Depending on who you ask, Thanksgiving is America’s favorite (or second favorite) holiday – and we couldn’t agree more. Thanksgiving rocks! It’s all about gathering, eating delicious foods and, ideally, taking a nice long nap as you silently thank whoever invented elastic. Pretty blissful holiday, right? No gifts or costumes to worry about, and there’s something for everyone on the menu. Keto people can eat turkey and green beans, vegetarians can go crazy with all the stuffing and side dishes and omnivores – well – you folks better pace yourselves.
Want a fantastic way to level your Turkey Day festivities up a notch? Here’s a pro tip: go out for your Thanksgiving meal. Or order some (or all) of your feast and pick it up on your way to your family gathering.
Places that offer Thanksgiving Dinner
Looking for a traditional Thanksgiving Meal? Here are some great choices:
The Chalkboard Kitchen & Bar
Chalkboard is a modern bistro at the north end of Midtown in the Ambassador Hotel. It’s open 365 days a year, and its Thanksgiving meals have become quite the hot ticket. For just $70 per person (prepaid), you’ll enjoy a bounteous buffet at lunchtime and a curated dinner menu from 5-10 p.m. Items include glazed ham, roasted turkey, prime rib and all the sides and desserts.
Castle Falls Restaurant
You’ve got to make a prepaid reservation (not uncommon on a high-stakes day like Thanksgiving) at Castle Falls, and once you’ve done it, the proverbial keys to the buffet are yours from 2-5 p.m. It’s like going to grandma’s – turkey, ham, traditional sides and lots of dessert choices.
Tellers
Just inside the iconic First National Center is a stunningly beautiful dining room which occupies much of the Art Deco former bank lobby, with soaring ceilings and glamorous gilded ambience. Tellers offers a three-course, prix-fixe feast – in adult and child sizes. Plus, did we mention how beautiful it is?
Vast
High above downtown OKC, the chefs at Vast are planning a Thanksgiving buffet filled with classics like turkey, along with regionally inspired dishes. Two carving stations, turkey and prime rib, plus all the trimmings and a beautiful dessert display. The sweeping Oklahoma views from 726.2 feet up are pretty amazing, too.
The Capital Grille
In addition to its regular full dinner menu, Thanksgiving Day diners at The Capital Grille can enjoy slow-roasted turkey with gravy, brioche sage stuffing, green beans, cranberry-pea chutney, mashed potatoes and pecan-crusted sweet potatoes with hot honey, pumpkin cheesecake. You can also order that delectable Thanksgiving meal for four people to go. Yum!
The Skirvin Hiton
If brunch is your love language, downtown OKC’s Skirvin Hilton is singing your tune with a ravishing Thanksgiving Day brunch. It’s everything great about Thanksgiving – turkey, stuffing, ham, sweet potatoes – PLUS everything great about brunch – biscuits and gravy, French toast, omelets – PLUS seafood, a dozen sides, pastries and so many desserts!
Cloud Puncher
This Thanksgiving, the all-new Lively Hotel’s on-site restaurant, Cloud Puncher has you covered with an unforgettable Thanksgiving Day brunch. It’s everything you love about Thanksgiving AND brunch, including farm-fresh eggs, home fries and just about everything else you can imagine. Adults dine for $74.95, children 12 and under for $24.95 and kids 5 and under eat free! Join Lively Hotel on November 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for a new holiday tradition.
Thanksgiving Meals To-Go
Looking to pick up the whole darn meal, or just some of it? Try these:
The Jones Assembly
Jones Assembly is offering family meals (which serve 6-8 people) for $275. You can order online by Sunday, Nov. 24 and pick up on Wednesday, Nov. 27. The meal will include all the classics -- green bean casserole, stuffing, potatoes and the works. Add on a Dips & Spreads platter, deviled eggs, scratch biscuits or a holiday ham for a little extra.
Iron Star Urban Barbeque
You’ll need to plan ahead and get your order in by Nov. 22 at Iron Star, but it will be soooo worth it. House smoked turkey breast, ribs and prime rib, bacon-wrapped quail, MeMe’s cornbread dressing, Mama’s deviled eggs, fancy mac & cheese and so many more sides to choose from plus double chocolate bread pudding or banana pudding. You can even order disposable plates and cutlery!
Soup Soup
Locals know, if you want an incredible meal for one or enough to feed a crowd, you can count on Soup Soup. Everything is delicious. Choose entire meals, just entrees, sides, soups, breads or desserts. Maybe start with a gorgeous spinach salad, followed by turkey and dressing with gravy and carrots and finish up with a slab of pumpkin pie! All you have to do is call it in and pick it up.
Rococo
A local favorite known mostly for incredible seafood, Rococo’s Thanksgiving to-go game is seriously brilliant. You’ll order ahead and pick up the day before Thanksgiving. The four-person meal includes a whole turkey, glazed ham, giblet gravy, mushroom-leek cornbread dressing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, glazed carrots, rolls and a choice of pecan or pumpkin pie. A meal for one is just as decadent – you get everything listed, in one-person portions.
Pie Junkie
Pre-ordered Thanksgiving-specific pies sell out fast at Pie Junkie and with good reason. This little slice of heaven began in 2010 as a hobby for its owners. Soon, Pie Junkie pies were sought by local restaurants, and finally in 2013, the business found its permanent home in the Plaza District. Thanksgiving pre-orders went live on their website on Nov. 1, and they've already sold out! But not to worry! Pie Junkie will sell extra items through Nov. 23 and once more Nov 27. And you can also still walk in and catch a daily pie.
