Spend Thanksgiving in a Favorite Local Restaurant

Not everyone is a chef! Luckily, there are amazing restaurants in this town, and many will be open on Thanksgiving, ready to serve you a meal that might be better than homemade.

Remember, make your reservations now! Click the name of the restaurant to see our full listing page, with phone numbers and addresses.

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A real family joint, Watty & Meg has a prixe fixe for the parents and the kids. Enjoy sweet potato bisque, a turkey platter or pan seared trout, and teach your kids about giving thanks.

$58 adults, $32 kids for a 3-course dinner

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The brother and sister (which one is which?) restaurants on Lower Court Street will be serving their usual brunch and dinner menus as well as a 3-course prixe-fixe menu especially for Thanksgiving. The special menu includes items like apple chestnut soup, confit turkey leg and pretzel dumpling stuffing and candied sweet potatoes.

$40 for 3-course dinner

Palo Santo will, of course, spice up the traditional turkey feast with its Latin-inspired cuisine. There will be rutabaga and apple soup, roasted cauliflower with chimichurri and anchovy, braised turkey en Mole Poblano or roasted Heritage turkey with quince.

$60 adults, $30 children for 4-course dinner

This Fifth Avenue eatery hosts a Thanksgiving dinner that is sure to delight the Brooklyn foodie. Featured menu items include shrimp,squid and bay scallop scampi, butternut squash raviolini with chanterelle mushrooms, organic Amish turkey dinner with all the fixin's and roast rack of lamb for two. 

$65 for a 3-course dinner

Marco Polo Ristorante, Court Street's classic white tablecloth Italian eatery, hosts a Thanksgiving feast. A three-course prix fixe for both adults and children features such delicacies of Ravioli di Zucca (pumpkin, ricotta, parmesan ravioli), Pere al Vino Rosso (poached pear with walnuts, figs, chestnuts in gorgonzola fig sauce), Tacchino Tradizionale (traditional turkey dinner with stuffing) and Hanger Steak.

$36.95 adults, $18.95 children

This Park Slope fave has been serving local, seasonal cuisine in a mellow setting since 2000. On the Thanksgiving prixe fix menu are delicious items such as honey glazed pork belly with pickled cabbage, rosemary charred turkey breast with all the fixings and baked polenta.

$65 for a 3-course dinner