Antica Pesa Brooklyn is open Christmas Day.

Where to Eat on Christmas Day in New York City

From dim sum to truffle add-ons, brunch, lunch, or dinner service is available at these restaurants on December 25

by Eater Staff Updated Dec 8, 2022, 5:36pm EST

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Antica Pesa Brooklyn is open Christmas Day.

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by Eater Staff Updated Dec 8, 2022, 5:36pm EST

If you haven’t decked out your apartment with a tree, wreaths, and lights, chances are sitting in a restaurant dining room might feel a little more celebratory. Though the majority of food businesses in New York City are closed on Christmas Day, a surprising number stay open, and many add special dishes, set menus, and spirited decorations for the occasion. Here are 13 of our favorites for December 25, 2022.

Health experts consider dining out to be a high-risk activity for the unvaccinated; it may pose a risk for the vaccinated, especially in areas with substantial COVID transmission.

Jing Fong

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Both locations of Jing Fong — here and in Chinatown — will be open Christmas Day. As critic Robert Sietsema says, it’s is just as good uptown as downtown. Get the crowd-pleasing chicken feet, pan-fried noodles, and shrimp siu mai.

380 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10024

(646) 678-5511

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Chinese broccoli, shrimp siu mai, har gow, and more dim sum from Jing Fong. — Chinese broccoli, shrimp siu mai, har gow, and more dim sum.

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Quality Eats

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The West Village and Upper East Side locations for Quality Eats are both open for dinner from 3 to 9 p.m.

1496 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10075

(212) 256-9922

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Quality Eats wooden dining room. — The dining room at Quality Eats.

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Chongqing Lao Zao

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This bi-level restaurant specializing in Chongqing hot pot is known for its fiery broths bobbing with Sichuan peppercorns and whole red chiles. Order from an impressive menu of offal and sliced meats while dining in one of the city’s more unique dining rooms, outfitted with thatched indoor huts and a labyrinth-like layout.

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37-04 Prince St, Flushing, NY 11354

(917) 563-7171

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Thinly cut beef, tripe, duck tongue, duck feet, and more meats are strewn out across a hot pot table. — A spread of thinly cut meats and offal at Chongqing Lao Zao.

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Zaytinya

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For Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Zaytinya will be serving a three-course prix fixe menu for $125, with a few Zaytinya items available a la carte. Dishes include chestnuts roasted on an open fire, pickled winter vegetables, potato puree, green bean casserole, roast beef au jus, smoked mushrooms, and desserts galore. Reservations are available starting December 8.

1185 Broadway, New York, NY 10001

(332) 249-8160

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Linen-covered chandeliers hang from the ceiling over a dining room with blue banquettes and light wood tables, and a bar with spherical blue lights is visible in the background. — The dining room at Zaytinya in New York.

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Marta

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Marta will be open for both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, cooking pizza and wood-fired entrees from the menu.

29 E 29th St, New York, NY 10016

(212) 651-3800

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Fouquet's New York

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Christmas Day brunch at the hotel features caviar service, salads, oysters on the half shell, and an array of breakfast comfort-food dishes from ricotta pancakes to steak and eggs. Reservations can be made by phone (917-965-2584), or email (reservations@fouquets-newyork.com).

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456 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10013

(917) 965-2600

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La Mercerie

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This year’s menu from Parisian chef Marie-Aude Rose at La Mercerie is a three-course, family-style feast for $165 per person. Among dishes on the menu, there’s foie torchon with winter truffle, radicchio salad with parmesan vinaigrette, and lobster with fennel-infused cream. Don’t forget the chocolate ganache and a traditional bûche de noël for dessert. Reservations are available on Resy.

53 Howard St, New York, NY 10013

(212) 852-9097

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The dining room at La Mercerie. — A romantic dining room.

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Antica Pesa Brooklyn

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For $100 per person, Antica Pesa is offering a prix-fixe menu for three seating times: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., and 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. Menu items include a traditional lasagna alla Bolognese, roasted duck breast, and panettone gelato from Gelateria Gentile. Reservations are available on Resy.

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115 Berry St, Brooklyn, NY 11249

(347) 763-2635

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A dish for the holidays on a festive table setting. — Antica Pesa Brooklyn is open Christmas Day.

Ping’s

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There are few better places to spend Christmas Day than in one of the city’s nine Chinatowns. If seafood and all-day dim sum is to be desired, head to Ping’s in Manhattan, a Cantonese mainstay that’s been operating out of its current two-story home on Mott Street for more than two decades.

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22 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

(212) 602-9988

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A hand holds a plate of generously sauced Hong Kong style rice noodles at Pings. — Cheung fun at Ping’s.

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Dim Sum Palace

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Dim Sum Palace’s new location which opens December 18 is the eighth location to open in the last six years for the family-operated collection of restaurants. This particular restaurant is the biggest of them all, with two levels and 200 seats along with separate banquet rooms. And it’s on track to stay open until 4 a.m., even on Christmas into Christmas Day.

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27 Division St, New York, NY 10002

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Shalom Japan

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Shalom Japan’s 10th-annual Christmas day screening of a Hayao Miyazaki film with hot pot will continue this year. This Japanese Jewish hybrid in Williamsburg will offer dishes with wagyu, truffles, and more. Reservations are now live.

310 S 4th St, Brooklyn, NY 11211

(718) 388-4012

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Shalom Japan’s dining room with exposed brick walls — The dining room at Shalom Japan.

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Love’s Kitchen

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The restaurant will be open regular hours 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. with the regular menu of wings, nachos, potstickers, loaded fries, burgers, and more.

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12502 84th Rd, Queens, NY 11415

(347) 561-4500

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French fries smothered in multiple ingredients and sauces. — Salchipapas at Love’s Kitchen.

As You Are

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Brooklyn’s Ace Hotel has Christmas Day dinner from 5:30 to 10 p.m. with the full dinner menu available as well as specials such as Hudson Valley foie gras ($22), roasted chestnut agnolotti ($24), and grass-fed ribeye ($95) — all available with a white-truffle add-on for $50 per dish. Pastry chef Danny Alvarez also offers a holiday cookie tin with an assortment of two dozen cookies ($32), rum cake ($28), gingerbread loaf ($25), and other goodies for pre-order.