An elegant Willamette Valley winery located just on the edge of town, Amaterra is serving its Holiday Family Feast throughout December. At $250, the multicourse meal serves four; it opens with a board laden with house pickles, cured meats, cheeses, and flatbread before moving on to a winter chicory and citrus salad. The main course is a whole roast tarragon chicken with holiday sides, and for dessert, apricot pastry. Reservations are required.

A stylish, modern cocktail bar and restaurant in Northwest Portland, Bar West is running a holiday pop-up for three Sundays in December starting on the 7th. The festivities include specials like roasted squash salad, honey ham terrine, chicken-fried fennel, latkes, steak au poivre, and peppermint panna cotta. Of course, it wouldn’t be complete with some warming winter cocktails: Guests can find options like a gingerbread old-fashioned, a matzo cracker and dill martini, and nonalcoholic options including a vegan hot chocolate. The pop-ups run on December 7, 15, and 21 from 4 to 10pm; reservations are encouraged. 

While Deadshot is closing at the end of the year, it’s still hosting a final installment of Miracle Bar. The Christmas-themed pop-up transforms the chic cocktail lounge into a wintery wonderland, complete with toy Santas, gift-wrapped walls and tables, and a sleigh-load of Christmas lights. Drinks hew toward the bolder and boozier side, like the rum-drenched Yipee Ki Yay Mother F***r!, with ube and coconut orgeat, or the cognac and sherry Jingle Balls Nog. Plus, you can purchase any of the decorative mugs and rocks glasses to take home. Reservations fill quickly, but the bar always holds a few seats for walk-ins. And to assuage any despair: While Deadshot is closing, owner Adam Robinson promises Miracle Bar will have a new home in 2026. 

A longstanding Portland tradition, the Heathman Hotel holds high tea at its library room through the end of the year. Fridays through Sundays, with seatings at 11am, 1pm, and 3pm, guests can sip teas and cocktails while snacking on savory and sweet pastries and treats, arranged artfully on silver trees. Reservations are required, and runs $65 for adults and $25 for children 12 and under.   

Hey Love at the Jupiter Next usually rocks a summery aesthetic with its tropical canopy and slushy drinks. But each December, the team leans into holiday vibes, stringing its many plants with Christmas lights as part of its Sleigh Love theme. All month, visitors will find eggnog slushies, Cinnamon Toast Crunch espresso martinis, allspice margaritas and hot toddies, “snow globe” gin and tonics with edible snow, and an array of seasonal nonalcoholic offerings. Across town its smaller sister bar, The End, will be throwing a “minimalist” version of Sleigh Love with its own specials. 

Lauded trattoria Campana is hosting its sixth annual Feast of the Seven Fishes—the classic Christmas Eve seafood dinner—on December 24 from 5 to 9pm. The Italian feast starts with snacks like baked oysters and octopus skewers, followed by small plates like chicory salad and whipped salt cod dip, then squid ink pasta with Dungeness crab, and local seafood in marinara for the main course. A chocolate sponge cake with whipped mascarpone finishes the night off. Reservations for the dinner tend to disappear quickly as soon as they go live. 

One of the restaurants that helped usher in the modern age of Portland dining, Clarklewis will be open on Christmas Eve for a holiday buffet. Served from 2 to 8pm for $85 a head, the buffet centers a carving station with an array of meat, seafood, and entrées (think herb-crusted prime rib, hunter’s chicken, glazed salmon, and classic mac and cheese); sides like corn bread stuffing, whipped potatoes, and collard greens; appetizers; and an array of desserts. Reservations are encouraged. 

Portland restaurants throw few Hanukkah dinners, but celebrated Eastern European restaurant Kachka is breaking out the dreidels again this year. Kachka’s annual Latke Party will run alongside its usual winter menu from December 14 to 21. The special is $95 for a stack of 12 golden, crispy potato pancakes, along with accompaniments like maitake mushroom gravy, pastrami trout, mutabal, smoked whitefish salad, and quince and mountain rose apple butter. Each order comes with a dreidel and chocolate gelt, and there’s an option to add caviar or smoked brisket.

The newly opened bistro on Hayden Island will host a Feast of the Seven Fishes brunch for its first Christmas Eve. Find oysters, salt cold fritters, shellfish pasta, grilled trout, and Dungeness crab rolls among other fishy delights, as well as an optional seafood tower add-on. Seatings are available at 11am and 3pm, and brunch is $75 per person, plus optional add-ons. 

Portland’s swanky newish Ritz-Carlton is celebrating the season all month. Weekends mean afternoon tea service with pastry towers and tea sandwiches; Christmas Eve dinner includes a raw bar and carving station, plus entrées, salads, and sides; and a Christmas brunch buffet features a mimosa and Bloody Mary bar, omelet station, hot bar, and other treats. Throughout it all, find live music, gingerbread house crafting, a teddy bear tea time, and staycation rates for locals. 

Local deli Elephants is always prepared for the holidays, and that includes both Hanukkah and Christmas. You can find complete meals like turkey or smoked ham feasts for six, individual meals, and a plethora of à la carte choices like cranberry brisket, roasted turkey breasts, charcuterie and cheese boards, pies, and more. Elephants offers delivery as well as pickup at its assorted locations, with times available on December 23 and December 24 between 10am and 6pm. Place orders via the online store.

The historic steakhouse RingSide is ready to do the Christmas cooking this year with a prime rib dinner. For $295, the meal comes with a ready-to-cook prime rib roast as well as cooking directions. The sides and dessert come precooked and ready to be reheated—find mashed potatoes, roasted brussels sprouts, bread, and caramel apple pie from Willamette Valley Pie Co. RingSide often sells out of its holiday dinners; interested diners can reserve theirs online for pickup on Tuesday, December 23 at noon.

Portland’s family-owned grocery Zupan’s Markets is once again teaming up for Hanukkah with chef Noah Jacob, of the now-closed Jacob & Sons. Chef Jacob has developed a menu of Hanukkah classics, including sweet-and-sour brisket, chopped chicken liver, latkes, matzo ball soup, rugelach, and challah. Orders close on December 12, in-store pickup available from December 13 to 21.

One of downtown Portland’s longest standing restaurants, Jake’s Famous Crawfish will be open on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The restaurant is serving its existing menu of lobster tails, bouillabaisse, and crawfish pasta, but keep an eye out for holiday specials. The historic, wood- and brick-lined dining room tends to fill up on the holidays—those planning ahead should make a reservation online.

A consummate Portland holiday locale, the diner-meets-neighborhood-bar Radio Room is open 365 days a year, including Christmas. With a double-decker patio, numerous booths, firepits, and a fireplace, the bar is spacious enough to host large groups but cozy enough for single diners to escape the hubbub of the holiday. There’s also a sizable menu of entrées, salads, and sandwiches that can fit most diets.

One of our favorite restaurants for Sichuan cuisine will be open on Christmas Day for dine-in and takeout. Digging into hand-shaved noodles, glistening mapo tofu, and Chongqing hot chicken might just become your new holiday tradition.