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Top Local Spots Offering Beef Wellington, Prime Rib, and More Special Holiday Dishes

Turkey Day has passed, meaning Christmas will be here before we know it. If you don’t plan on cooking at home this year, there are plenty of Dallas restaurants offering special holiday menus on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

From upscale hotels to brand-new spots, these are the best Dallas restaurants to dine in for dinner or brunch this Christmas.

On Christmas Eve, this glitzy new Dallas steakhouse is hosting dinner with chef specials in addition to its regular menu. From 5 pm to 8 pm, book a reservation to enjoy gumbo (the NOLA or Korean way), caviar service, a seafood tower, and a variety of Texas wagyu filets such as a 36-ounce tomahawk, 40-ounce porterhouse, and more.

This recently reopened restaurant at The Village Dallas will be open on Christmas Eve for an elevated dining experience. From 4:30 pm to 10 pm, dishes from Meridian’s entirely new menu will be served. Don’t miss the Snake River White Sturgeon, Foie & Sea Island Cornbread, steak tartare, and so much more.

On Christmas Day, this steakhouse at Hotel Swexan in the Harwood District of offering a special beef Wellington for $95, alongside its a la carte offerings. The dish comes with potato purée, roasted carrots, and truffle bordelaise. You can also pair each course with wines and signature cocktails.

Opened just recently at The Crescent in Uptown Dallas, this upscale Greek restaurant from New York is featuring special a la carte dishes on Christmas Eve. Chef specials include prime rib, lobster mac and cheese, truffled mashed potatoes, and grilled artichokes. Holiday cocktails will also be available in addition to the regular drink menu. Avra is open from 11 am to 1 pm on December 24.

Celebrate Christmas Eve or Christmas Day at The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas’ signature restaurant. For $50 to $175 per person, Fearing’s will offer a three-course dinner menu on December 24 and a special brunch on December 25.

On Christmas Eve, this upscale Asian restaurant (from the same owners as Georgie) at The Terminal at Katy Trail is offering a three-course set menu for $105 per person.

For $115++ (items are priced for individual purchase) per person, this steakhouse at the top of Reunion Tower is offering a Christmas Eve Prime Rib Dinner. The meal will start with caviar cones and a handroll trio ($26). The entree will feature prime rib ($68) with mashed potatoes, charred broccolini, and Yorkshire pudding. Dessert will be a Santa’s Cookie Baked Alaska ($15).

This Italian steakhouse at The Ritz-Carlton Dallas, Las Colinas is serving special dinners on Christmas Eve and Day. Both can be booked through Knife’s OpenTable Experience reservation link. The restaurant will offer its full menu alongside chef-curated à la carte holiday specials.

This holiday season, this Uptown seafood spot is offering Christmas Eve and Day dinner menus. Highlights include toro crudo ($42), caviar service ($35 each), fresh white truffles ($70), Hokkaido uni ($35), Texas wagyu ribeye ($130), and peppermint “Hit Me” Cake ($26).

Dallas Starbucks workers on strike. | Fight Back! News

Dallas, TX – On November 13, Starbucks workers who are represented by Starbucks Workers United (SBWU), an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), began and open-ended strike over unfair labor practices they say that Starbucks has committed. The SBWU workers say that Starbucks has been unwilling to bargain in good faith to reach a first contract with the newly formed union.

The strike is nationwide, and the timing coincided with Starbucks’ “Red Cup Day,” which the company uses as the launch of its holiday season. In response, the union has launched what it is calling a Red Cup Rebellion, an open-ended strike of over 1000 baristas demanding better staffing, higher pay and resolution for hundreds of unfair labor practice charges. The strike began with 65 stores on November 13, but the union says if needed it could extend the strike to over 550 stores across the country.

In Dallas, SBWU baristas and allies launched picket lines across the DFW Metro Plex. At a Starbucks location in Valley View, Farmers Branch, SBWU workers joined the strike on Thursday, and continued pickets on Friday, November 15 and Saturday, November 15. The picket was attended by various groups including Teamsters from Local 767, members of the Young Active Labor Leaders, and Freedom Road Socialist Organization.

Rayne Mele is a Starbucks worker and had this to say, “Our strike is definitely making an impact. Every day we come up here and meet early up in the morning, we chant we bring people's attention to our strike, we have more people joining our picket line. We have people getting out of the Starbucks drive through line we're picketing at. We're not numbers on a screen we are actual people coming here and making a difference”.

As the day closed out store workers and supporters could be heard loudly chanting. Some of their chants included “No contract, no coffee,” “No workers, no Starbucks, and “2, 4, 6, 8! Starbucks come negotiate! 3, 5, 7, 9! Don’t cross that picket line.”

Starbucks Workers United says that they intend to continue striking until Starbucks brings an offer to the table that they can accept for a first union contract.

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Texas – Warm predawn air drifts across the Metroplex as a soft, dusty glow forms above the western horizon. Streetlights shimmer against mild breezes, and early traffic hums along I-30 and I-35 under a sky that looks more like late September than mid-November. The week before Thanksgiving brings heavier travel, and early-week storm potential may influence flight schedules and road timing.

According to the National Weather Service, Dallas–Fort Worth begins with temperatures in the mid-60s and clear skies. South winds increase through late morning, gusting to 25 mph at times. Drivers on I-20 and the Chisholm Trail Parkway should expect light buffeting, especially for high-profile vehicles.

According to meteorologists, today stays sunny with highs surging into the upper 80s—well above seasonal norms. Saturday night stays mild near 62°F with light southerly winds. Sunday brings another hot, dry day with highs near 83°F before winds shift east-northeast after sunset.

According to forecasters, Monday holds warm and mostly sunny conditions near 87°F. The steady pattern masks subtle instability, an early sign of Tuesday’s storm chance. Models hint at scattered showers and thunderstorms developing after midnight Monday, then expanding through Tuesday morning. Some storms could produce heavy rainfall and sharp cloud-to-ground lightning that slows early commutes and complicates growing Thanksgiving travel across North Texas.

Wednesday brings a stronger storm signal with potential for localized downpours and brief flooding on low-lying roads. Temperatures cool slightly but remain above normal, maintaining a muggy feel across the Metroplex. Drier air may return late week, creating better travel windows for cross-state trips.

Five-Day Forecast for Fort Worth, TX:Sat: 86/62 – Sunny; gusty south winds.Sun: 83/64 – Sunny; winds shifting late.Mon: 87/67 – Hot; late-night storm chance.Tue: 86/67 – Storms possible; heavy rain pockets.Wed: 84/64 – Stormy periods; travel slowdowns.

A strong solar storm has brought the aurora borealis to Texas!

DALLAS — The Northern Lights have been spotted in North Texas! The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) says we are at a G3 (Strong) geomagnetic storm but a G4 Geomagnetic storm is expected later today, following a powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun.

Typically, the northern lights, or aurora borealis, are visible in regions close to the Arctic Circle. However, during periods of heightened solar activity, such as a strong geomagnetic storm, the auroras can extend farther south. And in rare cases, this includes parts of the southern United States into North Texas.

And sure enough, on Tuesday night, we saw multiple reports of North Texans seeing the northern lights, which were giving off a pink hue in the sky.

Where can you see the Northern Lights?

A G4 geomagnetic storm, like the one predicted, is the second-highest level on the Space Weather Prediction Center's (SWPC) storm scale. This type of event can cause auroras to be visible much farther south than normal. During past G4 storms, the auroras were seen in places like Missouri and even Oklahoma. This means that while is not a guarantee, the northern lights extending their reach into North Texas is a possibility. The solar storm is set to peak around midday, but since the sun is out we won't be able to see the peak. There is a chance the lights will be visible tonight!

Will we see Northern Lights in Dallas or North Texas?

For North Texans, seeing the aurora borealis is a rare and remarkable experience. While the exact visibility of the northern lights depends on several factors—including the strength of the storm at the time— there are reasons worth keeping an eye on the sky Wednesday night.

We are in a particularly active solar pattern, which means frequent solar storms. The sun goes through active and less active periods in roughly 11-year cycles.

Solar storms send ions and electrons toward the Earth at a million miles per hour. Most of these electrons bounce off of the Earth's protective magnetic field. Sometimes electrons still manage to get through where the magnetic field is the weakest - the north and south poles.

Electrons then interact with oxygen and nitrogen in our atmosphere. This interaction gives off energy in the form of light, causing the beautiful phenomenon we witnessed in Texas this week.

If the solar storms are strong enough, the electrons travel towards the lower latitudes, as we saw Tuesday night.

When can you see Northern Lights?

For those hoping to catch a glimpse of the northern lights, try to look the night of November 12 into the early morning hours of November 13. Ideally, you’ll want to be in a dark area away from city lights to improve your chances of seeing the aurora.

What other things can we see as a result?

In addition to the potential for auroras, the geomagnetic storm could impact satellite communications, GPS systems, and even cause minor power grid disruptions. Those who rely heavily on these systems may want to stay alert for possible service interruptions.

Did you see the northern lights across North Texas on Tuesday night? The rare sight brought a colorful display of hues that are not often seen in our night sky.

McKenna Dowd with UT Arlington’s Planetarium spends her day explaining things like the northern lights to students.

“The northern lights is when energy from the sun interacts with the Earth’s atmosphere, creating a color show in our night sky," said Dowd.

Seeing the lights in the southern United States is a rare sight.

“It takes a very strong magnetic storm for it to be seen,” said UTA Planetarium Director Levent Gurdemir.

How bright and how far south the northern lights will be visible is hard to predict.

“Those are very difficult to forecast, almost impossible to forecast,” Gurdemir said.

Experts said it depends on when the solar bursts arrive and how they interact with the Earth’s atmosphere, but with another chance on Wednesday, Dowd said it's worth going outside and looking up.

“Any sort of celestial event is incredible because we all share the night sky,” Dowd said.

Dowd suggests getting away from city lights and using your camera. It can pick up the lights better than the naked eye.

Photographer Matt Lantz drove an hour west of his Aledo home to capture the lights after first seeing them from his back porch Tuesday.

“It was pretty special. I think this happened last year, and it was just this faint red glow in the sky. But to see actual pillars, nd then when I got home to put them in an actual timelapse to see them move, man, that was pretty special. Something I’ve never seen in my life," said Lantz.

While experts have said the lights may not be visible until late Wednesday, Lantz was in place early hoping to capture them again.

For those hoping to do the same with their phone, he recommends night mode for long exposure.

“You want to have your shutter open as long as possible. You want to point it to the north, and your camera may be able to see what your eyes can’t see. Hold your hand really still, hold the camera really still, until it’s done taking the picture," he said.