A traditional homemade Thanksgiving dinner is great, but it’s also a sacrifice of time on your part — time that otherwise could be spent with friends and family. Take a look at these great options for ordering Thanksgiving dinner out this year.
Ordering Thanksgiving dinner for delivery
Sure, farm-to-table is all the rage, but we’re saying mail-to-meal when you want a tasty, stress-free Thanksgiving menu! Here are a few of the places you can order a delicious Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings to arrive by mail.
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Denny’s
A Denny’s is offering its new Turkey and Dressing Dinner Pack, available exclusively through Denny’s online ordering platform, ‘Denny’s on Demand.’ The Turkey and Dressing Dinner Pack includes four servings of the classic Turkey & Dressing Dinner along with two sides, dinner bread, and full serving-ware for ultimate convenience. It is available for pickup or delivery.
Price: $36.99
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Omaha Steaks
Omaha Steaks allows you to build your own Thanksgiving dinner (which ships for free) or choose from holiday packages that include side dishes. They even offer a boneless smoked Ham for less than $25.
Price: $49.99 to $219.00
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Thanksgiving dinner a la Williams-Sonoma
There are lots of holiday dinner options, featuring all sorts of stunning Thanksgiving turkeys over at stunning Williams-Sonoma — free-range and organic, smoked and stuffed, pre-roasted and breast-only.
Price: $79.95 to $229.95
You also have the option of ordering complete Thanksgiving dinners from Williams-Sonoma which including your choice of ham, turkey or both, and all your favorites sides. These meals have a lot of options to help you create your perfect Thanksgiving menu.
Price: $179.95 to $549.95
Honey-Baked Ham Company
Place your Thanksgiving order from Honey-Baked Ham for a traditional honey-baked ham, turkey, or even prime rib dinner. If you need just a few sides — such as steakhouse creamed spinach, mashed cauliflower, orange walnut cranberries, herb stuffing, and broccoli rice casserole — they’re available a la carte. Same can be said about pies.
Price: $18.95 to 125.95
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Ordering Thanksgiving dinner for local pickup
You can’t beat the convenience of ordering Thanksgiving dinner to-go and picking it up ready to serve just in time for your guests to arrive! Check out these restaurants that are preparing Thanksgiving meals nationwide for local pickup.
Boston Market
Let Boston Market do the work. You just pick up the meal and warm it! Thanksgiving dinner options are available for four to 12 people, and the menu includes everything from whole roasted turkey and spiral-sliced ham, to sides such as savory stuffing and creamy mashed potatoes. Don’t forget the pie!
Price: $69.99 to $119.99
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Cracker Barrel
Serve up a Thanksgiving feast featuring the comfort foods that made Cracker Barrel famous. You can buy your meal and heat it up at home, or buy it hot and ready to take home or to a party. The meals come complete with the turkey and all your favorite sides.
Price: $67.99 to $109.99
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Dean & Deluca
The Complete Thanksgiving Meal from Dean & Deluca comes with everything you need to spend less time in the kitchen, and more time with friends and family: turkey, chestnut and celery root stuffing, mashed sweet potatoes, cranberry and orange compote, turkey pan gravy, roasted Brussels sprouts, haricot verts, butternut squash and apple soup, and roasted miniature marble potatoes. Dean & Deluca has dozens of other meats, side items and desserts for delivery, too.
Price: $240
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Luby’s
Four different feasts are available in various combinations of ham, turkey, prime rib, salads, sides, and desserts from the popular Texas chain restaurant Luby’s. And when it comes to desserts, they offer more than just pumpkin pie — they have sweet potato pie and the amazing old-fashioned buttermilk chess pie, along with several cakes.
Price: Full meals from $69.99 to $159.99 (a la carte also available)
Golden Corral
Golden Corral impresses with two different turkey dinners that includes all the sides, and dessert at a cost that leaves you with extra cash to start your Christmas shopping. A la carte items, like ham, are also available.
Price: $84.99
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Marie Callender’s
Marie Callender’s offers several main course “feasts” like turkey breast feast, whole turkey feast, ham feast, ham and turkey breast feast, ultimate turkey feast and the ultimate ham and turkey feast. All feasts come with all the trimmings, including dessert!
Price: $109.99 to $159.99
Ruth’s Chris
Ruth’s Chris offers their two most popular side dish options you can buy and take to your Thanksgiving dinner. The two option include creamed spinach and sweet potato casserole and will feed 10-12 people.
Price: $29.95
Bob Evans
Bob Evans offers five different options for Thanksgiving dinner for 4-8 people which include ham and turkey, or both! Each option comes with your favorite holiday side dishes.
Price: $49.99 to $114.99
Whole Foods
Whole Foods is catering Thanksgiving dinner this year with 10 different full dinner options, plus a la carte items for every course. They provide dinner choices that will satisfy all your holiday cravings.
Price: $69.99 to $449.99
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Buca Di Beppo
Buca Di Beppo has take-out Thanksgiving dinners that include sliced white meat turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, spicy Italian sausage stuffing, green beans, bread, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie in two sizes. To satisfy your Italian craving, you can always add-on your favorite pasta dish!
Price: $68.99 to $134.99
Ben’s Deli
Ben’s Deli offers a full Thanksgiving dinner that will not disappoint if you are lucky enough to live near one of their restaurants. From this restaurant you will get enough of your main course, a choice of two sides and all of the accompaniments to feed 10 people.
Price: $249.90
Want to make some of your Thanksgiving dinner at home? Use these easy recipes:
The best (and easiest) Instant Pot copycat Applebee’s artichoke & spinach dip recipe
Easy skillet apple pie that tastes delicious, but takes very little time to make
Simple homemade chunky cranberry sauce
Easy mashed potatoes that will take the stress out of your holiday meal
And don’t forget about those leftovers!
10 killer Thanksgiving leftover breakfast and brunch ideas
How to make easy (and super tasty) turkey leftover bites
Scrumptious and simple leftover turkey shepherd’s pie
Leftover turkey, cranberry and stuffing panini
Creamy leftover turkey and tortellini soup
Updated November 2018. Prices and availability subject to change.
