Holiday Anxiety?! Patch Can Help Take Pressure Off — Easter Dining/Takeout Across Colorado

COLORADO — Hippity hopping down the bunny trail sure works up an appetite. Between the Easter egg hunts and the visits to the Easter bunny, by Sunday (that's Easter), everyone is ready for a nice meal and good company.

The following roundup of restaurants across the state — chains with lots of locations, specialty restaurants with one, and every kind in between — should make finding the perfect place to order takeout or to make reservations a piece of (carrot!) cake.

Happy Easter!

Boston Market: Heat-and-serve Easter meals can be ordered online for pickup Wednesday to Sunday. Entree options include whole spiral-sliced ham, whole boneless ham and half boneless ham. Meal packages serve either six or 12 and include such sides as mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole and macaroni and cheese, plus apple pie. Price ranges from $89.99 to $139.99, depending on selection and location. Details here. Locations throughout the state.

Buca di Beppo: Two Easter weekend packages serve five and are available for pickup or delivery Friday to Sunday. Package 1 ($60) includes salad and pasta, plus Easter cannoli. Package 2 ($70) includes all of Package 1 plus an entree selection of chicken parmigiana, chicken limone or eggplant parmigiana. Order here. One location in Broomfield.

Chart House: Two family-pack takeout options are available Easter Sunday for pickup 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The prime rib package ($125) and glazed salmon package ($85) both serve three to four and include a salad, two family sides and a molten chocolate cake for dessert. See details here. Orders due Thursday. One location in Golden.

Cracker Barrel: Easter Heat n' Serve meals are back with options for prime rib dinner (serves four to six, starting at $129.99) or sugar-cured spiral-sliced ham (for four to six, starting at $104.99, or for eight to 10, starting at $154.99). Meals include a choice of sides that include three-cheese squash casserole, carrots, hash browns, mashed potatoes and more and and come with rolls and peach cobbler. Order here for pickup Thursday through Sunday. Locations across the state.

Eddie V's: Prix fixe three-course Easter brunch is planned from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ($55 per adult/$16 per child). Details are here. The brunch starts with fresh cinnamon rolls and features a choice of lobster bisque, salmon, salad, steak and eggs, quiche Florentine and avocado with lump crab. The meal finishes with bananas Foster cake or fresh berries with cookies. A children's brunch menu is available, and guests also have the option to order off the dinner menu all day. Location.

Fleming's Prime Steakhouse: A three-course Easter weekend special is planned Saturday and Sunday. Entree selections include filet with crab-stuffed shrimp scampi or filet with lobster tail scampi, plus salad and dessert, starting at $85. A children's three-course menu is also offered, as well as the dinner menu all day. Booking and details here. One location in Denver.

Ocean Prime: It serves a special "Easter Made Elegant" brunch menu from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is open for dinner. The brunch menu starts with three cocktails choices and warm cinnamon bread with cream cheese icing as the appetizer to share. Entrees include brioche French toast, smoked salmon latkes, prime steak and eggs and lobster toast. The menu also includes sides such as candied bacon. Two locations in Denver. Booking details here.

Bar Louie: Enjoy Easter brunch with $15 bottomless mimosas until 3 p.m., along with a regular brunch menu. Website here. Locations.

Denny's: Stretch a dollar for Easter and take advantage of a new "Endless Breakfast" special of buttermilk pancakes, cheesy scrambled eggs and hash browns, starting at $6.99 to $8.99. (Prices vary by location.) Bacon or sausage can be added for extra 99 cents. The offer is available through June 21 for dine-in only. Details here. Find locations here.

Seasons 52: Easter brunch will be served from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the dining room with menu selections such as apricot-glazed spiral ham with sweet potato mash and maple-pecan streusel, crab and cheddar quiche, "Upright" French toast with bacon, and shrimp with grits. Or dine at home with "Easter Green Box to Go," featuring salmon or beef tenderloin, salad, two sides and "Mini Indulgence" desserts with the optional add-on of ham. Green Box dinners serve four to six. Visit link here to make Easter Sunday dining reservations or to place Green Box orders. Location.

STK Steakhouse: Reservations are underway for Easter brunch and dinner. A special brunch menu will include truffle steak and egg ($52), hot chicken and waffle ($27), lobster eggs Benedict and more. The dinner menu features Dungeness crab deviled eggs ($34), slow-roasted prime rib ($73) and Colorado lamb T-bones ($67). The Easter menu is available on Saturday and Sunday, and it includes takeout and delivery options. Book here for the only location in Denver.

The Capital Grille: The restaurant will serve Easter Sunday brunch 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with such chef specials as lobster frittata with butter-poached lobster tails, New York strip steak and eggs, filet mignon and white cheddar hash browns. Mimosas and a la carte dinner options available all day. Menu and booking details here. Location.

Jill's Restaurant and Bistro (St Julien Hotel & Spa): Easter brunch will have one seating from 10:30 - 11 a.m. and another from 12:45 - 1:15 p.m. on Sunday. The menu features an assortment of stations, including breakfast selections (pastries, fruit, bacon, potatoes and more), eggs, griddle (Belgian waffles, brioche French toast and biscuits), salads, cold buffet, carving (ham, lamb) and hot buffet (plus assorted desserts). The brunch, which is $85 per adult and $36 per child 4-12 years old, also includes an Easter Bunny-led egg hunt at 11:45 a.m. and 2 p.m. Book here.

The Fort: Gates will be open 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. on Sunday for a special 3-course brunch at the "Red Rocks Country" restaurant. Brunch begins with a salad and muffins, followed by a choice of ham steak drizzled in huckleberry sauce ($45 per adult, $29 per child 12 years old and under) or roasted left leg of lamb with rosemary and garlic ($55). Brunch concludes with a "Negrita" for dessert, which the restaurant describes as "a chocolate ganache served in an edible chocolate tulip cup." Limited regular menu items will be available as well as special prices on certain cocktails and wines. Take advantage of the beautiful setting with Easter egg hunts hosted periodically in the restaurant’s courtyard throughout the day (only for children). Book here.

Urban Farmer: Enjoy a special Easter brunch buffet from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. or one of their three options for to-go kits. The buffet ($70 per adult/$35 per child 10 years old and under) includes a waffle bar, omelet station, Colorado roasted leg of lamb, prime rib and more. The menu also includes a children's station and an assortment of desserts. The to-go packages contain reheating instructions, each serve 4-6 people and include a variety of sides. The choices are whole roasted leg of lamb ($205), smorgasbord ($95) and prime rib ($255). Order must be places by Saturday at 1 p.m. for pickup on Sunday between 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Book or order a to-go package here.