Benedict's Morning Heroes
Chef/owner Mike Rakun and his crew are preparing Christmas brunch. The menu includes an egg bake (ham-Gruyère or roasted red pepper-spinach), spinach-bacon-goat cheese salad with champagne vinaigrette, cream cheese-infused hash browns, fresh fruit and monkey bread. Serves four, $100. Order by Dec. 17, pick up Dec. 24.
845 E. Lake St., Wayzata, 952-923-1903, benedictswayzata.com
Birch's on the Lake
Make the holiday bright with smoked trout pate, peel-and-eat shrimp, gravlax, beet-goat cheese salad, beef tenderloin, glazed ham, Gruyere whipped potatoes, cranberry-chestnut stuffing, green bean casserole, roasted Brussels sprouts, dinner rolls, chocolate stout cake, pecan cheesecake bars and cookies. Serves four to six, $325. Pick up Dec. 24.
1310 Wayzata Blvd., Long Lake, 952-473-7373, birchsonthelake.com
Blue Plate Restaurant Co.
Six of the company's restaurants are offering a package that includes roasted turkey with turkey gravy, brown sugar-glazed ham, mashed potatoes, cornbread stuffing, green bean hot dish and an arugula-spinach salad with dried cranberries, candied walnuts and an herb vinaigrette. Serves four, $75. Order by Dec. 21, pick up Dec. 24.
Available at Edina Grill (5028 France Av. S., Edina, 952-927-7933, edinagrill.com), the Freehouse (701 Washington Av. N., Mpls., 612-339-7011, freehousempls.com), Highland Grill (771 Cleveland Av. S., St. Paul, 651-690-1173, highlandgrill.com), Longfellow Grill (2990 W. River Pkwy., Mpls., 612-721-2711, longfellowgrill.com), the Lowry (2112 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls., 612-341-2112, thelowryuptown.com) and 3 Squares (12690 Arbor Lakes Pkwy. N., Maple Grove, 763-425-3330, 3squaresrestaurant.com)
Borough
The North Loop restaurant's "A Very Danish Christmas" meal kit is back for a second year. In it, you'll find an array of pre-dinner bites (pickled herring, aquavit marinated cucumbers, holiday cookies and glogg syrup) and a dinner center on duck leg confit and spiced pork sausage, with all the fixings. Risalamande — rice pudding with chopped almonds and warm cherry sauce — is for dessert. Serves one, $78. Cocktail kit add-ons are also available. Pick up Dec. 23.
730 Washington Av. N., Mpls., 612-354-3135, boroughmpls.com.