There’s a good chance that Christmas 2020 is going to look quite a bit different than it has in the past for Albertans. With restrictions on social gatherings due to Covid-19, many families are opting for a simplified Christmas meal plan, and for a lot of us, that means getting someone else to do the cooking. If you’ve decided to hang up your apron this year, we’ve rounded up a list of some of our favourite spots in Calgary to pick up Christmas dinner, or even have it delivered. We know that there aren’t a lot of single-home families out there with 10 or more people, but we’re including the larger meal options in case you do (or you love Christmas leftovers!)
Hotel Blackfoot | hotelblackfoot.com
Price: $18 per person
Order By: December 23
What You Get:
Choice of starter (wild mushroom soup or seasonal tossed salad with Saskatoon berry vinaigrette), choice of entrée (deconstructed turkey pot pie with whipped potatoes, roasted vegetables, and puff pastry or roasted Alberta beef pot roast with whipped potatoes, roasted vegetables, and pan au jus) and pumpkin pie with vanilla whipped cream and fresh berries.
Bragg Creek Cafe and Baking Co. | facebook.com
Price: Dinner for Two – $40-50; Dinner for Four $100; Dinner for Six $150
Order By: 4 pm on December 20
What You Get:
Dinner for Two: Sliced roasted turkey breast for two ($40) or one whole roasted fresh 3+kg turkey ($50)
Dinner for Four: One whole roasted fresh 4~5+kg turkey
Dinner for Six: One whole roasted fresh 5+kg turkey
Stuffing (real stuffing like with bread and real stuff… not out of a box), cranberry sauce (made in-house), mashed Russet potatoes with drippings gravy, honey glazed roasted carrots, brussels sprouts sautéed in bacon and butter, green beans with sweet caramelized onions, fresh baked tray buns, fresh baked apple & walnut strudel.
Thomson’s Kitchen & Bar | hyatt.com
What You Get:
Soft baked buns and butter, charcuterie platter with empire provisions & valbella cooked and cured meats, local & imported cheese, house-made pickles, assorted crackers, fig jam, orange marmalade, quinoa salad with shaved red cabbage, diced cucumber, peppers, toasted sunflower seeds, cilantro yogurt dressing, tomato bocconcini salad with olive, balsamic red onions, basil vinaigrette, buttermilk mashed potatoes, roasted carrots and beets, crispy brussels sprouts, coffee braised beef short ribs with crispy onions, roasted garlic jus and horseradish, herb-roasted turkey breast, traditional sage stuffing, rich gravy, orange cranberry sauce, warm sticky toffee pudding, eggnog cheesecake, triple chocolate terrin, and assorted holiday cookies.
Yellow Door Bistro | yellowdoorbistro.ca
Order By: December 21 at 5 pm
What You Get:
Cheddar herb biscuits with roasted garlic butter, roast winter squash soup with savoury sage granola, thyme and rosemary roast turkey breast, confit turkey leg with mushroom and sage stuffing, whipped buttermilk mashed potatoes, turkey gravy and citrus cranberry sauce, grainy mustard brussels sprouts, maple roasted baby carrots, grilled broccolini, chocolate hazelnut Yule log.
Calgary Zoo | calgaryzoo.com
Price: Dinner for Six – $220; Dinner for Ten $330. * Engage and Inspire Zoo Members receive 10% off discount
Order By: December 20 at 5 pm
What You Get:
Artisan dinner rolls and butter, caesar salad with creamy garlic caesar dressing, brioche croutons, lemon wedge and asiago cheese, a whole roasted turkey (10 pounds for 6 people and 15 pounds for 10), country style bread stuffing with fresh herbs and pear, natural pan gravy, cranberry sauce, roasted garlic smashed potatoes, maple glazed baby carrots, oven baked acorn squash and assorted festive treats (cream puffs, sponge toffee, candy cane chocolate bark and cookies).
Atco Blue Flame Kitchen | atco.com
Price: $195 (Feeds 6)
Order By: December 18
What You Get:
Roasted root vegetables with honey herb and lemon glaze, roasted parsnip and pear soup, brown butter mashed potatoes, sage stuffing with roasted garlic, spiced apple and cranberry chutney, ready to roast turkey breast with cooking instructions, slow-cooked turkey thigh and drum confit, grainy mustard turkey gravy, sticky toffee pudding with whiskey caramel sauce.
Rouge Restaurant | rougecalgary.com
Price: $65 per person
What You Get:
Celeriac soup, leafy green salad with grilled radicchio, red onion, grilled apple, goat cheese and mustard shallot vinaigrette, turkey roulade of white and dark meat with bacon, apple, sage stuffing, cranberry chutney, potato pave and turkey gravy, brandy and date bread pudding with citrus chantilly and candied pecans, house-made rolls and house-made honey butter.
Best Western Premier Calgary Plaza | calgaryplaza.com
Price: Dinner for Two – $89; Dinner for Six to Eight – $249; Dinner for Ten to Twelve – $325
Order By: December 21 at 5 pm
What You Get:
Dinner For Two: 400 gr. of carved turkey (white and dark meat) and choice of one half of desert pie
Dinner for Six to Eight: 5-7 kg turkey
Dinner for Ten to Twelve: 9 kg turkey
Dinners for 6-12 include roasted tom turkey, buttermilk mashed potatoes, roasted root vegetables, sautéed green beans, baked maple sweet potatoes, traditional sage stuffing, cranberry sauce, turkey gravy, and choice of pie (pumpkin, strawberry rhubarb, Saskatoon berry, or apple).
The Nash | thenashyyc.com
Price: Christmas Dinner Package – $350 or Rotisserie Chicken Christmas Dinner – $110
Order By: December 24
What You Get:
Christmas Dinner Package (Serves 6-8): 22 pound Nash seasoning-rubbed local turkey, brown butter gravy, sage, dried fruit & squash seed stuffing, buttermilk chive mashed potatoes, roasted seasonal local vegetables, Nash cranberry compote.
Rotisserie Chicken Package (Serves 2): Wood-fire rotisserie chicken, brown butter gravy, sage, dried fruit & squash seed stuffing, buttermilk chive mashed potatoes, roasted seasonal local vegetables, Nash cranberry compote.
Sunterra Market | sunterramarket.com
Price: $30 per person
What You Get:
Tomato gin soup, roasted yam and cranberry salad, herb-rubbed turkey with buttermilk mashed potatoes, roasted winter vegetables, traditional stuffing, giblet gravy and cranberry sauce or orange and brown sugar glazed Soleterra d’Italia Modena ham with buttermilk mashed potatoes, roasted winter vegetables, traditional stuffing and giblet gravy or vegetable wellington with mushroom cream sauce, buttermilk mashed potatoes and roasted winter vegetables and banana coconut cream pie.
Our Daily Brett | ourdailybrett.com
Price: Dinner for Six to Eight – $270; Dinner for Three to Four – $160
What You Get:
Kale salad with roasted tomato and sherry vinaigrette, beet salad with a pomegranate vinaigrette, brussels sprouts with wildflower honey and dijon mustard glaze, scalloped potatoes with cream, butter and chives, heirloom squash with agrodulce glaze and pistachio and herb gremolata, traditional stuffing with onions, celery, sage, thyme, cranberries, crusty bread, turkey stock and butter, 24-hour lemon and honey-brined turkey, apricot chutney, cranberry sauce, gravy, pecan pie or apple rhubarb crumble (both with sweet cream ice cream).
Will you be cooking for Christmas this year or have you decided to let someone else have the honours? Did we miss a spot with a great Christmas meal to-go? We’d love to hear about it in the comments!
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