Tucson fills December with holiday dinners, brunch buffets, cocktail parties, and coffee specials. This guide highlights Christmas 2025 offerings from local restaurants, bars, cafes, and resorts.
You will find dine-in meals, takeout and catering options, and a few food-focused seasonal events. Always confirm hours, pricing, and availability with each spot before you book or order.
For more ideas, browse the Tucson Foodie events calendar.
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day meals
The Coronet
The Coronet, Cafe Coronet, and Nightjar plan a full Christmas lineup downtown.
- Type of special: Dine-in Christmas Eve dinner; Christmas Day dinner; live music
- Dates and times:
- Christmas Eve, Dec. 24; dinner service, live piano 6–8 p.m.
- Christmas Day, Dec. 25; dinner service with holiday specials
- Address: 198 W. Cushing St.
- Details:
- Christmas Eve features Bubbies Chinese Christmas Eve fare in the restaurant.
- Marco Rosano plays live piano in the dining room.
- The restaurant opens on Christmas Day with the regular menu plus traditional Christmas specials.
- More information here.
This spot suits diners who want a cozy sit-down experience with downtown ambiance.
Cup Cafe at Hotel Congress
Cup Cafe inside Hotel Congress keeps the lights on for both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
- Type of special: Dine-in breakfast, lunch, and dinner with holiday entrees
- Dates and times:
- Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, breakfast through dinner
- Christmas Day, Dec. 25, breakfast through dinner
- Address: 311 E Congress St.
- Holiday entree highlights:
- Prime Rib, chili-rubbed, with horseradish and parmesan mashed potatoes, grilled asparagus, and au jus, $42
- Crispy Skin Duck Breast with marsala gastrique, sautéed green beans, roasted red pepper arancini, braised cabbage, $34
- Quail Salad with stuffed roasted quail, walnuts, honey, goat cheese, spinach, fennel, onion, cherries, burgundy vinaigrette, $30
- More information and reservations here.
Cup Cafe works well for downtown visitors who want holiday comfort food and classic Congress energy.
Tanque Verde Ranch: Christmas Brunch
Tanque Verde Ranch hosts a Christmas Day buffet with a desert view and ranch favorites.
- Type of special: Christmas Day brunch buffet; family-friendly event
- Date and time: Dec. 25, 2025; seatings at 1:15 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
- Address: 14301 E. Speedway Blvd.
- Details:
- The buffet features classic holiday dishes and ranch specialties.
- Adults pay $80; children 12 and under pay $40.
- The ranch requires reservations by email or phone.
- More information here.
This brunch fits families who want a destination experience with horses, desert scenery, and a big buffet.
The Westin La Paloma: Christmas Eve dinner at La Luz and Christmas Day brunch
La Luz at The Westin La Paloma serves a prix fixe Christmas Eve dinner.
- Type of special: Three-course Christmas Eve dinner; prix fixe
- Date and time: Dec. 24; 5–9 p.m.
- Address: 3800 E. Sunrise Dr.
- Executive Chef Devin Pinto designs a three-course menu with traditional holiday flavors.
- Price runs $100 per person, plus tax and gratuity.
- Dinner takes place inside La Luz Restaurant at the resort.
- More information and reservations here.
This dinner suits guests who want resort polish and a fixed holiday menu.
The same resort also hosts an elevated Christmas Day brunch buffet.
- Type of special: Christmas Day brunch buffet
- Date and time: Dec. 25; 11 a.m.–3 p.m.
- Address: 3800 E. Sunrise Dr.
- La Luz offers breakfast favorites, carving stations, sides, action stations, and desserts.
- Adults pay $119; children 10 and under pay $60.
- More information and reservations here.
Choose this brunch if you want a long midday meal with views of the Catalina foothills.
Charro Steak
Charro Steak serves a festive three-course menu called Twelve Days of Steak-Más. The meal costs $49.95 per person.
- Type of special: Three-course festive menu
- Date and time: Dec. 13-24 dinner service
- Address: 188 E. Broadway Blvd.
- Menu includes:
- Noche Buena Salad with field greens, cranberries, Sahuarita pecans, roasted beets, mesquite smoked goat cheese, and blushed agave vinaigrette
- All-natural grass-fed prime rib, 10-ounce cut, with smoked ancho au jus and chile verde horseradish
- Sí Charro Christmas tamal and spiced maple Brussels sprouts
- More information and menu here.
Figs Oven + Enoteca
Figs Oven + Enoteca serves a surf and turf special for $37.99 per person.
- Type of special: Surf & Turf
- Date and time: 4 p.m. until sold out on Dec. 24
- Address: 7301 E. Tanque Verde Rd.
- Menu includes:
- Eight-ounce pan-seared rib-eye
- Harissa glazed shrimp
- Whipped potatoes
- Saffron-Champagne reduction
- Broccoli
- More information and menu here.
Holiday teas, coffee drinks, and sweets
Loews Ventana Canyon: Holiday Tea
Loews Ventana Canyon brings back its Holiday Tea inside the resort.
- Type of special: Seasonal afternoon tea with three-course menu
- Dates and times: Every Friday and Saturday, Dec. 1–30; seatings at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
- Address: 7000 N. Resort Dr.
- Details:
- The tea includes a three-course menu, assorted teas, sweets, champagne, and sparkling cider.
- More information and reservations here.
Holiday Tea works nicely as a daytime celebration with visiting family or friends.
Le Buzz Plaza Coffee Co. (Plaza Palomino only)
Le Buzz Plaza Coffee Co. rolls out Christmas-season brunch and drink specials at its Plaza Palomino cafe.
- Type of special: Holiday breakfast and coffee menu
- Date: Available during December 2025; check with the cafe for specific timing
- Address: 2930 N. Swan Rd., Suite 130 (Plaza Palomino location)
- Food specials:
- Spiced Gingerbread Pancakes, $15
- Tamale Benedict, $17
- Holiday beverages:
- Sugar Cookie Latte, $6.50
- Gingerbread Latte, $6.50
- Peppermint Mocha, $6.50
- Gingerbread Horchata, $6.50
- More information here.
These specials apply only at Plaza Palomino.
Family-friendly holiday events with food
Breakfast with Santa and Santa’s Workshop at The Westin La Paloma
La Luz Restaurant hosts Breakfast with Santa on two December Saturdays.
- Type of special: Holiday breakfast buffet with Santa visit
- Dates and time: Saturday, Dec. 13 and Saturday, Dec. 20; 9–11 a.m.
- Address: 3800 E. Sunrise Dr.
- Details:
- The breakfast features a full buffet with à la carte options.
- Santa greets families and poses for photos between 9-11 a.m.
- Adults pay $35; ages 10 and under pay $20; ages 2 and under eat free.
- More information and reservations here.
This event works well for families who want a morning outing plus holiday photos.
The resort also runs Santa’s Workshop, a gingerbread house class with snacks.
- Type of special: Gingerbread house class with treats
- Dates and time: Saturday, Dec. 13 and Saturday, Dec. 20; 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
- Address: 3800 E. Sunrise Dr.
- Details:
- Each ticket includes one gingerbread house kit, hot cocoa, cider, fruit kebabs, and holiday cookies.
- The resort charges $50 per kit, not per person, and welcomes all ages.
- More information and reservations here.
Pair Breakfast with Santa and Santa’s Workshop for a full family day at the resort.
Christmas parties and cocktail events
Tucson Foodie Maui Christmas bash at Kon Tiki
Tucson Foodie throws a Maui Christmas Holiday Party at Kon Tiki, with a VIP dinner experience.
- Type of special: One-night holiday party with VIP dinner and cocktail menu
- Date and time: Friday, Dec. 19;
- VIP entry at 6 p.m.
- General admission from 7–11 p.m.
- Address: Kon Tiki Restaurant & Lounge, 4625 E. Broadway Blvd.
- VIP dinner menu highlights:
- Course 1 choices:
- Santa’s Seafood Bisque
- Shrimp Cocktail
- Island Caesar
- Course 2 choices:
- Blackened Mahi Mahi with seasonal vegetables and tri-whipped potatoes
- Kalua Pork wrapped in banana leaf with pico de gallo
- Chicken Katsu topped with tonkatsu sauce
- Course 3 choices:
- Frances’s Pumpkin Creme Brûlée
- Pineapple Upside Down Cake with chantilly cream
- Course 1 choices:
- Ticket details:
- VIP tickets cost $70 and include dinner and two signature cocktails.
- General admission tickets cost $10 and include 20 percent off Kon Tiki’s special menu.
- Tucson Foodie and Tucson Doobie members receive free general admission.
- More information and tickets:
- Event details here.
Use this event for a Christmas-adjacent night with tiki cocktails, music, and a themed prix fixe menu.
La Esquina
La Esquina went all in with Christmas decor, also offering mulled wine on weekends and a curated gift box.
- Type of special: Vibes and gift special
- Date: December
- Address: 630 E. Ninth St.
- Details:
- $55 gift box with fancy potato chips, creosote mistletoe, tinned mussels, bottle of Antica Torino vermouth, two copita glasses, matches, and coasters.
- $24 limited-edition tote.
- More information here.
Takeout, catering, and gift card specials
Vero Amore (Plaza Palomino)
Vero Amore at Plaza Palomino offers a Christmas Eve dine-in perk plus a catering discount.
- Type of special: Dine-in add-on and catering discount for Christmas Eve
- Date: Christmas Eve, Dec. 24
- Address: 2920 N. Swan Rd.
- Details:
- Guests receive complimentary wood-fired bread with the purchase of two entrees.
- The restaurant offers a 15 percent discount on Christmas Eve catering orders of $250 or more.
- More information here.
This deal works for couples dining in and hosts planning a catered gathering.
Ghini’s French Caffe
Ghini’s French Caffe focuses on a once-a-year gift certificate sale for the holidays.
- Type of special: Gift card bonus tied to dine-in experiences
- Dates: Now through Dec. 31
- Address: 1803 E. Prince Rd.
- Details:
- Buy a $100 gift certificate and receive an additional $20 free.
- Ghini’s positions the sale as a way to gift scratch-made Southern French comfort food.
- More information here.
Use this deal if you want to treat someone to a future brunch or lunch. Also check out their monthly specials.
El Charro Café
Through Christmas Eve, the restaurants will offer tamal specials.
- Type of special: Tamales
- Dates: Now through Dec. 24
- Address: All locations
- Details:
- Six six-ounce handmade tamales (corn, carnitas, chicken, red chile beef, or Hola Hemp) with sides of rice, beans, and sauce for $25 (also available at Charro Chico).
- The Christmas Tamal meal includes a trio of sauces, homemade chile con carne, arroz Sonoran, frijoles refritos, tortillas, and guacamole for $19.95.
- More information here.
Use this deal if you want to treat someone to a future brunch or lunch.
Saigon Blossoms
Saigon Blossoms offers a gift certificate sale for the holidays.
- Type of special: Gift card bonus tied to dine-in experiences
- Dates: Now through Dec. 31
- Address: 88 E. Broadway Blvd.
- Details:
- Buy a $100 gift card and receive a bonus $25 (valid for dine-in only).
- Holiday Cocktail: Saigon Snowfall Martini with lychee, coconut, sparkling touch, sugar rim
- More information here.
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