The English Inn at Christmas
Dining in the Door in the colder months can be especially pleasing as restaurants are cooking up holiday flavors, hot drinks and soups, and soul-warming comfort foods on their regular menus and daily specials. “But what’s open,” you may ask? While it’s true that many local restaurants close their doors and take much needed time off in our “quiet” season, there are still many restaurants open through the Holidays, only for a short time, or are actually open year round.
Check out the holiday and winter hours for many Door County restaurants below, there’s even live holiday music at a couple of them!
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Special Christmas Meals
The English Inn in Fish Creek – Winter Hours: open Thursday through Sunday at 4pm.
- Open Christmas Day from noon-7:00 pm, they still have dates open for Christmas parties, book yours now!!! (920) 868-3076 for reservations.
Harbor Fish Market & Grill in Baileys Harbor – Winter Hours: Between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, Harbor Fish Market will also be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily from December 26-31, closed on Jan. 1st until Spring 2015.
- Christmas Day Buffet, Dec. 25, 2014 – serving their traditional holiday buffet 11am-5pm. $19.95 per person, $8.95 for children under age 11. Reservations encouraged (their Thanksgiving Buffet sold out about a week before the day!) (920) 839-9999
Serving: Oven Roasted Turkey with Old Fashioned Stuffing, Apple Cider Glazed Pit Ham, Succulent Roast Lamb, Chef Carved Slow Roasted Prime Rib, and Baked Alaskan Salmon with Chunky Cucumber Dill Sauce, as well as Freshly Baked Rolls, Great Selection of Sides, Appetizers & Salads, Decadent Dessert Selection.
Holiday Music
Christmas at Base Camp!
Holiday Music at Base Camp in Sister Bay: Base Camp Christmas Concert w/ Jeanne Kuhns & George Sawyn (Small Forest opens) at 7pm on Dec. 20, 2014
Holiay Music at Brew Coffeehouse in Ellison Bay: Captain John Nolte on Dec. 20 & 27, 2014. Nolte performs nautical, folk, bluegrass, oldies and your Christmas favorites. Info: (920) 421-2739.
“Yuletide Tales” at Third Avenue Playhouse in Sturgeon Bay – Dec. 26, 27, & 28, 2014: A reader’s theatre evening of moving and humorous stories by Hans Christian Andersen, O. Henry, and L. Frank Baum, along with a bit of Shakespeare, some beloved songs and abundant holiday cheer. $15/general admission. $10/students 12-24. $5/children 11 & under. Tickets & Info: (920) 743-1760
Home for the Holidays with AFT at Old Gibraltar Town Hall in Fish Creek – Dec. 26, 27, 29, 30, & 31, 2014: Reunite with AFT performers for an evening of songs of the season, holiday humor and a good old-fashioned sing-along. $22/adults. $13/children. Tickets & Info: (920) 854-6117
Special Orders – call ASAP!
Cupcake Heaven – Special Orders Only in winter call for Holiday Treats!
Gourmet A-Go-Go – Place your Holiday orders by Monday, Dec. 22, 2014
Holiday Music & Open Hours – Door County, WI
STURGEON BAY
Donny’s Glidden Lodge Restaurant just north of Sturgeon Bay and south of Jacksonport – open for dinner Monday through Saturday, year-round from 4-9pm. December Special! Monday thru Thursday: $16.95 New York Strip Steak, includes Soup N Salad Bar! 920-746-9460
- Closed Christmas Eve & Day
- New Year’s Eve – serving regular menu with live entertainment by Mickey Grasso from about 8:30pm-1:30am.
136 Restaurant & Wine Bar – Winter Hours: open from 11am-9pm Wednesday through Saturday.
- Closed Christmas Eve & Day
- Open Dec. 22-23 and 26-31, 11am-9pm (except Sunday, Dec. 28 open at 4pm)
- Open New Year’s Eve – special menu TBA!
- Closed New Year’s Day
Gourmet A-Go-Go – Winter Hours: open Monday through Saturday, 9am-6pm. Offering Take & Bake frozen dinners, soups and bakery to pop in the oven so you can spend time with the family! Place your Holiday orders by Monday, Dec. 22, 2014
- Closed Christmas Eve & Day
- New Year’s Eve 9am-6pm offering holiday specials! (she will email to us)
- Closed New Year’s Day
Hot Tamales – Winter Hours: open Thursday through Saturday 7am-8pm, Sunday 8am-8pm (subject to change)
- Open Christmas Eve 7am-12pm
- Closed Christmas Day
- Open regular hours Dec. 26, 2014-
Live Music & Entertainment at Stone Harbor Restaurant & Pub
- Dec. 26, 2014 – Kitty Corona
- Dec. 27, 2014 – Tommy Rock DJ Show
- Dec. 28, 204 – Packer Party (Enjoy drink specials, make your own Bloody Mary, complimentary snacks at half-time, complimentary rail shots at every Packer score, and more! The party begins 1 hour before kickoff and goes until 1 hour after the game. (920) 746-0700
CARLSVILLE
Door County Coffee & Tea Co. – Winter Hours: Daily 7:30am-5pm, drive-thru at 6:30am, breakfast 7:30-11am, lunch 11am-3pm.
- Closing at 3pm on Christmas Eve
- Closed Christmas Day
FISH CREEK
Coopers Corner – Winter Hours: open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 11am-9pm.
Gibraltar Grill – Winter Hours: open Fridays and Saturdays from 4-9pm through March, closed in April, and reopening on May 1st.
- The Go Bo Foundation will be the beneficiary all winter of their Featured Steak Donation in memory of Bo Johnson.
The English Inn – Winter Hours: open Thursday through Sunday at 4pm.
- Open Christmas Day from Noon-7pm. Accepting Christmas Party reservations
SISTER BAY
Base Camp Coffeehouse – Winter Hours: open Monday through Sunday 7:30am-3pm.
- LIVE MUSIC: Base Camp Christmas Concert w/ Jeanne Kuhns & George Sawyn (Small Forest opens) at 7pm on Dec. 20, 2014
- Closed Christmas Day
Cupcake Heaven – Special Orders Only during winter (please note: they not be accepting orders Jan 9-Feb 16 this year).
Door County Creamery – Winter Hours: open Fridays and Saturdays from 10:30am-6pm, and Sundays 10:30am-3pm through Christmas.
- Closed Christmas Day. Reopening for the 2015 season in May.
The Inn at Kristofer’s – Winter Hours: open Thursday through Sunday at 5pm.
- Thursday Special: choose 1 appetizer and 1 dessert to share with the purchase of two regular priced dinners.
- Friday – Door County Whitefish $18.99
JJ’s La Puerta – Winter Hours: open Tuesday through Thursday 5-9pm, Friday & Saturday, 11am-10pm. Bar stays open later!
- Closed Christmas Eve & Day
- Closed New Year’s Day
Sister Bay Bowl – Winter Hours: open for lunch Tuesday through Saturday 11:30am-2pm. Evening Winter Hours are Nightly at 5:30pm, Fridays at 5pm.
- Fresh made pizza available for eat in or carry out – call 920-854-2841 to order ahead or enjoy a beer at the bar while you wait for it to be prepared for you.
EGG HARBOR
Shipwrecked Brew Pub – Winter Hours: open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 11am-9pm this winter.
Greens N Grains Market & Cafe – Winter Hours: Market open daily from 10am-5pm. Cafe is open Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 10am-4pm.
- Closed Christmas Day
- From Dec. 26 through Jan. 3, 2015, Greens N Grains will be open 10am-4pm daily.
ELLISON BAY
Mink River Basin – Winter Hours: open 11am-8pm daily, until 9pm Friday & Saturday. Breakfast Sunday 10am-Noon.
- Open Christmas Eve 11am-6pm (serving lunch from 11am-2pm)
- Open Christmas Day 2-8pm (bar only)
- Open regular hours New Year’s Eve & Day
Brew Coffeehouse – Winter Hours: open Monday through Saturday 6:30am-3pm & Sunday 10am-Noon
- LIVE MUSIC: Captain John Nolte on Dec. 20 & 27, 2014. Nolte performs nautical, folk, bluegrass, oldies and your Christmas favorites. Info: (920) 421-2739.
- Closed Christmas Day
Viking Grill – Closed for the rest of the winter
- Holiday Hours: open Dec. 27-30, 2014 – Friday 6am-7pm, Saturday & Sunday 6am-2pm
- Reopening for the season on April 3, 2015.
EPHRAIM
Joe Jo’s Pizza & Gelato – Winter Hours: 11am-close daily
- Closed now through Christmas Eve & Day
- Open 27-31 for winter hours
- Closed New Year’s Day