Is the only thing you want for Christmas is someone to cook for you? Skip the holiday meal this Christmas and eat somewhere locally.
Here is your guide to local restaurants in the metro that are open on Christmas Eve or Christmas and offer takeout.
Des Moines’ restaurants offering special Christmas menus
AJ’s Steakhouse
The restaurant at Prairie Meadows offers a three-course Christmas menu with starter options such as a shrimp cocktail, lobster bisque, bourbon glazed pork belly, a Mediterranean trio featuring assorted stuffed peppers or a holiday salad. Entrée options include a slow-roasted prime rib with au jus, filet mignon, cherry-glazed ham, bourbon brown-sugar turkey breast, blackened mahi mahi or mushroom ravioli. For desserts, diners can choose chocolate lava cake, eggnog cheesecake, chocolate peppermint cake, or deep-dish apple pie.
Dinner is available from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Christmas Day.
- Location: Prairie Meadows, 1 Prairie Meadows Drive, Altoona
- Price : $65 for adults, $19 for children age 11 and younger.
- Contact : 515-957-3535 or prairiemeadows.com