening at 11am on Christmas – reservations suggested
Carvers Steaks & Chops
Make your reservations today and Enjoy Dinner with us on Christmas Eve from 4 to 9pm
Chappys Social House 
937-439-9200
Company 7 BBQ
1001 S Main St, Englewood, OH 45322
937-836-2777
Open 11am – 4pm
Giovanni’s Fairborn
Mudlick Tap House 
134 E. 2nd Street, Dayton
(937) 895-4066
Join the “jolliest bunch of assholes this side of the nuthouse” and start a new tradition by celebrating Christmas Eve with a “fun, old-fashioned family Christmas!”A Griswold’s Christmas Eve Brunch. 10am – 5pm
Pasha Grill
937-429-9000
Open 11am – 10pm, also open Christmas Day 11am -9pm
Salar
937-203-3999
Smashburger
Sky Asian Cuisine
4090 Wilmington Pike, Kettering, OH
Reservations are highly recommended.
The Caroline
5 S Market St, Troy, OH 45373
937-552-7676
Reservations starting at 3pm, last seating at 8:30pm, credit card required for reservations, 48 hour notice for cancellations
The Florentine 
21 W Market St, Germantown
937-855-7759
Open for both dine-in and curbside pickup from 11am – 10pm.
The Spaghetti Warehouse
937-461-3913
Tokyo Grill
937-610-1999
Watermark
20 S 1st St, Miamisburg, OH 45342
937-802-0891
Open on Christmas Eve from 4-8pm, reservations suggested
Holidays are for spending time with family and friends. However, the holidays can become stressful when you have a houseful of people and are trying to prepare that big Christmas dinner everyone is expecting. Not to mention all the dishes that come with cooking at home that add to the exhaustion.
