Ham, lamb — or tacos? Here’s where to pick up Easter dinner to go, or a buffet brunch
Easter Sunday brunch is to-go this year, but restaurants are ready with offers.
As usual, some restaurants seem to be confused about what to serve.
Ham and lamb are the genuine Easter traditions.
You’ll find them at B&B Butchers, Buffalo West, Del Frisco’s Grille, Hunter Brothers H3 Ranch, Ol’ South Pancake House, Paris 7th/Saint-Émilion, Wild Acre, Wishbone & Flynt and Zeno’s on the Square.
But this is Cowtown, so everybody’s also offering plenty of beef. A few of the Easter dinner packages (call your favorite restaurant to ask):
▪ American Revelry, the new grill and bar in Burleson, is offering turkey with sides, salad and brownies.
The price for a family of six is $74.99. It may be sold out, but American Revelry continues its to-go menu; 279 W. Hidden Creek Parkway, 817-484-6553, https://www.facebook.com/RevelryBurleson/
▪ B&B Butchers & Restaurant is offering family portions including a half prime rib for seven with Yorkshire pudding (needs reheating, $300), a whole ham with Dr Pepper-bourbon glaze ($10.99/pound), a pork roast, rack of lamb or filet mignon, plus sides and desserts.
It’ll need reheating or roasting; order ahead for pickup Friday through Sunday, with a deadline of 4 p.m. Saturday; 5212 Marathon Ave., 817-713-5360, email eatfw@bbbutchers.com.
▪ Bird Café, one of the most popular brunches in Fort Worth, is offering its shorter take-out menu of salads, sandwiches and entrees plus brunch specials such as pork carnitas with grits, French toast and country ham or salmon pastrami ($14-$15).
Bird is taking a break except on Easter; 155 E. Fourth St., 817-332-2473, birdinthe.net.
▪ Blue Mesa Grill, always one of the better weekend buffets, is offering a to-go family brunch pack for four people. It includes chicken enchiladas, tacos, migas, French toast and sides ($60).
Order brunch by Friday. Or Blue Mesa also serves its regular menu; 612 Carroll St., 817-332-6372, bluemesagrill.com..
▪ Buffalo West, a west side steakhouse, is offering a full Easter dinner with ham, turkey and roast sirloin plus sides, salad and dessert.
It’s a good price: $25 per person. Call 817-732-2370 to reserve ahead and pick up Saturday after 4:30 p.m. or Sunday after noon.
Buffalo West is offering $25-$30 family dinner packs for four people weeknights with entrees such as baked chicken, meatloaf, roast turkey and roast sirloin. On Fridays, a steak or tilapia dinner to go is $20.
It’s a moderate-priced steakhouse in a remodeled Steak & Ale just off Camp Bowie West at Alta Mere Drive; 7101 Camp Bowie Blvd. West, 817-732-2370, facebook.com/buffalowestrestaurant.
▪ Campisi’s Restaurant, an expert at contactless delivery for years, is offering four Easter family dinner packs.
The price starts at $79.99 for pizza, meatballs, side dishes and mini-cheesecakes. A $134 dinner features pizza and chicken parmigiana with tiramisu, and there’s also a family pack with chicken marsala and penne Alfredo ($148.99) and with New York strip steaks, penne and Italian cream cake ($214); 6150 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817-916-4561, campisis.us.
▪ Capital Grille and corporate cousin Eddie V’s Prime Seafood both have attractive brunch offers.
Capital Grille’s $95 dinner for two features a rack of bone-in filet with sides, salad and apple crostata. (A double order, $185, feeds “four to six.”)
Eddie V’s $110 dinner for two features roast tenderloin with sides, salad and bananas Foster cake. It’s the same $185 for “four to six.”)
Call ahead to order; 800 Main St., 817-348-9200, thecapitalgrille.com, or 817-336-8000, eddiev.com.
▪ CRÚ Food & Wine Bar in the Shops at Clearfork is offering a to-go three-course menu featuring salmon piccata, a crab-asparagus-goat cheese frittata, smoked salmon or a tenderloin-and-eggs platter ($14-$15, or $24 as a 3-course dinner).
The $24 adds a choice of a Caesar, avocado toast or meatballs, plus cheesecake or tiramisu; 11 a..m.-2 p.m.
Crú is open for dinner weeknights, and for lunch or brunch through dinner on weekends; 5188 Marathon Ave., 817-737-9463, cruawinebar.com.
▪ Both Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse and cousin Del Frisco’s Grille have special Easter take-out menus.
The Grille’s brunch is $60 per person, featuring a choice of ham, turkey, lamb or haddock with deviled eggs, an appetizer, a salad , three sides and either lemon cake or Nutella bread pudding.
The Double Eagle brunch is also $60 per person, featuring a prime rib dinner, an appetizer, a salad, sides and strawberry cheesecake.
The official order deadline is Thursday, but call. Both restaurants are also serving their regular menus to go. The Double Eagle is at 812 Main St., 817-877-3999, delfriscos.com. There are Grilles at 154 E. Third St., Fort Worth, 817-887-9900, or 1200 E. Southlake Blvd., Southlake, 817-410-3777; delfriscosgrille.com.
▪ Ellerbe Fine Foods, a fine-dinng-turned-family-takeout restaurant with James Beard Award semifinalist Molly McCook as chef, is offering an Easter take-out family brunch for six ($132).
Yes, that’s steep. But you get a honey-Creole mustard pork roast with a long list of appetizers and sides including devlied-egg profiteroles, house-made pate a choux, vegetables, potatoes and strawberry-spinach salad.
For an extra $6 per person, Ellerbe adds its world-class bread pudding
Order by Thursday and pick up Saturday; 817-926-3663, ellerbefinefoods.com.
▪ Enchiladas Olé is offering a smoked brisket family dinner with sides for $55, or a chicken fajitas famly pack for $40.
Order in advance; 2418 Forest Park Blvd., 817-984-1360; enchiladasole.com.
▪ Fixe Southern House, the fried-chicken haven in Clearfork, is offering family dinner packs featuring chicken ($50), jambalaya ($60) or a half-rack of smoked pork chops ($75); 5282 Marathon Ave, 682.707.3965, fixesouthernhouse.com
▪ FnG Eats in Keller is offering five brunch choices including egg casseroles, a “pancake pack” and macadamia chicken with cornbread waffles.
Order by Thursday at noon; 210 Town Center Lane, 817-741-5200, fngeats.com.
▪ Gemelle, chef Tim Love’s Italian restaurant, is offering a nice Easter family brunch pack for six people featuring a tomato-greens quiche. fruit salad and avocado toast spread.
It’s $100. Order online by 5 p.m. Tuesday; cheftimlove.com/bring-love-home.
▪ Greer’s Ranch Cafe in Stephenville, owned by the family that ran the old Cactus Flower Cafe in Fort Worth, is offering a $69.95 dinner for six people featuring smoked ham, sides, salads and cheesecake.
Add extra rolls for $5 a dozen; 190 W. College St., 254-434-2537, greersranchcafe.com.
▪ Hunter Brothers H3 Ranch. a Stockyards anchor for brunch every weekend. is offering smoked sirloin, salmon or ham dinners for two with sides and salad (advance order and pickup, $49.95-$69.95)
There’s also a half-prime rib for seven to roast at home with sides ($169.95). H3 Ranch is serving a takeout dinner menu weeknights and Saturdays but not weekends; 109 E. Exchange Ave., 817-624-1246, facebook.com/Hunterbrothersh3ranch.
▪ Lettuce Cook, a gourmet takeout shop in the River District, is offering a dinner package with a choice of beef tenderloin ($240, feeds eight) or either raspberry-chipotle or honey-pecan pork tenderloin ($36, feeds four to six).
The deadline to order is 3 p.m. Wednesday; 5101 White Settlement Road, 817-989-2665, lettucecookgourmet.com.
▪ Mamma Monica’s, a Parker County homestyle Italian favorite, is offering a “grab and go” lasagna dinner for two with meatballs or chicken pizzaola, salad and dessert.
It’s $49.99. Mamma Monica’s also has other take-out specials; 5107 New Tin Top Road, 817-818-2948, mammamonica.com.
▪ Mercury Chop House is offering a $100 family dinner pack for three or four, featuring a choice of pork tenderlion or a whole baked chicken.
That’s with sides and peach cobber. Order by Saturday, 817-336-4129 or text 214-500-1067, mercuryfw.com
▪ Ol’ South Pancake House, popular every holiday, is serving a baked ham dinner for four with three side dishes, rolls and cookies for $29.99.
Ol’ South is serving breakfast and lunch daily and all day weekends, and will start family dinner packs next week.
Order the Easter dinner by Friday afternoon for pickup any time Sunday; 1509 S. University Drive, 817-336-0311, olsouthpancakehouse.com.
▪ Paris 7th and Saint-Émilion Restaurant are opening Easter for the first time ever, offering lavish French dinners for a reasonable price.
A prime rib, rack of lamb or salmon Wellington dinner for two costs $79.50-$89.50, including asparagus soup, salad, a choice of potato, a choice of three vegetables and either bread pudding, crêpes or chocolate cake.
If you’d like to order the sides and extras only with no entrees, that’s $49.50 for two. (If you’re feeding a family, order this pack and then split the entrees )
Paris 7th and Saint-Émilion are both offering daily family dinners or the regular menu at 3324 West Seventh St., 817-489-5300, saint-emilionrestaurant.square.site.
▪ Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille, a mainstay in Grapevine, is offering a three-course Easter lunch or dinner for $39 per person.
The menu features a choice of Perry’s “seven-finger-high” pork chop, prime rib, filet mignon, salmon, chcken parmesan or spaghetti squash primavera, each with sides and a choice of Caesar, kale or wedge salads.
The dessert’s included — orange-vanilla cheesecake, butterscotch budino or chocolate.
There’s also a $13 children’s menu (chicken tenders or pasta) and regular menu items.
Perry’s is open for dinner nightly and lunch Wednesdays and Fridays.
It’s at 2400 Texas 114 West; 682-477-2261, perryssteakhouse.com.
▪ Silver Fox Steakhouse has published two different menus, but I think the correct Easter brunch menu is the one featuring a choice of eight entrees (steaks, pork chop, sea bass) plus salads and sides.
They’re all priced a la carte, which is unusual for Silver Fox (and more expensive). Call ahead to order; 817-332-9060, silverfoxcafe.com.
▪ Tributary Cafe, the Cajun restaurant in the Race Street village, has a bargain $55 Easter dinner package for four people, but you have to order by Wednesday.
It features a choice of homestyle ham and scalloped potatoes, turkey and dressing or fried chicken and mashed potatoes. All the dinners come with green beans or asparagus, and either Key lime, chocolate cream or buttermilk pie.
At $55, order two and save the leftovers; 2813 Race St, near Riverside Drive., 817-744-8255, tributarycafe.com.
▪ Wild Acre, a new brewery and deli, is offering a 7-pound smoked ham with sides, salad and brownies.
It’s a $100 family pack for six; 6473 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817-353-2074.
▪ Winslow’s Wine Cafe offers Easter dinners for four featuring blood orange-glazed ham, herb-roasted chicken, prosciutto-wrapped pork tenderloin or prime rib with sides, salad, rolls and tiramisu ($100-$150).
There’s also a roast goose dinner for six ($180); 4101 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817-731-6515, winslowswine.com.
▪ Wishbone & Flynt, chef Stefon Rishel’s new restaurant, is offering an Easter dinner for Saturday pickup featuring smoked leg of lamb; $150 (feeds 6-8), 817-945-2433, wishboneandflynt.com.
▪ Zeno’s on the Square in Weatherford is offering a grab-and-go special of Tuscany lamb or pistachio salmon.
It’s $69.90 for two; 102 Houston Ave., 817-757-7552, zenosonthesquare.com.
This story was originally published April 6, 2020 at 5:45 AM.
