NYC Restaurants Serving Thanksgiving Dinner 2019

NEW YORK CITY — Take a good look at your tiny New York City kitchen and ask yourself whether you really, truly want to try and shove a 16-pound turkey into the oven your super hasn't serviced since the Koch administration.

Then make reservations.

Sure, you might try distracting your in-laws with a $1,000 golden chocolate cornucopia, but is it worth the investment? Why not just have the steak you know you'd prefer anyway.

Here's a sampling of Big Apple eateries where New Yorkers can stuff their faces before the Black Friday rush.

Manhattan

Balthazar

90 Spring St., SoHo

Balthazar will be open for brunch from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. and serving dinner from 5:30 p.m. until midnight with Thanksgiving specials.

Gotham Bar And Grill

12 East 12th St., Union Square

Gotham Bar And Grill's first Thanksgiving menu costs $150 — plus $110 if you want caviar — and includes glazed hams, turkey roulades, prime rib and a slab of pumpkin pie to finish things off.

JoJo
160 East 64th Street, Upper East Side

Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Upper East Side eatery will offer a $118 prix fixe menu ($59 for kids) with a choice of appetizer, entrée, and dessert.

Red Rooster
310 Lenox Ave., Harlem
Chef Marcus Samuelsson's haven of southern cuisine offers a $55-per-person prix fixe menu featuring smothered fried turkey, maple-glazed candied yams and cornbread stuffing.

Brooklyn

Henry's End

72 Henry St., Brooklyn Heights

Try pasta with rabbit ragu, elk chops, and a piece of Bonnie's tiramisu for $80 a person at this beloved Brooklyn Heights staple. Dinner is $50 for kids under 12.

Benchmark

339 Second St.., Park Slope

This new American cuisine restaurant is offering an $85 Thanksgiving menu that includes Porcini and Truffle Bisque, a 45-day dry-aged Porterhouse steak and Butterscotch Budino for dessert.

Sauvage
905 Lorimer St., Greenpoint
Greenpoint's neighborhood bistro will serve a French cuisine-inspired Thanksgiving dinner going for $68 per person. The menu includes Gnocchi Parisienne and Pear Tarte Tatin and a Heritage Turkey for classic gourmands.

Queens

The Thirsty Koala
35-12 Ditmars Blvd., Astoria
This eatery uses indigenous Australian ingredients in its seasonal menus, as you could probably guess from the name. Their two-course Thanksgiving menu costs $28 per person and comes with Brussels sprouts and kale salad and turkey served with gravy mashed potatoes, maple-glazed carrots and cranberry sauce.

Aged Steakhouse
107-02 70th Road, Forest Hills

This steak and seafood spot with a self-described "nostalgic, cabin appeal" will have a $54 three-course menu on Thanksgiving with a free glass of bubbly to toast not cooking on Thanksgiving.

Marbella Restaurant
220-33 Northern Blvd., Bayside
This Spanish spot will offer a traditional three-course Thanksgiving menu that runs $33.95 for adults and $19.95 for kids. Roast Vermont turkey comes with chestnut stuffing, cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes.