If you prefer to enjoy your Christmas Eve dinner sans the stacks of dirty dishes, here’s a rundown of some neighborhood restaurants that will be open:

Sevy’s Grill
will offer a $60 dinner on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. That four-course meal includes crisped duck confit with braised lentils and duck sausage, and peppered beef tenderloin with sweet potato and wild mushroom hash with roasted shallot cabernet sauce.

BIJOUX will have a $85 Christmas Eve dinner (add $40 for wine pairings). That four-course meal includes your choice of scallops with polenta, tasso ham, and smoked tomatoes; wild mushroom risotto; duck breast with ginger-glazed carrots and pistachios; or beef tenderloin with haricots verts and garlic potato puree.

Toulouse is offering a three-course Christmas Eve dinner that includes your pick of seared scallops with butter-poached lobster; or baked ham en brioche with du puy lentils and horseradish.