Where to eat on Christmas Day: More restaurants are open in Fort Worth

The list of “what’s open Christmas Day” is longer than usual.

Restaurants need the money. But they’re also offering some new ideas for family dining and fun:

1. MEDITERRANEAN BUFFETS

Dimassi’s, the sprawling cafeteria-style Lebanese buffet restaurants from Houston, will be open Christmas as usual and every day in Fort Worth, Grapevine and at five other area locations.

But there’s a new choice this year: Truva.

If you don’t know the name Truva, you know the Flying Carpet. Chef Can Karataş has both, along with Istanbul Cuisine restaurants in other North Texas cities.

Truva just opened at 1205 Church St. in the Town Center Colleyville shops. It’s billed as the largest Mediterranean restaurant in Texas.

It’s open for lunch Christmas Day, serving a full buffet with grill dishes, omelets, appetizers and desserts.

The price is reasonable: $32.95. The setting is a rich, wood-paneled dining room with panoramic windows and high ceilings, a good pick for a family gathering Christmas Day or anytime over the holidays.

Truva’s regular menu is $16-$17 at lunch, $20-$26 at dinner. The Mediterranean-style steaks are about $40.

It’s open for lunch and dinner daily; 817-576-4064.

2. BETTER HOTEL RESTAURANTS

—Bricks & Horses, the city’s leading hotel restaurant in a spectacular Western-style setting, will serve Christmas Eve tea, Christmas Day brunch and then a $115 family-style dinner at night Christmas Eve and Day.

It’s at 3700 Camp Bowie Blvd.; 682-782-6688, bricksandhorses.com.

—Wicked Butcher. a Dallas-based prime steakhouse in the historic Sinclair hotel, will serve its full menu Christmas Eve dinner and all day Christmas Day with steaks, seafood and specialties such as beef Wellington, prime rib or duck à l’orange.

It’s at 512 Main St.; 817-601-4621, wickedbutcher.com.

(Street parking downtown is free nights, weekends and holidays.)

—Most hotels are open, including the lavish holiday buffets at the Omni Fort Worth, Crescent Fort Worth and Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine.

3. TAKE THE TRAIN

The TEXRail trains to Grapevine DFW Airport will be on regular schedule Christmas Day, so take the family to Bacchus Kitchen at Hotel Vin in the Grapevine train station.

The special $95 menu includes beef tournedos au poivre; 215 E. Dallas Road, 817-251-3040, bacchustx.com.

4. RESTAURANTS ARE OPEN

More Christmas Day dining:

—Rosebud Steakhouse, the flashy new Chicago-style prime steakhouse in Southlake, will be open at 2102 Texas 114 East; 817-634-5050, rosebudsteak.com.

—Heaven’s Gate Restaurant, the city’s traditional family holiday buffet, is $27.95. It’s open 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Christmas Day at 3820 N. Main St.; 817-624-1262, heavensgaterestaurant.com.

—Texas de Brazil and most other Brazilian prime steakhouses will open and add turkey or other meats to the selection.

—Also in downtown Fort Worth, Mercury Chophouse at 525 Taylor St. will be open and serving Christmas lunch to customers including Fort Worth police and other first responders; 817-336-4129, mercuryfw.com.

—The Rim restaurants and corporate cousin Rio Mambo will open at all locations and serve an all-you-can-eat $39.99 brunch. The Rim will feature brisket and ham at its restaurants in Fort Worth and Burleson.

—Ol’ South Pancake House, a definitive all-day cafe for Texas travelers since 1962, will open at 8 a.m. Christmas Day at both locations, 1509 S. University Drive in Fort Worth and 225 E. Renfro St. in Burleson.

—Rex’s Bar & Grill, the new sports grill spinoff of Ol’ South, will open at 11 a.m. Christmas and serve all day at 1501 S. University Drive.

—In the Stockyards, Paloma Suerte and Tannahill’s Tavern are both listed as open but have not provided information.

Other restaurants open Christmas Day: all Black Bear Diner locations, Brio Italian Grille in Southlake, all Del Frisco’s Grille and Saltgrass Steakhouse locations, and all Red Lobster locations.