Looking For Thanksgiving Dinner Without The Dishes In OC. Make Reservations In 2021

SAN CLEMENTE, CA — If you’re opting to forego the traditional Thanksgiving feast at home this year or simply want to skip the mountains of dishes, several restaurants across Orange County are remaining open to cook for and serve you.

From fine dining to fast-casual, Patch compiled a roundup of local and national restaurants slated to be open on Nov. 25. In case you need a recommendation, there are plenty of options from which to choose.

Where to get your pie for Thanksgiving dinner? We suggest you place an order and pick up your Thanksgiving pie early from Porto's Bakery. You won't be disappointed, but you will need to plan extra time for parking and line-waiting.

In some cases, reservations may be required, so make sure to plan ahead as much as possible.

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As always, Patch encourages you to call any restaurant on this list in advance to double-check hours on Thanksgiving Day, as many vary by location. COVID-19 restrictions may also affect operating hours.

Order Thanksgiving dinner from the Old Brea Chop House to go, or reserve your table and sit down for dinner where you don't have to do the dishes. We love the Mary's Organic Turkey Dinner for two at the Old Brea Chop House, featuring creamed spinach with black winter truffle, sausage and wild mushroom stuffing, roasted red garnet yams with spiced wildflower honey and bacon steak, cream corn with lobster and scallion, Yukon mashed potatoes, blood orange and cranberry relish and giblet gravy. Reserve your table or to pre-order here.

Here are the sit-down restaurants expected to be open on Thanksgiving Day, according to lists compiled by Good Housekeeping, The Pioneer Woman, The Food Network and more. Some of these restaurants require reservations, so be sure to make your pick early.

• Applebee's
• Boston Market
• Buca di Beppo
• Chili's
• Cracker Barrel
• Denny’s
• Fogo de Chão
• Golden Corral
• IHOP
• Lucille's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que
• Maggiano's Little Italy
• Morton's Steakhouse
• McCormick and Schmick's
• Old Brea Chop House
• Porto's Bakery
• P.F. Chang's
• Ruth's Chris Steak House
• TGI Friday's

Finally, if you prefer to avoid people altogether this Thanksgiving, the following fast-food restaurants will be open for dine-in, drive-thru, or delivery:

• Burger King
• Carl's Junior
• Domino's
• Dunkin' Donuts
• Einstein Bros. Bagels
• McDonald's
• Panda Express
• Pizza Hut
• Popeye's
• Porto's Bakery
• Sonic
• Starbucks
• Subway
• Taco Bell
• Wendy's

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