Usher in the holiday season with a Dickensian dinner at Centro!
Enjoy the flavors of Victorian England at this festive event. Enjoy a multi-course feast of historical dishes and recipes inspired by Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol,” prepared by Chef George Formaro, Chef Michael Kolodzej and the Centro culinary team.
Meal includes a selection of appetizers, entrées, sides and dessert. Beer, wine and themed cocktails available for purchase.
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Sunday, Dec. 13, 2026
Doors and seating open at 5:15pm; dinner begins at 5:30pm.
Centro / 1003 Locust Street, Des Moines
$125 / person + tax. Includes gratuity.
*Please note: event seating will be assigned at communal tables. Parties wishing to be seated together are encouraged to purchase in a group. For those who purchased separately and wish to be seated together, please email tthompson@centrodining.com no less than one week before the event.
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MENU
ON THE TABLE - a bounty of Victorian delights:
Potted Smoked Trout with toast
Cumberland Sausage Rolls with cranberry mustard
Deviled Bones with Stilton dressing
Crispy Brawn with Piccalilli
FIRST
Split Pea Soup with smoked ham, dill and clotted cream
SECOND
Roasted Beetroot Salad with horseradish goat's cheese, water cress, pickled onion and mustard vinaigrette
THIRD
Fish Pie / cod, salmon, shrimp, fennel, carrots, leeks, peas, fresh herbs and a potato crust
FOURTH
Roast Rib of Beef / with Yorkshire pudding, Irish champ mash, braised leeks with anchovy and Brussels sprouts with bacon
FIFTH
Dessert Trio / bread and butter pudding, apple fool and ginger biscuits
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Party size
1 ticket