Need Food for a Holiday Gathering?

If you don't want to arrive at your Christmas gathering empty handed and there's no more time to bake or cook something, there's still time to pick up something tasty here in Palm Harbor. Several businesses will be selling pre-made food on Christmas Eve.

• , 3235 Tampa Rd, (727) 785-8873, Open Christmas Eve 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. You can get just about anything you need at this popular gourmet deli. It might be too late to order anything specially made, but the deli features a wide variety of desserts, wines, meats, kabobs and pre-made salads.  
• , 3347 Tampa Rd, (727) 781-1888, Open Christmas Eve 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Need a dessert for your holiday gathering? This popular bakery will be selling packaged Holiday Cookie Platters for $18.95. The $20 Pumpkin Cheesecake is another popular sweet treat for the holidays. The dessert case features a wide variety of tasty items ready to take home.
• , 3725 Alt 19, (727) 938-7437, Open Christmas Eve 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The pies baked at JJ Gandy's have been a tradition at local family celebrations for decades. It's too late to special order one of their popular holiday pies, but the bakery will be selling other pies and sweet baked treats that you can pick up.
• , 33240 US 19, (727) 400-6884, Open Christmas Eve until 6 p.m. If you want to take a cool treat to your holiday gathering, you might want to check out the ice cream cakes in the self serve freezer at Baskin Robbins. A Yule Log Ice cream Cake is one of the more popular items during the holidays. It sells for $19.99 and will serve six to eight people.