The pressure is off for holiday dinners this year. No one expects a big get-together anchored by a homemade feast that took hours, if not days, to cook. Instead, embrace one of the silver linings of 2020: really well-done takeout. All sorts of restaurants have ventured into takeout this year, and they’ve had 10 months to perfect their approach. So leave the cooking (and grocery shopping) to them.

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Cheers to the season with a selection of favorite small plates from Garces restaurants for the perfect cocktail hour! Includes: Family-style portions of Whipped Feta & Garden Vegetables (JG Domestic) , Bacon-Wrapped Dates (Amada), Crab Fingers (The Olde Bar), Shrimp Cocktail (The Olde Bar), Deviled Eggs (Village Whiskey), and Spanish Meatballs & Manchego-Stuffed Cherry Pepper (Amanda). $45 person, minimum two people. This meal requires 4 days notice.

Chef Jose Garces is offering a myriad of holiday-themed packages this season, with cuisine pulled from his various restaurants around the city. For Christmas Eve, take your pick between a full spread from Amada, including prime rib or roasted turkey breast, or a seven fishes option courtesy of the Olde Bar. From December 10-18, Garces is also offering a family-style Hanukkah dinner featuring matzo ball soup, latkes, brisket, kugel, and cinnamon apple cake. 

The weather outside is a bit frightful, but some Philly eateries have figured out a way to make a holiday dinner that will warm you up inside. Whether it’s take-out options, some dining outside experiences or other special packages, celebrating safely and deliciously is made a bit easier for 2020.

This time of year usually marks the return of a prime rib special served inside Jose Garces’ Old City tapas spot Amada. This year, bring it home with Garces’ Trading Company’s Christmas Eve dinner deal. Sides include fingerling potatoes, Brussels sprouts, bacon-wrapped dates, whipped bone marrow, and more. Garces’ Olde Bar is also the pickup point for Hanukkah dinners, a Seven Fishes Christmas Eve dinner, and Christmas Day meals.

Our virtual experiences with Santa are featured! Make sure you catch up with the "big guy" as he takes a break from his final preparations for a story or virtual chat. 

 Jose Garces soon will offer food from his restaurants, including Amada, Village Whiskey, and The Olde Bar, out of the Garces Trading Co. kitchen for delivery

Philly Bite features Garces Trading Company's Holiday Cocktail  Hour package.

Philadelphia superstar chef Jose Garces has you covered for at-home dining with a Thanksgiving dinner from his casual Olde Bar in the landmark Old Original Bookbinder’s.

For those celebrating at home, there’s plenty of takeout dinner options around Philly that make the holiday prep and cleanup process a breeze. From classic takes on a Thanksgiving meal to creative sides to lots of pies, Philly restaurants cater to a range of customers craving a traditional turkey or the full spread.

Scale your feast up or down, leaving room for leftovers, with one of the dinner packages from chef Jose Garces' team

Don’t feel like cooking Thanksgiving dinner at home this year? Many of Philadelphia’s restaurants will be open and serving their own renditions of the traditional feast. Garces Events – whose restaurant footprint includes The Olde Bar, Amada, and Village Whiskey – will be offering a full Thanksgiving dinner available for pick-up, complete with turkey and seven sides for $95 (orders can be placed online by 11/21 and picked up on 11/25).