Holiday pop-ups bring seasonal cheer to the Corridor

By: John LohmanAnnie Smith Barkalow|November 17, 2025

|4 min read

LP Street Food’s holiday pop-up events are wildly popular and reservations to dine among the lights and tinsel are encouraged. “How LPSF Stole Christmas” is the 2025 theme. CREDIT COURTLIN BACA/KHAK

Midwesterners are well-acquainted with the seasonal gloom that settles when the last autumn leaves fall and clouds cover the sky until spring. Several Corridor restaurants are combating the winter doldrums and bringing cheer with Christmas-themed pop-ups.

In the midst of the holiday season, these restaurants are transformed into winter wonderlands with specialty menus to accompany the metamorphosis.

“It’s something that brings a little bit…

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Holiday pop-ups bring seasonal cheer to the Corridor

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