12 chain restaurants serving Thanksgiving dinner
Cracker Barrel
- Organizing a Thanksgiving dinner can be a stressful ordeal, especially for those spending hours in the kitchen.
- Some people opt out of cooking altogether by choosing a simpler alternative: getting their turkey dinner at a restaurant.
- Many chain restaurants are also giving people the option to order their Thanksgiving feast for pick up and delivery this year.
- Public health experts recommend keeping Thanksgiving groups as small as possible this year and taking precautions to ensure safety of all diners.
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Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and as the number of days you have to prepare for the big meal dwindles, some people might be considering outsourcing their turkey dinner.
Catering your Thanksgiving meal and not having to worry about a dry turkey or a burnt ham can make it easier for some people to enjoy the holiday.
Luckily, several chain restaurants offer special meal packages for Thanksgiving Day, with options for home delivery, pick-up, or dining in. These meal packages contain all of the Thanksgiving classics, and some have special twists unique to the restaurant.
It's worth noting that, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the US's top infectious-disease expert, even small indoor gatherings are driving new cases of COVID-19 in the US, so think twice before hosting a group of any size this year. Public health experts told Business Insider they recommend keeping groups as small as possible, eating outside or in a well-ventilated area, and wearing masks while inside and not eating.
Whether you need a backup plan or just want to avoid the hassle of cooking altogether, here are 12 chain restaurants where you can get a hot Thanksgiving meal.
Cracker Barrel
For customers who want to enjoy Thanksgiving from the comfort of their homes but still want to reap the benefits of a catered meal, Cracker Barrel offers a "Heat n' Serve Family Meal To-Go" that can feed up to 10 people. (Although, with the CDC warning small household gatherings are contributing to the rise in COVID-19 cases, you may be eating a lot of leftovers yourself.)
This meal, which costs $144.99, comes with a slew of dishes, including two fully-cooked turkey breasts, cornbread dressing, turkey gravy, cranberry relish, sweet yeast rolls, three sides, a pumpkin pie, and a pecan pie.
Cracker Barrel recommends placing orders for the meal at least 24 hours in advance of pick-up. These meals will be available for purchase from November 21 to November 29.
Cracker Barrel also offers an in-restaurant meal on Thanksgiving Day at all restaurant locations open for dine-in service. Meals are available from 11 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day until closing.
Boston Market allows customers to dine in or pick up entire meals.Boston Market
With nearly all Boston Market locations open on Thanksgiving Day, patrons can sit in the restaurant for their holiday meal and have a choice between half a rotisserie chicken and slices of oven-roasted turkey for their main course. The $13.99 plates also come with a dinner roll, a slice of apple or pumpkin pie, and a choice of two sides.
Customers who prefer to eat at home have two options for takeout. For those looking to have their meal in their fridge, ready to heat at any time, the "Holiday Heat and Serve" can be picked up the week prior to Thanksgiving Day and stored in your fridge for later. These pre-cooked meals will set you back $130 and come with a whole turkey, spinach and artichoke dip, gravy, vegetable stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry walnut relish, one apple pie, and one pumpkin pie.
Boston Market also offers eight different Thanksgiving spreads or a la carte options that can be home-delivered on its website.
The Italian restaurant Buca di Beppo will be open for dining and pick up this Thanksgiving.Buca di Beppo
Buca di Beppo offers a variety of options for customers on Thanksgiving Day, including some holiday staples with an Italian twist.
For $219.99, patrons can purchase a half pan of food that comes with turkey slices, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, green beans, bread rolls, spicy Italian sausage stuffing, and pumpkin pie. Orders are available for pick up from November 16 to November 26 from your local Buca di Beppo.
If you don't want to dine at home this year, Buca di Beppo also accepts Thanksgiving Day reservations with your choice of typical Italian cuisine and Thanksgiving Day specials.
Bravo! Italian Kitchen is also serving up an Italian Kitchen Holiday Feast this year.Bravo! Italian Kitchen
Bravo! Italian Kitchen's Holiday Feast includes sliced white meat turkey, homestyle gravy, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, spicy Italian sausage stuffing, green beans, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. A half pan, which feeds 10 people, costs $199.99.
Bravo restaurants will be open from 11 a.m. to closing on Thanksgiving Day with a reservation, or you can also choose to order Thanksgiving Feasts to-go or catering.
BRIO Italian Grille will also be open on Thanksgiving Day.BRIO Italian Grille
Dining rooms in select locations will open at 11 a.m., but you'll need to make a reservation. The chain's individual Thanksgiving dinner includes turkey, stuffing, broccolini, mashed potatoes, orange cranberry sauce, and pumpkin spice bread pudding and costs $28.99 per person.
BRIO Italian Grille is also offering to-go and catering for all of its Thanksgiving offerings.
Smith & Wollensky is offering order-ahead heat-and-serve meals this Thanksgiving.Smith & Wollensky
The chain's Thanksgiving feast includes ready-to-roast turkey breast, sausage and cornbread stuffing, potatoes au gratin, bacon and shallot roasted Brussels sprouts, duck fat roasted root vegetables, cranberry relish and giblet gravy, house-made apple tart, and pecan pie. Order must be placed by November 14 and picked up on November 25.
Customers can also choose to dine-in this Thanksgiving. The restaurant's Thanksgiving spec
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Rainforest Café is open on Thanksgiving and offers reservations for families who want to think outside the box for their holiday meal. All you have to do is make a reservation online at select locations.
An adult turkey dinner includes roasted sliced turkey, cornbread stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, turkey gravy, and cranberry sauce and costs $21.99 per plate. Options for kids include the same items and costs $11.99.
Rainforest Café is also offering family meal packs to go featuring menu items like roasted sliced turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, corn O'Brien, and dinner rolls. Each pack is available for preorder starting November 23 and can be picked up on Thanksgiving Day.
Sizzler restaurants are offering a family meal deal this Thanksgiving.Sizzler
Sizzler's Heat and Eat Thanksgiving dinners cost $74.99 and include tons of holiday favorites.
The meal comes with two pounds of roasted turkey, two pounds of stuffing, three pounds of mashed potatoes, 12 ounces of gravy, 20 ounces of green beans with slivered almonds, 3 pounds of sweet potato casserole, and six yeast rolls.
Denny's will be open this Thanksgiving to serve its famous turkey and dressing dinner.Denny's
The exact cost of the dinner varies by location but starts at around $9. It includes your traditional turkey and gravy, plus fixings like savory stuffing, cranberry sauce, and a choice of two sides that range from red-skinned mashed potatoes to sweet corn and onion rings.
Marie Callender's has five different dinner options and an a la carte menu that customers can order from.Kimberly White/Corbis/Getty Images
Marie Callender's provides customers with five different pre-cooked Thanksgiving dinner options in addition to an a la carte menu including apple sage stuffing, fire-roasted yams, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, vegetables, cornbread, and one whole pumpkin or apple pie.
The Turkey Feast and Ham Feast both feed four to six people and include all those fixings in addition to a fully cooked turkey or ham, costing $119.99 and $134.99, respectively. The chain's Ultimate Whole Turkey and Ham Feast feeds six to eight and comes with a whole roasted turkey and ham. This option will set you back $174.99.
Ruth's Chris Steak House's Thanksgiving Day menu offers a full turkey dinner with sides and dessert for $41.95 per adult and $14.95 for kids.Ruth's Chris Steak House
If you want a traditional Thanksgiving meal at a restaurant with a more formal feel, Ruth's Chris Steak House offers a Thanksgiving Day menu with all the turkey day classics. For $41.95 per adult and $14.95 per child, your three-course meal will come with a choice of starters, an entree of roasted turkey and a side, and a choice of dessert.
Guests will have to make a reservation in advance in order to secure their spot.
Ruth's Chris Steak House is also offering carry-out options that will feed a family of four for $165. Each dinner includes your choice of salad, roasted turkey, homemade gravy, traditional cranberry relish, sausage-herb stuffing, two family-style sides, and pumpkin cheesecake. All orders must be placed by November 20 by 6 p.m. and are available for pickup on Thanksgiving Day only.
Bob Evans will be open on Thanksgiving Day for dine-in service and to-go orders.Bob Evans
Bob Evans Restaurant has two different "Farmhouse Feast" options for Thanksgiving. The "Ham Farmhouse Feast" and "Turkey Farmhouse Feast" come with green beans, mashed potatoes with gravy, buttered corn, bread and celery dressing, rolls, pumpkin pie, and more. The difference is that, as their names suggest, you can choose either ham or turkey as the entree.
Advance ordering is not available for Thanksgiving. Instead, customers can begin placing orders for takeout, curbside pickup, or delivery at 8 a.m. on Thanksgiving.
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