Inside Christmas pop-up bar Merry at the Marriott in Louisville
Merry at the Marriott is just one of the many holiday pop-up bars in Louisville. Check out the festive cocktails and food they are offering.
Christmas is just around the corner and that means everyone is looking forward to a traditional ham or turkey dinner with all the fixings. If you love the meal, but don’t want to cook, why not let someone else do the cooking this year?
Here are 13 places where you can preorder a Christmas meal for takeout to-go in Louisville.
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Louisville restaurants to order Christmas takeout
WHAT: Let Cracker Barrel do the cooking with its Heat N’ Serve meals that come chilled and ready to heat in two hours or less.
The following meals are available for pre-order and pick-up. Meal must be consumed within 72 hours of pickup. Preparation requires just a few steps and goes from oven to table in three or less hours. Here are the options:
Prime Rib Heat n’ Serve Family Dinner (serves four to six): This meal includes Prime Rib with Au Jus and Horseradish Sauce, mashed potatoes and roasted gravy, green bean,s and sweet yeast rolls. A delicious alternative to your traditional Christmas dinner, the Prime Rib Heat n’ Serve Family Dinner comes chilled and ready to serve in about three hours. $139.99Holiday Ham Heat n’ Serve Family Dinner (serves four to six): This meal includes a whole sugar-cured ham, cornbread dressing, roasted gravy, cranberry relish, macaroni n’ cheese, choice of one country side, and sweet yeast rolls. It comes chilled and ready to serve in two hours. $114.99Holiday Ham Heat n’ Serve Feast (serves eight to 10): This meal includes a whole sugar-cured ham, cornbread dressing, macaroni n’ cheese, cranberry relish, roasted gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, sweet yeast rolls and an apple streusel pie and pecan pie. Comes chilled and ready to serve in around two hours.$174.99
WHERE: Multiple locations
WHEN: Order must be placed 24 hours in advance and can be picked up Dec. 21-28
MORE INFORMATION: crackerbarrel.com.
WHAT: Fork & Barrel is offering Christmas meals to-go, which include honey glazed ham, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, gravy, country-style green beans, sweet potato casserole, dinner rolls, and apple pie.
WHERE: 1722 Frankfort Ave.
WHEN: Orders must be placed by Dec. 19 with pickup from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 24.
MORE INFORMATION: Orders will be taken in increments of four, eight, 12 and 16, for $40 per person. You can also order sides only. To place your order, email info@bethefork.com or call 502-830-9500, bethefork.com.
WHAT: Golden Corral is offering Holiday Meals To Go that includes a choice of roasted turkey, glazed ham, or bone-in pork roast. Guests can select either a hot, ready-to-serve or cold, ready-to-cook option. Serves six to eight.
Roasted Turkey: Whole roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, one dozen yeast rolls with honey butter, and your choice of homestyle side and a whole pie. $119.99Glazed Ham: Glazed ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, one dozen yeast rolls with honey butter, and your choice of homestyle side and a whole pie. $129.99.Bone-in Pork Roast: Pork roast, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, one dozen yeast rolls with honey butter, and your choice of homestyle side and a whole pie. $119.99.
WHERE: 4032 Taylorsville Road
WHEN: Orders are must be placed 72 hours in advance. Last day to order is Dec. 21
MORE INFORMATION: order.goldencorral.com/menu/louisville.
WHAT: Heitzman Traditional Bakery offers a variety of Christmas meal options to-go. Meals feed eight to 10 or 18. Also, preorder order appetizers, prepared sides, and sweets. Options include a Ham Dinner with a baked cinnamon-honey glazed ham, green beans, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, gravy, dinner rolls, and 9-inch pie of your choosing or a Turkey Dinner, with oven-baked turkey, green beans, sugared cranberry sauce, bread dressing, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, turkey gravy, dinner rolls, and 9-inch pie of your choosing.
WHERE: 9426 Shelbyville Road
WHEN: Orders must be placed by Dec. 21 and picked up by Christmas Eve, Dec. 24
COST: $210 for 8-10; $378 for 18
MORE INFORMATION: Christmas meal is fully cooked with instructions for heating included. Prices are set, no substitutions, add-ons are welcome. 502-426-7736; heitzmanbakery.com.
WHAT: Home Cuisine is offering home delivery for Christmas. Serving Christmas favorites that includes the following entrees, beef bourguignon French stew, lobster and shrimp pot pie with puff, Holiday Chicken with cream, sundried tomatoes and pasta, whole honey glazed ham, also appetizers, salad, sides and desserts.
WHERE: 309 R Wallace Ave.
WHEN: Orders must be placed by Dec. 19 with delivery on Dec. 23.
COST: Entrees start at $99
MORE INFORMATION: Delivery is $20. Call 502-896-0667 or visit homecuisineonline.com.
WHAT: Home Chef/Kroger offers heat-and-serve Family Feast Bundles.
Christmas Feast: Bone-in ham, boneless turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, maple pecan mashed sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, and gravy. Serves eight to 10. ($155).Ham dinner: Ham, stuffing, green bean casserole, maple pecan mashed sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, and gravy. Boar’s Head sweet slice boneless ham serves four to six ($105). Bone-in ham serves six to eight ($85). Boneless ham serves four to six ($80).Turkey dinner: Turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, maple pecan mashed sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, and gravy. Bone-in turkey dinner serves six to eight ($90). Boar’s Head carve and serve boneless turkey, serves four to six ($95). Boneless turkey serves four to six ($75).
WHERE: Multiple locations
WHEN: Orders are needed 24 hours in advance until Dec. 23.
MORE INFORMATION: Sides are offered a la carte in side-only bundles. Order meals at the deli, by phone at 877-894-3707, or online at kroger.com.
WHAT: Let Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint prepare your Christmas meal from prime rib and smoked ham to festive sides and homemade sweets.
Options include the Major Feast, with a whole-smoked turkey or half smoked ham. Turkey meal includes mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green beans, broccoli salad; half-smoked ham meal includes with, mac and cheese, turnip greens, broccoli and hash brown casserole. Both include 20 dinner rolls, pie (your choice of sweet potato, fudge, pecan pie), BBQ sauce, gravy and iced tea. Serves 12 to 15 ($279.99). The small gathering includes smoked turkey or smoked ham (two-and-a-half pounds). Turkey meal includes mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green beans, broccoli salad; ham meal includes mac and cheese, turnip greens, broccoli salad, hashbrown casserole. Both include 10 dinner rolls, pie (your choice of fudge, pecan or sweet potato), BBQ sauce and gravy. Serves four to six ($159.99).
Prime rib supper includes three pounds of prime rib, au jus, horseradish cream sauce and sides. Serves 4 to 6 ($329.99).
WHERE: 3408 Indian Lake Drive
WHEN: Orders are needed by 5 p.m. Dec. 17 and will be available for pick-up 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 22, 23, 26-28 and 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 24.
COST: varies by selection
MORE INFORMATION: Martin’s will also donate $5 from every Christmas package purchased to Southern Smoke Foundation. martinsbbqjoint.com.
WHAT: Heat-and-serve Holiday Feast to-go at Metro Diner. The heat-and-serve meal includes your choice of baked ham or roasted turkey, served with mashed potatoes and gravy, steamed green beans or street corn, cornbread stuffing or macaroni and cheese, cranberry sauce, and Hawaiian dinner rolls.
WHERE: 4901 Outer Loop, #100, Louisville
WHEN: Order must be placed by Dec. 23, then receive a time for pickup
COST: The meal can be customized to serve a party of one, four, or eight. $16.99 (one); $63.99 (four); $125.99 (eight).
MORE INFORMATION: 502-357-0767; metrodiner.com/holiday-feast.
WHAT: Publix offers a variety of heat-and-serve meal options:
Boar’s Head Sweet Slice Boneless Ham Dinner. Boar’s Head Sweet Slice Boneless Ham, sweet potato casserole and green bean casserole, marshmallow delight. Serves three, $49.99, Serves eight, $79.99.Turkey Dinner. Turkey, old-fashioned cornbread dressing, Yukon gold mashed potatoes, cranberry orange relish, marshmallow delight, and homestyle gravy. Serves eight, $69.99; serves 15, $139.99Turkey Breast Dinner. Turkey breast, old-fashioned cornbread dressing, Yukon gold mashed potatoes, cranberry orange relish, marshmallow delight, and homestyle gravy. Serves eight, $79.99.
WHERE: 2500 Terra Crossing Blvd.; 10005 Ballardsville Road; 150 Flat Rock Road
WHEN: Orders must be placed 48 in advance, and pickup time will be set up.
MORE INFORMATION: publix.com/mc/order-ahead/order-holiday-meals.
WHAT: Ruth’s Chris is offering holiday sides to go. Caesar or steak house salad, au gratin potatoes, creamed spinach, sweet potato casserole and roasted Brussels sprouts. Medium feeds four to six, large feeds eight to 12. Starts at $30.
WHERE: Wright Tower, 6100 Dutchmans Lane, 16th Floor
WHEN: Orders are needed 48 hours in advance. Pick up through Dec. 23, 4-6 p.m.
MORE INFORMATION: m.ruthschris.com/menu/holiday-sides-to-go.
WHAT: Let Varanese prepare the Turducken dinner and side dishes for Christmas. Turducken is a partially de-boned turkey stuffed with a de-boned duck that has been stuffed with a de-boned chicken. It is filled with cornbread, sage, and sausage stuffing, and roasted in the oven until golden brown.
A variety of fresh sides are also available, including mashed sweet potatoes, sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, green beans, turducken gravy, and cranberry chutney. Dessert, toffee marshmallow bread pudding serves eight ($20).
WHERE: 2106 Frankfort Ave.
WHEN: Orders must be placed by Dec. 19.
COST: Turducken is $175 for 20 pounds (serves 18 to 20); $195 for 26 pounds (serves 25-30), and $18 per pound for roulade (4-pound minimum). Side dishes start at $14 per quart.
MORE INFORMATION: To reserve your feast call, 502-899-9904; varanese.com.
WHAT: A variety of Christmas meals are available for preorder, with more options available online:
Holiday Extravaganza. Salt and pepper prime rib roast, maple bourbon ham, creamy mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, roasted butternut squash with cranberries and sage, creamed spinach, sea salt and cracked pepper green beans, lobster bisque, Antipasti platter, shrimp trio platter, truffle and chive deviled eggs, spinach artichoke Parmesan dip, brioche rolls, vegetable crudites with hummus. Serves 12 ($599.99).Holiday Feast. Salt and pepper prime rib roast, maple bourbon ham, creamy mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, roasted butternut squash with cranberries and sage, creamed spinach, sea salt and cracked pepper green beans, lobster bisque, brioche rolls. Serves 12 ($449.99).
WHERE: 4944 Shelbyville Road
WHEN: Meals must be placed 48 hours in advance by Dec. 22 and can be picked up by Dec. 24
MORE INFORMATION: Vegan and vegetarian options available. Call 502-899-5545 or visit shop.wfm.com.
WHAT: Let Wiltshire Pantry prepare your favorite meal of the year a la carte. Options include tri-colored peppercorn crusted beef tenderloin filets with port reduction; Joyce Farms Poulet Rouge chicken breasts with local mushroom confit, parmesan cream sauce; beef bourguignon with mushroom and cippolini onions; winter salad with citrus; caramelized French onion potato gratin with parmesan, gruyere and thyme; roasted sweet potatoes and winter squash with vanilla butter and crispy sage; heirloom carrots with preserved lemon, dates, herbs and pistachios; Italian spinach and winter greens stuffing; chicken pot pie; desserts and rolls and bread.
WHERE: 1310 E. Breckinridge St.
WHEN: Orders are needed by 5 p.m. Dec. 18 and drive-thru pickup 9 a.m. to noon Dec. 24.
MORE INFORMATION: wiltshirepantry.com.
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