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Restaurant News wishes our readers a joyous holiday this 2021 and looks forward to a brighter and better 2022.
Readers have asked for information — “Who is open for Christmas and New Year’s?”
My outreach to our busy establishments netted these responses:
Christmas Eve: 3:30-8:30 p.m.
Christmas Day: Closed
New Year’s Eve: 4-9:30 p.m.
New Year’s Day: 4-8:30 p.m.
Closed on Christmas Day, open regular hours on New Year’s Day
Closed Christmas Eve and Day and New Year’s Day.
New Year’s Eve menu will feature Guachile Oysters, Wagyu Beef Tartare, and more, View the five-course tasting menu, and make a reservation to dine at bardojo.com
Closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day
New Year’s Eve: Open from 9:30 p.m. until 1 a.m. with a DJ from Jamaica playing.
Christmas Eve: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Christmas Day: Closed
New Year’s Day: 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
New Year’s Eve: Featuring a four-course pre fixe menu featuring Fire & The Feast’s Crab & Citrus Salad, Scallop Crudo, and house-made Porchetta
View their New Year’s Eve menu and make a reservation to dine online at fireandthefeast.com
Christmas Eve: 4-10 p.m.
Christmas: closed
Closed both Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, open regular hours on all other days.
Christmas Eve: Noon-5 p.m.
Christmas: closed
Closed on Christmas Day but otherwise open starting at 4 p.m.
Fans of this amazing Thai street food will be pleased to know they will be open on Christmas Eve and again on New Year’s Eve. Closed as usual on Sunday-Monday.
Christmas Eve: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Christmas Day: Closed
Closed Christmas Day and the day after, Dec. 26, and closed New Year’s Day and Jan. 2.
Christmas Eve: 7 a.m.-3 p.m.
Christmas Day: Closed
New Year’s Eve: 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
New Year’s Day: 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
New Year’s Eve: 11 a.m.-9 p.m.
New Year’s Day: Closed
Closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
New Year’s Eve: open until about 1 a.m. with a champagne toast at midnight.
Christmas Eve: open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Christmas Day: closed
New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Salish Sea Brewing/Boathouse Taproom
Open noon-4 p.m. Christmas Eve and closed Christmas Day, and closed Dec. 26 at Boathouse.
Regular hours otherwise for both locations.
Closed Dec. 24-26. They will reopen at 4 p.m. Dec. 27.Santa Fe
Christmas Eve: 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
Christmas Day: closed
Christmas Eve: 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
Christmas Day: closed
Christmas Eve: 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Christmas Day: closed
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Thinking of cooking at home? Here’s what our local grocers say:
Christmas Eve: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Christmas Day: Closed
New Year’s Eve: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
New Year’s Day: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Most stores will close at 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve and are closed Christmas Day.
QFC is open both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day
— By Kathy Passage
A specialty gourmet food broker for over 30 years, Kathy Passage has in-depth knowledge on food and the special qualities of ingredients used in the exquisite products she helped bring to market. Kathy brings this unique perspective from the “other side of the plate” to writing about the food and restaurant scene in Edmonds, Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace.
Thank you for compiling this list.
Happy Holidays!