Christmas season is the most magical time of the year, but it can also be one of the most stressful. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by shopping, hosting and just wanting to spend time with your loved ones instead of in the kitchen, making plans to eat out or to pick up can make for a completely different holiday experience.
In our little resort town, we’re lucky that many of our restaurants not only stay open for the holiday, but that they also provide festive and delicious experiences you and your family will not forget! Here are a few ideas to celebrate the upcoming holidays:
Tupelo
Tupleo will have a five-course prix fixe menu for $95 per person starting at 5:30 p.m. Start with warm local burrata and honey toast with pickled apple, red kuri squash puree and white truffle. Followed by frisee salad with roasted butternut squash, duck confit, bacon lardon and tarragon yogurt dressing. Then enjoy a coriander-spiced Hawaiian tuna, or a petite wagyu sirloin, with brown butter and sage parsnip mash, ancho chile bordelaise, toast benne crum and roasted carrorts. Dessert is chocolate cherry galette. Tupelo will be open for Christmas Eve and Christmas dinner. Call 435 615-7700 to make your reservation or do so on their website using Resy.
Yuta at Lodge at Blue Sky
Chef Galen Zamarra will be serving a family style Christmas Eve dinner from 5:30-9 p.m. The menu will consist of a choice of appetizers, entrees and a variation of desserts. $70 per person and $40 per child under 10 years of age. Yuta will also be open Christmas morning with a festive holiday buffet from 7 a.m.-1 a.m. and Christmas dinner from 5:30-9 p.m. Dinner is $95 per person and $40 for children. Visit Open Table to make your reservation.
Deer Valley Cafe
Deer Valley Grocery & Cafe is offering a variety of items to pick up for your holiday meal, including: Caesar salad and roasted butternut squash—plus a selection of homemade pies and baked goods. For a full list of offerings and prices, find them HERE. Orders must by placed 6 p.m. on Saturday, December 21 and picked up on Tuesday, December 24 or Wednesday, December 25 by 6 p.m.
Courchevel Bistro
The French-inspired fine dining restaurant on lower Main Street will be open Christmas Eve and Christmas day, offering a brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The bistro bakery and cafe will open at 8 a.m. with pastries and espresso. The restaurant will be closed starting at 4 p.m. Christmas Eve for a private member event. Courchevel will be open for Christmas dinner from 5:30-9:30 p.m. Call (435) 572-4398 to make reservations.
Flanagan’s On Main
Flanagan’s on Main is serving Christmas dinner at $39 per person. Meal includes an appetizer, and choice of arugula salad with cranberries, walnuts and citrus vinaigrette or roasted red pepper soup. The entree choice includes a New York strip with grilled shrimp, their famous Irish mashers and sauteed asparagus, or lobster pasta with herbed cream sauce, sauteed veggies and mozzarella cheese. Dessert is hot apple cobbler with French vanilla ice cream.
Versante
Versante Hearth & Bar is offering a Christmas dinner that includes appetizers such as sweet potato croquettes, fire-blistered shishito peppers, crispy Brussels sprouts and pesce crudo. Main course options include roasted turkey breast with garlic mashed potatoes, green beans and white gravy; brown sugar ham with garlic mashed potatoes, green beans and brown gravy; roasted acorn squash with vegetarian stuffing, green beans and garlic mashed potatoes. Desserts include cranberry apple cobbler, chocolate peppermint bite or a cookie sundae. Open for reservations at 4 p.m.
