Every year, more people are getting Thanksgiving dinner to go — thankful that a growing number of restaurants are open that day so they can take a break from the kitchen.
Big city eateries are spearheading this trend, along with national restaurant chains. Many of them call for advance ordering and even have deadlines for Thanksgiving dinner to go.
Fortunately, restaurants offering takeout on Thanksgiving have at least their menus online; but you can also place orders on some of their websites. Links to eateries open on turkey day appear in the list below.
Where To Get Thanksgiving Dinner To Go
- Applebee’s
- Buca di Beppo
- Black Angus Steakhouse
- Bob Evans
- Boston Market
- Buca di Beppo
- Capital Grille
- Claim Jumper
- Country Cookin
- Cracker Barrel
- Denny’s
- Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar
- Golden Corral
- IHOP
- Legal Sea Foods
- Luby’s
- Maggiano’s Little Italy
- Marie Callender’s Restaurant & Bakery
- McCormick & Schmick’s
- PF Chang’s
- Ruby Tuesday
- Ruth’s Chris Steak House
- Romano’s Macaroni Grill
- Smith & Wollensky
- Ted’s Montana Grill
- TGI Friday’s
- Waffle House
Some of the restaurants mentioned above make it easy for people to try to pass off Thanksgiving takeout as if they made it themselves — moving the food onto non-disposable dishes apparently does the trick.
If you feel like you need to deceive your guests about this kind of detail, that’s entirely up to you; but you might find it easier to be honest about your meal’s origins knowing that takeout turkey is becoming every year.
Readers, are you interested in getting Thanksgiving dinner to go? What else do you have planned for the big day?
Jackie Cohen is an award winning financial journalist turned turned financial advisor obsessed with climate change risk, data and business. Jackie holds a B.A. Degree from Macalester College and an M.A. in English from Claremont Graduate University.