If you want to enjoy a warm, delicious holiday meal at home, without any of the potato peeling and dish scrubbing, these North Shore restaurants and caterers have some delicious options for you.
Tuscan Market, Salem, New Hampshire
Assemble your take-home dinner your way with the range of options available from Tuscan Market. Choose a complete dinner from options including roasted turkey, Herb Roasted Lemoncini Ham,and a Porchetta Roast along with sides. Or choose from the a la carte offerings like meatballs, antipasti trays, arancini, lasagna, stuffed shells, and salads. Order your perfect meal online.
9 Via Toscana, Salem, N.H., 603-912-5467, tuscanbrands.com/tuscan-markets
Plat Du Jour, Wenham
Start by ordering the full Christmas meal of Caesar salad, wine braised short ribs, vegetables, and soup. Then, add on appetizer platters like caprese skewers, mini crab cakes, or bacon-wrapped scallops to fill out the feast.
4 Monument St., Wenham, 339-440-5624, platdujourcatering.com
Danversport Yacht Club, Danvers
If you are looking for a complete Christmas dinner prepared fresh and packed cold with simple reheat instructions, Danversport has pick-up slots on December 23 and 24. Choices include a braised short rib dinner with boneless braised short ribs or tuscan statler chicken. If seafood is calling you order the lobster, scallop, shrimp, and haddock dinner filled with seafood, topped with homemade ritz cracker crumb topping, fresh herbs, layered with butter. All dinners are for for two, four, or ten people and come with roasted fingerling potatoes, dinner rolls, glazed stemmed baby carrots, brussels sprouts with pancetta and caramelized onions. To round out your dinner choose from salads, shrimp cocktail, clam chowder, and several holiday desserts. Orders can be placed in advance.
161 Elliott St, Danvers, 978-774-8622, danversport.com
Ledger, Salem
Ledger in Downtown Salem has Christmas Eve boxes that can be preordered and picked up on December 24 and last through the 25. Choices include a ham dinner for two or four, beef wellington for two or four, deviled eggs, parker house rolls, mac and cheese, pumpkin cinnamon rolls, and buche de noel. Add on a liter bottle of egg nog or champagne. Preorders can be placed here.
125 Washington St, Salem,978-594-1908, ledgersalem.com