These Charlotte restaurants have holiday takeout — brisket, brunch, mozzarella.

Jessica Swannie
·8 min read

Do you find you’re struggling to get into the holiday spirit this year amid COVID-19? Perhaps you won’t be gathering with family, or if you are, you may not feel like preparing an extensive meal.

Charlotte restaurants know it’s been a taxing year — and they have your holiday meals covered.

Whether you’re planning to sit around the table for a small household dinner, or would prefer to have Christmas brunch cooked, these local eateries are supplying hearty holiday dinners to make the last bit of this year as cozy as possible.

Chef Alyssa’s Kitchen

4001-C Yancey Road, #100

Pre-order: Same-day ordering (except for brisket) is open until 11 a.m. (closed Christmas Day, cutoff is 11 a.m. Christmas Eve). Order online.

Pickup: Monday-Friday

Selections include:

  • Braised brisket: classic preparation with caramelized onions and fennel

  • Black bass filet with cilantro-chili butter

  • Pesto lamb rack

  • Herb-crusted pork loin: apple, white balsamic and brown sugar

  • Frenched chicken breast with pomegranate-ginger glaze

  • Brussels sprouts with roasted garlic

  • Crispy potato cake: skillet-roasted latke slice served with house-made applesauce and sour cream

  • Glazed carrots with orange and ginger glaze

  • Winter salad with kale, butternut squash, pomegranate, toasted walnuts, shaved parmesan and apple-sage vinaigrette. Optional to add protein.

  • Chocolate cake with white chocolate-peppermint mousse and winter strawberry sauce (available by the slice only)

  • Ginger cookie sandwich with caramel filling

Details: All items arrive in eco-friendly boxes that are oven and/or microwave safe and fully cooked to make dinner very easy. Items can be ordered hot or cold with reheat instructions online.

Add a sweet treat to your holiday meal, such as this chocolate cake with white chocolate-peppermint mousse.
Add a sweet treat to your holiday meal, such as this chocolate cake with white chocolate-peppermint mousse.

Little Mama’s

4521 Sharon Road

Pre-order: Orders must be placed at least 24 hours ahead of time. Call 980-209-0323 to order.

Pickup: During business hours, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday,

9:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday

Selections include:

  • Salad: Tuscan salad, Mama’s Salad, insalata chopped, Caesar

  • Pasta: baked ziti, spaghetti and San Marzano tomato sauce, penne broccoli and chicken, penne alla vodka, lasagna

  • Mozzarella tray (serves 4-6 for $50)

  • Cheese: File di Latte, Stracciatella, house sprinkling cheese

  • Entree: chicken parmesan, eggplant parmesan, combo parmesan, chicken Carciofi, Tommasino’s broiled chicken, meatballs, cheese and parsley sausage

  • Sides: beans and greens, garlic mashed potatoes, shaved Brussels sprouts, Anson Mills polenta, warm quinoa salad, creamed spinach

  • Desserts: Nutella pie, Mama’s olive oil cake, tiramisu, cannolis

Nothing quite warms the house for the holidays like a mozzarella platter from Little Mama’s.
Nothing quite warms the house for the holidays like a mozzarella platter from Little Mama’s.

Maggiano’s Little Italy

4400 Sharon Road

Pre-order: Now through Dec. 24 (order 24 hours in advance for cold-prepared bundles). Order online.

Pickup: Now through Dec. 24

The Holiday Carryout Bundle (available hot or cold, feeds 4-6 for $95) includes:

  • 10 mini meatballs

  • 2 entree caesar salads

  • 2 Mom’s lasagna

  • 2 fettuccine alfredo

  • Chicken parm or chicken piccata (6 pieces)

  • 2 slices of New-York-style cheesecake

  • 2 pieces of Gigi’s butter cake

  • 6 Vera’s lemon cookies

  • Fresh ciabatta bread

Napa on Providence

110 Perrin Place

Pre-order: Now through Dec. 20 at noon

Pickup: Dec. 24 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

The Holiday Meal (serves 4 for $165) includes:

  • Starter: Napa salad

  • Entree: Herb-roasted prime rib with horseradish mousse

  • Sides: Roasted garlic mashed potatoes, lemon butter broccolini

  • Dessert (choose four individual servings): mascarpone cheesecake, flourless chocolate cake

  • Additional sides (1 quart, $14 each): cavatappi mac and cheese, bacon fat Brussels, haricot verts amandine, lemon butter broccolini, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, brown sugar rainbow carrots

Oh My Soul

3046 N. Davidson St.

Pre-order: Now through Dec. 19 at 6 p.m.

Pickup: Dec. 24 or Dec. 30

Price: $75/person, 2-order minimum

Selections include:

  • First Course: South African stuffed peppers (Cape Malay spiced rice, boerewors, cheddar, feta) or Christmas salad (kale, pomegranate, pecans, feta, champagne vinaigrette)

  • Second Course: Tallulah’s lasagne (Impossible Meat, butternut squash, creamy spinach, pasta, marinara, bechamel, cheese) or roasted portobello mushroom wellington (Ouma’s potato salad, creamed spinach, bordelaise sauce)

  • Third Course: South African malva pudding or pecan pie

OooWee BBQ

Pre-order: Online

Delivery: Dec. 22 and 23

Take-and-bake selections include:

  • Meats by the pound: pulled pork, pulled chicken, sliced turkey, smoked ham with bourbon maple glaze, beef brisket, rack of ribs

  • Sides (serve 4): smoked macaroni and cheese, smoked sweet potatoes, smoked green beans, baked beans, dry rub potato salad

  • Dessert: Smoked bourbon vanilla pecan pie

The Pump House

575 Herrons Ferry Road, Rock Hill, SC

Pre-order: Now through Dec. 21 at 4 p.m.

Pickup: Dec. 24 from noon-4 p.m.

Selections include:

  • Prime rib dinner (serves 4 for $155): includes choice of Carolina Mixed Greens Salad or She Crab soup, cornbread, garlic mashed potatoes, charred broccolini and choice of family-style dessert

Reid’s Fine Foods

Pre-order: Now through Dec. 19. All orders placed after Dec. 19 are subject to availability. Call the SouthPark location at 704-377-7686 or the Myers Park location at 704-377-1312 to order.

Pickup: Dec. 23 from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. or Dec. 24 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Delivery is available.

Selections include:

  • Main courses: Beef tenderloin, beef tenderloin platter, spiral-sliced honey ham, Goodnight Brothers country ham, rib roast, leg of lamb, lamb racks, shucked oysters, free-range turkey, lobster tails

  • Sides: Mashed potatoes, sweet potato souffle, scalloped potatoes, mini twice-baked potatoes, macaroni and cheese, garlic green beans, Brussels sprouts, bourbon-glazed carrots, creamed corn

  • Bread and sauces: Reid’s classic gravy, yeast rolls, mini biscuits

  • Breakfast items: mini biscuits, cinnamon sweet rolls, ladyfinger ham rolls, pimento sausage rolls, farmer’s pie, grits and sausage casserole

  • Hors d’oeuvres: cheese and charcuterie, smoked salmon platter, crisp platter, shrimp cocktail platter, mini crab cakes, pimento stuffed mushrooms, classic deviled eggs, crudite, caprese skewers

  • Desserts: pecan pie, chocolate pecan pie, pumpkin pie, apple pie, chess pie, cobbler, 12-layer caramel cake, 12-layer chocolate cake, coconut cake, Moravian sugar cake, Kringle

The Stanley

1961 E. 7th St.

Pre-order: Now through Dec. 22. Call 980-299-2741 to order or email info@thestanleyclt.com.

Pickup: 5-9 p.m. on Dec. 23

The Prime Rib Dinner offering includes:

  • Mixed greens salad, toasted walnuts, crumbled goat cheese, apples

  • Slow-roasted CAB prime rib with au jus and horseradish cream

  • Parker House rolls with garlic and herb butter

  • Roasted local seasonal vegetable medley

  • Potato puree

Pie offerings include:

  • Traditional pecan pie with whipped vanilla-bourbon cream

  • Apple pie with crumb topping

  • Pumpkin pie with spiced whipped cream

Details: The Prime Rib Dinner serves 2 for $70, 4 for $130 or 6 for $160. Meals will be packaged and sent out cold with reheating instructions.

The Stanley is offering a prime rib dinner that you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home.
The Stanley is offering a prime rib dinner that you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home.

Snooze, An A.M. Eatery

1331-A Central Ave.; 2041 South Blvd., Suite 106

Pre-order: Dec. 14 through Jan. 1. Call your preferred Snooze location to order.

Pickup: Next-day pickup

Holiday Kits include:

  • French Toast Bake Kit: $50

  • French Toast a la carte: $25

  • Harvest Casserole Kit: $55

  • Harvest Casserole a la carte: $30

  • Holiday Pancake Party Kit: $40

  • Holiday Pancake a la carte: $25

Details: Each kit includes holiday hot cocoa recipes (spiked and classic) and greeting cards. Kits come with spinach, arugula and kale salad, fruit salad and a side of Snooze Tenderbelly bacon. Main dishes are also available a la carte.

Each holiday kit at Snooze comes with salad, fruit and a side of bacon.
Each holiday kit at Snooze comes with salad, fruit and a side of bacon.

Sweet Spot Studio

4418 Monroe Road, Suite C

Pre-order: By Dec. 16 for delivery before Christmas (no guarantee). Order online.

Pickup: Dec. 4, 11, 18 between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. or Dec. 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Cookie sets (require decorating) include:

  • Elf on the Shelf

  • Paint-Your-Own Cookies

  • Christmas Cookie DIY Kit

  • Paint-Your-Own Nativity Scene

  • Let It Snow

  • Letters to Santa

  • Paint-Your-Own Menorah Set

Create family memories — and dessert — with DIY cookie kits from Sweet Spot Studio.
Create family memories — and dessert — with DIY cookie kits from Sweet Spot Studio.

Viva Chicken

12206 Copper Way, 1617 Elizabeth Ave., 4500 Park Road, 11641 Waverly Center Drive

Pre-order: Now through Dec. 31 (open 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Christmas Eve and closed Christmas Day). Order in advance through the Viva Chicken app, online, over the phone at your preferred location, or in person at the counter.

Pickup: Now through Dec. 31

The Holiday Feast ($27.95) includes:

  • One whole chicken

  • Green beans

  • Plantains

  • Arroz chaufa (Peruvian fried rice)

  • French fries

  • Bottle of yellow sauce

  • Bottle of green sauce

Enjoy Peruvian classics like arroz chaufa, plantains and whole chicken from Viva Chicken over the holidays.
Enjoy Peruvian classics like arroz chaufa, plantains and whole chicken from Viva Chicken over the holidays.

Your Farms, Your Table

Pre-order: Now through Dec. 19 by 5 p.m. Order online.

Pickup: Dec. 23 from 5-7 p.m. at The City Kitch (2200 Thrift Road)

The Traditional Christmas Dinner (serves 4 for $300) includes:

  • Herb-roasted prime rib with au jus and horseradish sauce

  • Kale and Napa salad with cranberry, apples, brie, breakfast radish, sunflower seeds, almonds, herbs and white balsamic vinaigrette

  • Butternut squash casserole with leeks, sausage, sage, brioche

  • Brown basmati and farro pilaf with lemon zest, edamame, parsley and extra virgin olive oil

  • Simple buttermilk mashed potatoes with sea salt and black pepper

  • Roasted broccoli with sweet and sour capers, marinated peppers and pecorino

  • Hannah’s rolls

  • Milk chocolate bundt cake with cheesecake icing and sea salt

You can also get Chef Sam’s Father’s Lasagna meal for $80 (feeds 10-12, no sides included).

Your Mom’s Donuts and Your Mom’s Bazaar

4205 Park Road, 11025 Monroe Road, 107 N. Main St.

Pre-order: Now through Dec. 20. Order online.

Pickup: Dec. 23 to noon on Dec. 24.

Selections include:

  • Take and bake cinnamon rolls

  • Take and bake brioche dinner rolls

  • Doughnuts (individual doughnut, half dozen or full dozen)

  • Eggnog from Homeland Creamery

  • Brunch pastry pack

  • Cinnamon swirl brioche

  • Cookies and milk for Santa, featuring Homeland Creamery

Supplement your holiday meal with something sweet.
Supplement your holiday meal with something sweet.

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