Order holiday ham, prime rib and more for your Christmas takeout meal in Charlotte
The holidays are a busy time filled with parties, special events and cherished time with friends and family. You can make things easier on yourself by ordering a Christmas meal from a Charlotte restaurant or catering services.
Packages available include brunch, side dishes and desserts, or you can order the whole meal, complete with a Christmas ham or prime rib.
Here are options for your Christmas preorder meals in Charlotte — and keep a watch on this space. We’ll update it as the season progresses:
A La Minute
Location: Online delivery service
A La Minute, a local food delivery and catering company, is offering an a la carte Christmas menu with fully cooked, ready-to-reheat individual meal options and a Holiday Family Feast package. Dessert selections are available a la carte, as well.
Individual meals offer your choice of ham, turkey or brisket with two sides.
The feast package includes:
- 2 pounds of turkey
- 2 pounds of ham
- Three sides of your choice
- Cranberry relish
- Gravy
- Cornbread with honey butter
How to order: Online
Price: Varies upon selection. The Family Feast package is $140.99 to feed four to six people and $279.99 for eight-12 people. Individual meals are $17.95 for turkey or ham, and $20.95 for brisket.
Deadline: Dec,. 16
Pickup: Dec. 23
Buttermilk Sky Pie Shop
Location: 16836 D Birkdale Commons Pkwy, Huntersville, NC 28078
Add dessert to your Christmas dinner by picking something up from Buttermilk Sky Pie Shop. It’s offering 9-inch pies and candy cane thumbprint cookies that can be pre-ordered. Special desserts include:
Snickerdoodle
Granny’s Apple
Cherry
Nanny’s Pecan (gluten free also available)
I-40 with pecans, chocolate chips & coconut (gluten free also available)
Key Lime (gluten free also available)
Chocolate Cream
Peanut butter
Chewy Chocolate Chip
Coconut Cream
Southern Custard
How to order: Order online
Price: Varies, as items are a la carte. Most pies are $30-$33. Cookies are $12-$15.
Deadline: ASAP
Pickup: When you set it.
Calle Sol Latin Café & Cevicheria
Location: 1205 Thomas Ave, Charlotte, NC 28205
Calle Sol is offering a family meal that will feed your holiday crowd. A special addition for Christmas is the Lechón Asado, roast pork marinated with a house mojo for 24 hours and then roasted for 10 hours.
Items include:
- Choice of entrée
- Chopped Solterito Salad
- black beans and jasmine rice
- sweet plantains’
- Cuban bread and butter, and sauces.
How to order: Order online
Price: Varies, depending on entree choice. Lechon Asado is $45, Peruvian grilled chicken breasts are $49, Pollo Frita is $67 and Vaca Frita is $67.
Deadline: ASAP
Pickup: When you schedule it. (The restaurant is closed Christmas Day.)
Chef Alyssa’s Kitchen
Location: 4001-C Yancey Rd. #100, Charlotte, NC 28217
Chef Alyssa’s Kitchen is planning a Christmas Eve menu to celebrate the holiday with items that come cold with reheating instructions.
Items include:
Seared NC Flank Steak with Balsamic Reduction Sauce
Seared Corvina Filet with Lemon Sunchoke Spread
Spice Rubbed Lamb Shank
Smoked Pork Loin with Aleppo Honey
Frenched Chicken Breast
Spaghetti Squash with Eggplant Caponata
Brussels Sprouts with White Balsamic Gastrique
Baby Potatoes with Brown Butter and Rosemary
Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Glazed Carrots with Orange and Ginger
Mac & Cheese with smoked gouda and white cheddar
Honey Thyme Roasted Root Vegetables
Take & Bake Cheddar Biscuits with Herb Butter
Chocolate Cake, with White Chocolate-Peppermint Buttercream and Winter Strawberry Sauce
Gingerbread Whoopie Pie with Caramel Cream Filling.
How to order: Order online
Price: Vary, as items are a la carte.
Deadline: Monday, Dec. 18 at 3 p.m.
Pickup: Choose pickup or delivery to the Charlotte area on Friday, Dec. 22, noon-6 p.m.
Cracker Barrel
Location: Multiple, including Charlotte, Concord, Fort Mill, Gastonia, Kannapolis, Matthews, Mooresville and Rock Hill
Heat-and-serve holiday meals are available from Cracker Barrel, including ham dinners that serve 4-6 or 8-10 people and prime rib dinners that serve 4-6 people. The dinners come with:
Spiral-sliced sugar cured ham or prime rib with au jus and horseradish sauce
- Cornbread dressing comes with the ham package, and mashed potatoes come with the prime rib.
- Gravy
- Macaroni and cheese with the ham package.
- Cranberry relish with the ham package.
- Choice of one or two country sides, depending on package.
- Sweet yeast rolls
- Apple pecan streusel and pecan pie come with the ham package.
How to order: Online via closest location to you
Price: $109.99 for the smaller ham $159.99 for the larger ham package; and $129.99 for the prime rib package. Breakfast, turkey, sides and pies are also available to purchase a la carte.
Deadline: 24 hours before pickup
Pickup: Dec. 21-28
Indaco
Location: 2046 South Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28203
Indaco will offer two varieties of lasagna: A certified Angus Beef Bolognese; and a Spinach, Artichoke and Mushroom option. Each lasagna serves 10-12 people.
How to order: Call 704-741-9004 or email indacocharlotte@theindigoroad.com.
Price: $125 per lasagna; additional quarts of San Marzano tomato sauce are $12 each.
Deadline: Dec. 18 at noon
Orders will be available for pick up on Dec. 23 or Dec. 24 between noon and 4 p.m.
La Belle Helene
Location: 300 S Tryon St Suite 100, Charlotte, NC 28202
La Belle Helene is selling Buche de Noel cakes, which are holiday Yule Logs made with chocolate sponge cake, vanilla buttercream, chocolate ganache and fresh cranberries to garnish.
How to order: Online
Price: $50
Deadline: Dec. 21
Pickup: Dec. 23, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. or Dec. 24, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Metro Diner
Location: 8334 Pineville-Matthews Rd Suite 110, Charlotte, NC 28226
Location: 14211 Reese Boulevard, Huntersville, NC 28078
Location: 10412 E Independence Blvd #400, Matthews, NC 28105
Metro Diner is serving up Heat & Serve Holiday Feasts To-Go, with selections of baked ham or roasted turkey and sides including mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, cranberry sauce, Hawaiian dinner rolls and savory cornbread stuffing or macaroni and cheese or street corn. The meals come ready to reheat and can be customized to serve a party of one, four or eight.
How to order: Online by location.
Price: A feast for one is $16.49, for four is $61.99 and for eight is $119.49.
Deadline: Dec. 8
Pickup: Dec. 21-24, from 8 a.m.–2 p.m.
Midwood Smokehouse
Location: 12410 Johnston Rd, Charlotte, NC 28277
Location: 16710 Birkdale Commons Pkwy, Huntersville, NC 28078
Location: 540 Brandywine Rd, Charlotte, NC 28209
Location: 1401 Central Ave, Charlotte, NC 28205
Midwood Smokehouse is offering a menu of smoked proteins, sides and desserts including Banana Pudding and Pecan Cobbler. Party packs are also available, which come with your choice of pork, chicken or brisket, slider buns and a choice of two sides. All items come cold and ready to reheat.
Sides options are:
- Mac and cheese
- Collard greens
- Baked beans
- Coleslaw
- Broccoli casserole
How to order: Online by location
Price: Varies, as items are a la carte. Party packs for four start at $50, and party packs for 20-24 people are $185.
Deadline: ASAP
Pickup: Dec. 23 or Dec. 24
Oak Steakhouse
Location: 4777 Sharon Rd, Charlotte, NC 28210
Oak Steakhouse is offering a holiday Beef Wellington with certified Angus Beef Tenderloin, Dijon mustard, mushroom duxelles and puffed pastry. The meal includes one 12 ounce portion of Beef Wellington, a wedge salad for two, potato puree, roasted asparagus, chocolate cake and a bottle of wine. Macaroni and cheese is also available as an add-on.
How to order: Email oakcharlotte@theindigoroad.com.
Price: $225 or $175 without the wine
Deadline: Dec. 17
Pickup: Dec. 23.
Renaissance Pâtisserie
Location: 6401 Carnegie Blvd. # 4A, Charlotte, NC 28211
Renaissance Pâtisserie is offering a variety of items for holiday pre-order, including cakes, breads, catering platters of fruit, cheese and charcuterie, cookies and holiday dinners. The dinners include Gratin de Pommes de Terre (scalloped potatoes) caramelized Brussels sprouts with fig glaze and mixed vegetables with hazelnut butter, plus:
- A choice of soup
- Choice of duck breast, salmon or filet mignon
- Bread
- Holiday buche selection.
How to order: Online, calling 980-819-8771 or email RenaissancePatisserie@gmail.com
Price: Varies, as items are a la carte. A holiday dinner for four is $229+, and for six it’s $299+.
Deadline: Dec. 19
Pickup: Dec. 23 and Dec. 24, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
Sunflour Baking Company
Location: 2001 E 7th Street, Charlotte, NC 28204
Location: 220 East Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28203
Location: 14021 Conlan Circle, #B-9, Charlotte, NC 28277
Location: 515 Jordan Pl, Charlotte, NC 28205
Location: 5040 NC-49, Harrisburg, NC 28075
Sunflour Baking Company is offering a holiday lineup of pies, cakes, sweets and savory treats. You’ll find pie flavors such as bourbon pecan, Sunflour apple and classic pumpkin to choose from, along with cinnamon rolls, coffee cakes and cookies, as well as quiche, mini brioche rolls and mini cheddar biscuits.
How to order: Call or email the location closest you.
Price: Items are a la carte. 9-inch pies are $32, and gluten-free versions are $34. Quiche are $32. Cookie box is $18.
Deadline: Dec. 20
Pickup: When you schedule it.
Table & Twine
Location: 2600 Youngblood St., Charlotte, NC 28203
Table & Twine, a local meal delivery service, is offering Christmas meals ready to heat and serve at home. Various packages are available, including brunch, appetizers, a ham dinner, tenderloin dinner, Southern side dishes and a cocktail party package.
Price: Ranges from brunch at $49.99 to tenderloin dinner for $399.99.
How to order: Online
Deadline: Dec. 19
Pickup: Dec. 22 from noon- 5 p.m., and Dec. 23, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
Viva Chicken
Location: Multiple, including Charlotte, Concord, Gastonia, Huntersville and Indian Land
Viva Chicken’s Holiday Feast Meal includes a whole chicken, Peruvian fried rice, green beans, French fries, plantains and assorted sauces. It serves four people.
Price: $32.95
How to order: Online
Deadline: The package is available until Jan. 1.
Pickup: When you schedule it.
YAFO Kitchen
Location: 1720 Governor Morrison St., Charlotte, NC 28211
YAFO’s holiday meal options include shawarma-spiced rotisserie turkey breast and Shai’s holiday brisket, plus sides including Brussels sprouts, Holiday Jeweled Rice and Greek Yogurt Mac & Cheese.
How to order: Online
Price: Varies, as items are a la carte. Turkey breast is $35. Most sides are $35 for a half pan.
Deadline: ASAP
Pickup: Dec. 23, 11 a.m.-9 p.m., or Dec. 24, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Your Farms Your Table
Location: City Kitch, 2200 Thrift Road, Charlotte, NC 28208
Your Farms Your Table is taking holiday orders for heat-and-serve dinners for two to eight people and chef Sam Diminich’s lasagnas, which feed 12 people. The holiday menu includes:
- Bibb salad with apple cider vinaigrette
- Holiday charcuterie board
- Dry-aged prime rib with horseradish creme fraiche and rosemary au jus
- Fall vegetable casserole
- Stuffed butternut squash
- Parker House rolls
- Hot chocolate cheesecake tart and pumpkin bread pudding with spiced caramel.
Price: Dinner for two is $160, and dinner for eight is $480. Lasagnas are $125.
How to order: Online
Deadline: Dec. 15
Pickup: Dec. 23, 5:30-7 p.m.
This story was originally published November 24, 2023 at 5:30 AM.
