Boulder Restaurants Open for Thanksgiving and Christmas
Traveling for the holidays? Or maybe you just want to get out of doing dishes. If you're looking for a place to dine out in Boulder for Thanksgiving or Christmas, the restaurants below would gladly host you (and clean up after you, too).
Please note, reservations are always recommended for holiday dining.
Thanksgiving | Christmas Eve | Christmas Day
Open on Thanksgiving Day
Hotel Boulderado Thanksgiving Buffet
Seasonally prepared buffet and dessert menu on the historic mezzanine.
Boulder Cork
Traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Open 12-7pm. Reservations highly recommended.
Centro Mexican Kitchen
Thanksgiving specials in-house and options for take-and-bake at home. Open 11:30am-9pm.
Chautauqua Dining Hall
Open, special holiday family-style menu.
The Corner Bar at Hotel Boulderado
Full menu and Thanksgiving specials. Open 11am-11pm.
Greenbriar Inn
Traditional Thanksgiving buffet. Open 11:30am-7pm (reservations required).
Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel and Spa
Thanksgiving Day brunch 10am-3pm and a set menu in the dining room 4-9pm.
The Kitchen
Open noon-8pm.
Salt Bistro
Open noon-9pm.
Spruce Farm and Fish at Hotel Boulderado
Full menu and Thanksgiving specials. Brunch 7am-2pm. Dinner 3pm-8pm.
Open on Christmas Day
Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel and Spa
This restaurant inside the St. Julien Hotel and Spa is an especially festive spot, with a special Christmas tree in the hotel lobby. Brunch and Candlelight Dinner on Christmas Day.
Hotel Boulderado Christmas Buffet
Gather under a spectacular, stained-glass ceiling on the historic mezzanine, around the beautifully adorned 28-foot Christmas tree, and enjoy a sumptuous holiday menu.
The Corner Bar at the Hotel Boulderado
Open Christmas Day
Spruce Farm and Fish at the Hotel Boulderado
Open for brunch and dinner Christmas Day
Open on Christmas Eve
Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel and Spa
This restaurant inside the St. Julien Hotel and Spa is an especially festive spot, with a special Christmas tree in the hotel lobby.
Spruce Farm and Fish at the Hotel Boulderado
Open Christmas Eve
Aloy Thai
Open Christmas Eve
Chautauqua Dining Hall
Open Christmas Eve
Corrida
Open Christmas Eve
Frasca Food & Wine
Special Christmas Eve "Feast of the Seven Fishes" Dinner
Five courses of upscale seafood-based fare. $215 per person with an optional wine pairing
Greenbriar Inn
Special Christmas Eve buffet, 4-8:30pm
Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar
Open Christmas Eve
The Kitchen
Open Christmas Eve
Mateo Restaurant Provencal
Open Christmas Eve
Oak at Fourteenth
Open Christmas Eve with a special a la carte menu, 4-8pm
Post Brewing Co.
Open Christmas Eve
West End Tavern
Open Christmas Eve
Boulder restaurant owners, let us know if you have holiday meal service and are not listed above! Email Abbie Youngs to have your restaurant added.