Want to eat Thanksgiving dinner at home, minus the cooking and clean-up? Let some of the Valley’s top chef’s do the work and order a whole Turkey Day feast to-go including the 20 pound bird and pie, pies and pies! Would you rather be entertained than be the one entertaining house guests this holiday? Check out a lengthy list of places offering five-course meals or feasts ready for take-out after the jump including the Heard Museum’s Thanksgiving Day Edible Galleries!
Executive Chef Matt McLinn is dishing out a Thanksgiving Weekend Special, a carved turkey sandwich with sundried cranberries, green bean casserole served with a side of homemade mashed potatoes and gravy for only $12. You can gobble it all up Thursday, November 25-28 at The Grind. 3961 e. Camelback Rd., 602-954-7463
This underrated BBQ joint makes Thanksgiving a snap as they load up their smokers with everyone’s favorite holiday bird! Each of these famed 12-15 lb. smoked turkeys are hand-rubbed with a signature blend of spices and slow roasted over hickory wood for a mouthwatering flavor and tenderness. The smoked birds can be purchased for $37 for four days only, November 21-24. $2 from every whole turkey purchase will be donated to the St. Mary Food Bank. 8501 N. 27th Ave., 602-995-5982
Celebrate Thanksgiving Day at the Heard Museum with a Harvest Feast, an Edible Native American Gallery. Navajo Chef Freddie Bitsoie has created five edible galleries for Thanksgiving day. The feast will be held from 11 am – 4 pm and reservations are required by November 24. Tix are $60 Heard Museum adult members, $70 adult non-members, $30 children 12 and under. 602-252-8848 ext. 2276
This organic and all natural European Bistro is offering seasoned whole turkeys, pre-prepared Thanksgiving dishes and desserts available for pick up . For those who’d rather be entertained than entertain, a five-course meal will be prepared by Chef Payton Curry and served all day at the restaurant for $59 per person. 398 S. Mill Ave., 480-968-9112
The Farm is hosting their first annual Thanksgiving Buffet and offering the 17-item-feast seven different times throughout the day. Starting at 11:30 am, and continuing in half hour intervals until 2:30 pm. Adults are $50, children, 8-12, are $22 and the little ones. 3-8 are $12. Reservations are required. 480-471-5223
This posh restaurant located atop The Phoenician is offering a gourmet cornucopia of traditional Thanksgiving dishes, expertly crafted in Jean-Georges fashion. For $45 a plate, guests can receive a 3-course Thanksgiving meal without the prep and clean up. The holiday meal finishes with kabocha pumpkin pie and apple guava sherbet. Yum! 6000 E. Camelback Rd., 480-214-8000
Perched atop a rocky butte on the far east end of South Mountain, Rustler’s Rooste has been dishing up “Beef and Brews with a View” since 1971. This Thanksgiving the high steaks steakhouse is offering a western-style Thanksgiving dinner that’s price is easy to swallow. The feast will be from 11am -8pm while live country music and dancing will start at 4 pm. The Turkey Stuff Dinner is only $110 and serves 4-6 people. Included is a 16-20 lb. turkey, a whole pumpkin or apple pie and several sides. Reservations are required. 383 South 48th St., 602-431-6474
























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