Here's a guide to 12 great restaurants for Christmas Eve dinner in Manhattan. You won't find any white-hot new restaurants on this map — this is a guide to reliable establishments that have been around for a few years, if not decades. Most will be serving their usual a la carte menus, but a few will be offering special prix fixes or themed dishes.
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Where to Eat Christmas Eve Dinner in Manhattan
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Osteria Morini
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Back Forty West
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Mas (la Grillade)
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Aquavit
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Café Boulud
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The Dutch
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Lincoln Ristorante
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Telepan
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Aldea
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Hearth
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Le Rivage
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Blaue Gans
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