EAST VILLAGE — Things may be quieter in the neighborhood because of Christmas but not every business will be closed on Dec. 25.
If you're looking for a nice meal that day, check out a few of the neighborhood's restaurants and bars offering holiday menus and specials on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
► Dirty French
180 Ludlow St.
The French-inspired bistro will offer a prix fixe menu — featuring items like steak au poivre and millefeuille pastry made with trumpet royale mushrooms and kabocha squash curry — on Christmas Day for $95 per person.
► Hearth
403 E. 12th St.
Hearth will offer its annual Feast of the Seven Fishes dinner on Christmas Eve, which includes specialty fish dishes, for $96 per person or $48 for children under 12 years old. An optional wine pairing is also available for an additional $54.
► La Cerveceria
65 Second Ave.
Peruvian-inspired food like avocado causa — a potato dish made with hearts of palm, goat cheese and choclo, a type of corn — make up the four-course, Christmas pre fixe menu at La Cerveceria, which costs $65 per person.
► Leave Rochelle Out of It
205 Chrystie St.
The bar will be open from 5 p.m. to 4 a.m. on Christmas Day, but as a holiday treat, it will also hold an all-day happy hour featuring $2 off well drinks, draft beers and wine as well as a $5 beer and shot featuring a Miller High Life split and the whiskey of the week.
Customers are also encouraged to bring in food from surrounding Lower East Side eateries open that night.
► Narcissa
25 Cooper Square
The restaurant will offer a Christmas brunch with an a la carte menu featuring a number of items, from yogurt parfait to lobster truffle benedict and duck leg schnitzel from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Christmas day.
That night, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., Narcissa’s Michelin-starred Chef John Fraser will prepare a $72, three-course prix fixe meal that includes steamed bass with cilantro-mussel stew, roasted chicken for two and sirloin with potato puree, trumpet mushrooms and a bordelaise vinaigrette.
► Veselka
144 Second Ave.
The beloved Ukranian restaurant will offer a special 12-dish holiday dinner on Christmas Eve for $29 per person. The menu includes its Christmas borscht soup, a trio of smoked and pickled fish and its famous pierogis. Diners can also add a glass of champagne for an extra $6.
► Zum Schneider
107 Avenue C
The German beer garden will offer a traditional menu on Christmas Eve, featuring dishes like a roasted goose with pretzel and bratwurst stuffing, pumpkin soup with roasted seeds and apple strudel. The prix fixe menu is $48 per person.
Looking to celebrate the holiday elsewhere in the city? Check out our citywide roundup of restaurants open on Christmas.
