Where To Eat Christmas Dinner In St. Pete

If you want to skip the cooking for the holidays, check out one of the best restaurants in St. Pete open on Christmas. There's something so special about that Christmas dinner in St. Pete each year, but it's definitely not all of the prepping or clean-up involved. Make things easier for yourself this year by relocating your holiday dinner to one of these restaurants open on Christmas in St. Petersburg and Clearwater.

Columbia Restaurant Clearwater

Enjoy a festive feast on Christmas Day by dining at the beautifully decorated Columbia Restaurant and enjoying our featured specials in addition to our dinner menu served all day.

• Birch and Vine

• The popular waterfront restaurant at the Birchwood Hotel beckons locals to forget cooking and start new traditions in downtown with a family-style feast prepared by Tampa Bay’s renowned Chef Lee Aquino. With seatings available on Thanksgiving & Christmas Eve, Diners can enjoy the chef’s prix fixe menu, priced at $55 per guest which will offer a unique gastronomical take on the conventional Holiday dinner.

• The Galley

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• The Galley, owned by local natives, Pete Boland and Ian Taylor, offers an incredibly friendly yet intimate environment, with live music, a well-stocked bar, and lots of good times and laughter. With a timeless nautical theme, the wood-clad pub-style bar offers up a warm atmosphere and tons of amazing food, with both indulgent and nutritious offerings. Open on Thanksgiving (and offering a traditional Thanksgiving Day buffet for only $24.95), Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day, you definitely don’t want to overlook this local St Pete Tavern for your Holiday celebrations! On Christmas Day, The galley will be serving up a limited à la Carte menu, in addition to a bottomless mimosa brunch on New Year’s Day.

• The Don CeSar Hotel

• The stunning architecture of the historic Don CeSar Hotel, designed by the famed Henry H. Dupont, dates back to the heyday of the Gatsby Era in 1928, boasting baroque Moorish and Mediterranean revival that was popular in the region during that lavish period. A playground for the rich and exuberant, the pink palace on the Tampa Bay coast reigns as the legendary landmark of St. Pete Beach. The Don CeSar offers visitors three seasonal food & beverage experiences for both Thanksgiving and Christmas Day, crafted by their talented culinary team — see below for more details and click here for a reservation.

  • Paul's Landing at the Vinoy

  • Back in 1854, U.S. Navy carpenter, William Paul fell in love with the St. Petersburg Waterfront, where he bought land, enjoyed fishing, planted an orange orchard, and cured meats and seafood. More than 150 years later, we’ve honored his legacy by crafting a restaurant inspired by what he loved most: the bounty of St. Pete.
    
    Our Paul’s Landing holds true to the flavors of old Florida, but with a fresh, modern twist. Taste it for yourself.

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