Where to Order a Thanksgiving Feast This Year in Atlanta
Where to Order a Thanksgiving Feast This Year in Atlanta
Restaurants and bakeries offering fully prepared turkey dinners with all the trimmings, fresh-baked breads, holiday side dishes, and pies for desserts
Thanksgiving is going to be a little different this year. With travel and large, indoor gatherings ill-advised due the pandemic, many people are sticking close to home for the holidays and seeking ways to celebrate Thanksgiving with just their immediate family or quarantine bubble. This likely includes bringing the turkey-filled feast outdoors for a socially distant Thanksgiving on the front porch or back patio.
Restaurants and bakeries across Atlanta are stepping up in a major way this year offering fully prepared turkey dinners with all the trimmings, fresh-baked breads, plenty of holiday side dishes, and pumpkin, pecan, and apple pies for dessert. Below, Eater has compiled a guide to Thanksgiving foods and feasts to order from Atlanta restaurants and bakeries.
Check back for updates throughout November. Know of a local restaurant or bakery not listed here? Email atlanta@eater.com with the details. Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 26, 2020.
Fully Prepared Turkeys and Turkey Dinners
The Atlanta-based catering company is offering a variety of options for Thanksgiving this year, including a choice between roast turkey or ham. Order sides like cornbread dressing, butternut squash lasagna, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, and Brussels sprouts. Desserts include chocolate pecan, pumpkin, or apple pie. Gluten free and vegan options available. Check out the menu here to order for pick-up or delivery.
The Kirkwood barbecue restaurant is offering its annual Thanksgiving feast for takeout again this year. Choose from a smoked or fried turkey or smoked ham paired with Anna’s turkey dressing and sides like mac and cheese and collards. Take a look at the menu here. Order by November 19. Call 404-963-6976 to order.
The newly opened Decatur barbecue restaurant across from Kimball House is now taking orders for fully prepared Thanksgiving turkeys. Make sure to add a pan of the restaurant’s banana or bread pudding for dessert. Order online for pick-up November 23 through November 25.
The Thanksgiving takeout menu from this westside Atlanta restaurant features sliced roast turkey, roast broccoli, potato puree, beet salad, and fresh bread, along with sweet potato soufflé pie for dessert. Order by November 20 for pick-up on November 25. Feeds four to six people. $85 to $145. Call 404-815-1399 to order.
The restaurant group behind The Iberian Pig, Cooks & Soldiers, and Sugo is offering a full Thanksgiving meal to-go this year. The meal features a turkey, sides, pies, wine boxes and bottles, and even some of the group’s most popular dishes from its restaurants. Order here for pick-up.
The new Inman Park Middle Eastern restaurant is offering a Thanksgiving takeout special that feeds up to 10 people, featuring spiced leg of lamb, taftoon bread, torshi (pickled vegetables,) sabzi polo with tahdig, zhough, dill labneh, and a sabzi plate. Call to 404-500-1444 to order by November 23 for pick-up.
The Candler Park barbecue restaurant offers its annual takeout Thanksgiving feasts again this year. Turkey and ham dinners include smoked meats, sweet potato casserole, the restaurant’s popular mac and cheese, cornbread dressing, green bean casserole, and a choice of apple or pecan pie for dessert. For those who just want the bird or ham, Fox Bros. is also selling whole smoked turkeys and hams, along with pans of green bean or sweet potato casserole and cornbread dressing. Meals feed up to 10 people. Order online by November 20 for pick-up at the catering facility on Ottley Drive.
Chef Kevin Gillespie’s Glenwood Park restaurant is offering Thanksgiving for two featuring braised pork shank, “French onion” spaetzle, German potato salad, kohlrabi rotkohl, and apple streusel paired with king harvest punch or a bottle of Cattin Crement d’Alsace sparkling pinot blanc. Order online for pick-up on November 25.
The Inman Park pub is offering Thanksgiving family meals and a la carte side dishes for takeout this year. Each meal comes with turkey and gravy, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, rolls, and pumpkin pie cheesecake for dessert. Feeds up to four people. Order online by November 18 for pick-up.
Order a la carte sides or individually portioned roast turkey dinners from the Cabbagetown restaurant for Thanksgiving this year. Choose from sides like caramelized onion, sage, and mushroom stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and honey soy rainbow carrots, and miso pumpkin or pecan pie for dessert. Order online for pick-up by November 25.
The Windy Hill Road Latin American and Puerto Rican restaurant, owned by chef Jimmy Carey, includes a Thanksgiving menu featuring pavochon-style turkey, Puerto Rican rice, mofongo stuffing, vegetables, and pumpkin flan. Sides and desserts can also be purchased a la carte. Take a look at the menu here. Call 770-485-3227 to order for pick-up.
This year Karma Farm is offering holiday takeout meals featuring meatloaf, roast chicken, and vegan meatloaf for up to six people. The restaurant also offers holiday side dishes, including black eyed peas, green bean casserole, scallops potatoes, and cornbread. Many dishes are vegan or vegetarian. Order online for pick-up.
Lake and Oak Neighborhood Barbecue
Chefs Todd Richards and Joshua Lee are offering a Thanksgiving feast for takeout from their new East Lake barbecue restaurant. The menu features citrus and herb-brined smoked turkey, three cheese mac and cheese, herb dressing, collards in smoked chicken broth, cranberry chutney, herb-chicken gravy, and rolls with maple butter. A portion of the proceeds will go to Wholesome Wave to support SNAP throughout Atlanta. Order online for pick-up.
The French restaurant at Buckhead Village District is offering Thanksgiving to-go this year, with entrees such as turkey and dressing or Tasmanian trout with potato gnocchi and pumpkin cheesecake for dessert. Check out the full menu here. Order online by November 23 for pick-up November 26.
The Summerhill restaurant owned by chef Jarrett Stieber is offering a Thanksgiving turkey dinner or a vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner for takeout. The menu features sweet potato soup, cornbread dressing, roast broccoli, confit turkey drumsticks and turkey sausage, and a chocolate torte for dessert. Swap out the turkey drumsticks and sausage for the vegetarian roasted cauliflower and herb rice porridge. Simply reheat at home. Feeds four. Add a Thanksgiving cocktail kit, too. Order online for pick-up November 25.
Chef Craig Richards and his team at Lyla Lila in Midtown offer a Thanksgiving meal to-go serving up to eight people. The menu features smoked turkey with oranges, a seasonal salad, carrots, fennel and apples, baked sausage rigatoni, sweet potato casserole, and quince pumpkin budino for dessert. Order online for pick-up November 25.
The Virginia-Highland restaurant offers a Thanksgiving meal to-go with or without the turkey. Sides include a choice of butternut squash soup, seasonal salad, mashed potatoes, brioche and sausage stuffing, and green beans, and pies like pumpkin, apple, and pecan. Add the turkey or order just sides and pies for the Thanksgiving table. Pick-up November 25 or order for delivery ($25 fee.) Feeds four. Reheat at home. Order online.
Chef Nicky Leahy offers a full Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings for takeout from his newly transformed neighborhood restaurant on Brady Avenue. The meal features herb-brined smoked turkey and gravy, brioche buns, and five sides, including five cheese bechamel mac and cheese, green bean casserole, and sour cream and chive potato casserole. Sides and turkeys can also be ordered a la carte. Order by emailing hello@aixatl.com for pick-up on November 25 or November 26.
Order a four-course Thanksgiving dinner from the French restaurant on Clairmont Road. Each individually portioned meal comes with a choice of roast turkey, boeuf bourguignonne, or salmon over tagliatelle, soup, a salad, and choice of seasonal dessert. Check out the full Thanksgiving takeout menu here. Call 404-634-6268 to order by November 23rd for pick-up November 25. $39.95 per person.
Serpas in the Old Fourth Ward features a Thanksgiving menu with a choice of roast or fried turkey, sides like mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, and succotash, and desserts such as pecan or apple pie. Sides and turkeys can also be ordered a la carte. Feeds up to eight people. Order online by November 22 for pick-up November 25, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The a la carte Thanksgiving menu from Souper Jenny features an herb and maple-crusted roast turkey, along with sides like cornbread stuffing, Brussels sprouts, sweet potato casserole, quarts of the restaurant’s popular soups, and traditional holiday desserts. Order online for pick-up November 25, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Southern restaurant is offering a take and bake Thanksgiving menu with the option to add on table decor this year. The menu features a turkey or short ribs, and Southern sides like collards, mashed red bliss potatoes, sweet potatoes, and cornbread dressing. Dessert includes chocolate pecan pie or pumpkin caramel custard pie. Call to order from the Vinings, Midtown, or Buckhead locations.
Star Provisions Market and Cafe
Order a la carte Thanksgiving dishes to-go from the Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard market and cafe, including a turkey, Yukon gold potato and sweet potato purees, sage and apple dressing, green beans, Brussels sprouts, and mac and cheese. There’s apple crumble or pecan or pumpkin pie for dessert, too. Order here for pick-up Wednesday, November 25, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Poncey-Highland barbecue restaurant offers smoked turkeys and turkey feasts this year for Thanksgiving. Purchase just the smoked bird or a turkey with all the trimmings, including cornbread dressing, mac and cheese, jerk collards, and Southern creamed corn. Order a whole turkey or a turkey dinnerfeeding up to six people by November 22 for pick-up by November 25. Option to order a la carte sides.
The Roswell-based Southern restaurant offers a Thanksgiving feast for takeout this year. Order just the turkey or sides or a full family meal that includes smoked turkey and accompanying sides dishes, like cornbread stuffing, green bean casserole, collards, and mashed potatoes. There’s pumpkin pie for dessert. Meals feed four to six people. Email info@tableandmain.com to order by November 20 for pick-up November 25, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Order Thanksgiving to-go from the Buckhead Village District restaurant. The main course includes turkey roulade stuffed with brioche and confit turkey dressing, roasted pork shoulder, or smoked prime rib. All entrees come with pumpkin pie for dessert. Order quart-sized a la carte sides, like braised greens, Brussels sprouts, and hasselback potatoes. Call 404-939-9845 or email at info@tsg-atl.com to order for pick-up on November 25.
The Tucker-based brewery’s Thanksgiving menu features a la carte options, including braised short ribs and citrus-brined roast turkey, sides such as tomato pie, sweet potato soufflé, and cornbread dressing, and praline pumpkin pie for dessert. Feeds up to six people. Order online for pick-up November 25, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
This year, the Old Fourth Ward restaurant on the Eastside Beltline trail is offering Thanksgiving to-go that includes a fully prepared turkey feast with all the trimmings or the option to order a la carte sides and pies. Order by November 18 for pick-up at neighboring Bully Boy on November 25, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Take a look at the menu here. Call 404-522-4622 to order.
The Morningside restaurant offers both a full Thanksgiving dinner or just the sides for takeout this year. Dinner features roast turkey, herbed brioche stuffing, Brussels sprouts, scalloped potatoes, salad, Hawaiian rolls, and butternut squash soup. Feeds four. Order online by November 22 for pick-up on November 25.
Order a la carte dishes, including a whole, smoked turkey, or a full Thanksgiving feast for up to eight people from the Summerhill barbecue restaurant. Sides include cornbread stuffing, green bean casserole, sweet potato soufflé, and bourbon chocolate pecan or brown butter pumpkin pie for dessert. Take a look at the menu here. Order online by November 19 for pick-up November 25, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The Acworth-based barbecue restaurants is offering its annual takeout holiday menu for Thanksgiving, which includes a choice of turkey or ham and sides like sweet potato casserole, garlic mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, and seasoned green beans. The options on this Thanksgiving menu are vast. Call 770-529-5227 to order by November 23 for pick-up.
Buckhead Life Restaurant Group offers its annual Thanksgiving feast this year for curbside pick-up at 103 West in Buckhead. Meals feature roast turkey, butternut squash soup, herb and sausage cornbread dressing, apple rosemary dressing, potato purée, sweet potato soufflé, green beans, and pumpkin and pecan pies. Feeds up to 12 people. Order online for pick-up on November 26.
Sides and Bread
Atlanta-based food writer and baker Erika Council and her team at Bomb Biscuits are offering Thanksgiving boxes this year to include biscuits, sticky buns, and pies. Ordering goes live November 9. Deliveries take place November 23 through November 25. Order online.
Southwest Atlanta microbakery Osono Bread, owned by Betsy Gonzalez, is offering naturally leaven loaves, baguettes, and buns for Thanksgiving, including country sourdough or honey oat loaves and sage and parmesan pull-apart buns. Preorder online for pick-up November 22 at Grant Park Farmers Market or November 25 at the shop, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Seed in Marietta is providing all the trimmings for the Thanksgiving table this year, including Parker House rolls with honey pecan butter, roasted carrots, Brussels sprouts, roasted fingerling potatoes, cornbread stuffing, smoked Gouda mac ‘n cheese, and a choice of pumpkin pie or apple streusel for dessert. Feeds eight. Order online by November 22 for pick-up November 24 or November 25.
The Adair Park pop-up kitchen features Thanksgiving side dishes for pick-up and delivery this year. The menu includes sides like cornbread dressing, mac and kimcheese, and sweet potato salad. Order individual sides or the whole sides menu. Order online by November 22 for pick-up or limited delivery on November 24 or November 25. Venmo payment to @vinettaatl.
Pies and Deserts
Crave Pie, with locations in Duluth and Alpharetta, features a selection of pies for Thanksgiving. Expect pies like roasted pumpkin, cranberry orange chess, and Dutch apple, to maple pecan, chocolate bourbon pecan, and chocolate chess. Order online by November 22 for pick-up before November 25.
The Buckhead Village District bakery features two Thanksgiving-themed options to order for a dozen cupcakes. Each dozen is $36 each. Order online or at the store for pick-up or delivery.
Leave Thanksgiving dessert to longtime Atlanta bakery Henri’s this year. Desserts include pies, like pecan, pumpkin, apple, and chocolate chess, a turkey or wreath-shaped cake, and Thanksgiving-themed cupcakes, cookies, and petit fours. Order by calling or visiting one of Henri’s four Atlanta-area locations for pick-up starting November 20.
Order take-and-bake pies, like coconut, chocolate chess, pecan, and pumpkin, from Ford Fry’s restaurant group for Thanksgiving. Each $25 pie comes with instructions and ingredients to make whipped cream topping. Order online for pick-up at no. 246, JCT Kitchen and Bar, and Superica Buckhead.
Marietta bakery and coffee shop Sessions Stand on the square is selling its pies and rolls for Thanksgiving, including pumpkin, pecan, and apple crumble and yeast rolls. Order online for pick-up prior to Thanksgiving.
The Marietta restaurant from chef Brian So is offering two Thanksgiving pies for sale this year. Order a nine-inch maple bourbon pecan or pumpkin for $30 each or both pies for $55 Order online for curbside pick-up November 25, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., or November 26, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.