Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful — for family, for friends, and, sometimes, for not having to worry about cooking! Maybe you don’t have the time to whip up a Thanksgiving dinner masterpiece. Maybe you don’t have the cooking skills to create a guest-worthy spread. Or maybe you simply don’t want to do it yourself! These Boston-area restaurants have you covered this holiday season with their prepared Thanksgiving dinners — complete with turkey, sides, and desserts. A dinner to be thankful for is simply a call or a click away!
Blue Ribbon BBQ
908 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington
342 Washington Street, Dedham
45 Kenneth Street, Newton Highlands
Order ahead by November 22 for a traditional southern Thanksgiving feast, including turkey, pork, or ham. There are also plenty of choices of sides, including southern mac and cheese, mashed butternut squash, and pies — like their famous key lime!
Branch Line
321 Arsenal Street, Watertown
Branch Line’s Thanksgiving menu features turkey breast with pulled, braised thigh meat, plus mashed potatoes, Francese stuffing, haricot verts, giblet gravy, and cranberry sauce. You can order a complete dinner for 4-6 people or a separate a la carte menu to order turkey or sides, like snap pea salad, mac and cheese. and an Iggy’s Francese loaf with whipped herb butter. Order by November 21, and pick up Thanksgiving morning.
Catalyst
300 Technology Square, Cambridge
This year, veer from the usual Thanksgiving sides with unique dishes like cajun shrimp cocktail and artisanal cheeses, plus mains including turkey, roasted lamb, beef tenderloin, and even baked stuffed lobster! There is a large assortment of desserts as well, including mouthwatering s’mores pie. Order online no later than November 24 for pickup or delivery.
Clover Food Lab
1075 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Clover’s unique food offerings focus on organic, local, and delicious! They offer two sizes of Thanksgiving boxes for pickup or free delivery. Try roasted Hubbard squash with maple sriracha butter, creamy mushroom and walnut pâté, classic New England stuffing, and pumpkin pie for dessert!
Davio’s
Back Bay, Seaport, Braintree, Chestnut Hill, Foxborough, Lynnfield
Pre-order this Thanksgiving meal for all your turkey-day takeout needs! Or, have dinner there and relax while you are served. The menu includes items oven-roasted organic Vermont turkey, challah bread herb stuffing, and creamy yukon potatoes. There is a special kids menu as well.
Feast & Fettle
Delivery to Boston, South Shore, Bristol County, Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Rhode Island
Order by November 24 for delivery on November 27 — no need to even leave your house! Herb-crusted turkey breast, Thanksgiving meatballs with cranberry sauce, pumpkin gnocchi bake with kale and roasted squash, and pear and roasted beet salad are some of the menu highlights.
Flour Bakery
Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Cambridgeport, Central Square, Hynes Convention Center, Fort Point, Harvard Square, Seaport, South End
Order your favorite bread, sides, trimmings, and dessert from Flour by November 24 — they do sell out! Everything on their menu is made by hand, from the whipped butternut squash to the sausage stuffing to the famous “piefecta” (a bottom layer of pecan pie, a second layer of pumpkin pie, a thin layer of tangy creme fraiche and a final layer of brown sugar whipped cream). And this year, Flour is offering delivery service within 15 miles of any of their locations if you order by November 22. Their breads, rolls, and focaccia are reason enough to order from here!
LUC!E
120 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Lucie’s special Thanksgiving to-go menu is sure to please, with complete dinners for six. Accompanying their roast turkey is wild mushroom brioche stuffing, butternut squash bisque, cranberry chutney, and more. Salad and desserts are available as well. Order no later than November 21. In-person dining is also available Thanksgiving day!
Ovenbird Cafe
105 Trapelo Road, Belmont
This delicious little cafe in Belmont will exceed your expectations, with dry-brined turkey, sausage stuffing, butternut squash galette, and kid-friendly desserts like pumpkin cupcakes and chocolate pecan pie. Order by November 22 for pickup the day before Thanksgiving.
Pemberton Farms Marketplace
2225 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Let Pemberton Farms take care of your Thanksgiving needs! They offer complete turkey dinners, or cooked turkeys alone if you want to provide the sides. There is also a separate pie menu with options like apple crumb, pecan, cherry, peach, strawberry rhubarb, and ricotta.
Revival Cafe
Cambridge
This quaint cafe near Cambridge’s Alewife MBTA station offers delicious options for Thanksgiving takeout, like ancho roast turkey breast, sweet potato bread stuffing, spiced cranberry sauce, roasted veggies with toasted walnut crumb, whipped potatoes, and plenty of dessert options, from chocolate cream pie to pumpkin cheesecake to apple crumb.
Rochambeau Boston
900 Boylston Street, Boston
With a pre-order from Rochambeau, you can pick up your complete Thanksgiving dinner the day before or on Thanksgiving Day! And if you’re not hosting and want to relax in a restaurant this Thanksgiving, make a reservation for in-person dining. In addition to roast turkey, their prix fix menu includes moules frites, butternut squash risotto, and plenty of other vegetarian options as well.
Roche Brothers
Watertown, Downtown Crossing, Cambridge, West Roxbury, Westwood, Needham, Weston, Wellesley, Acton, Sudbury
There are plenty of starters, dinners, and sides to choose from at Roche Brothers, and there is likely a location near you! Try mashed sweet potatoes, roasted maple butternut squash, cranberry orange relish, and a classic shrimp platter. All meals are fully cooked, ready to heat and serve at home. Order by November 24 for pickup.
The Smoke Shop BBQ
Assembly Row, Harvard Square, East Boston, Seaport
Pre-order and pick up a delicious boxed-up Thanksgiving dinner — barbecue style. The Smoke Shop offer a whole smoked turkey, sliced smoked turkey ready to go, smoked brisket, and pork loin ham — with all the sides, from Texas toast stuff, green bean casserole, mashed sweet potatoes, and more! Don’t forget the pumpkin spice butter cake for dessert.
Stephanie’s on Newbury
190 Newbury Street, Boston
Build your perfect turkey day meal with Stephanie’s — lots of a la carte options to satisfy every palate! With an organic farm-raised turkey brined in house, cornbread stuffing, whipped potatoes, caramelized brussels sprouts, Stephanie’s famous mac and cheese, and sea salt biscuits with maple butter, you can’t go wrong! And don’t forget dessert — apple caramel crumble pie and pecan sweet buns.
Summer Shack
50 Dalton Street, Boston
149 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge
This marks the 19th annual Summer Shack Thanksgiving! Choose from either oven-roasted or deep fried turkey, along with cornbread stuffing, mashed potatoes, butternut squash, and cranberry sauce.
Verrill Farm
Concord
All of Verrill Farm’s dishes are made from scratch, in house — like harvest kale walnut salad, roasted Brussels sprouts and butternut squash, and Kentucky bourbon pecan pie. You can even get your floral arrangement here for the perfect tablescape! Place your order by November 19 and pickup on November 26 or 27.
Wilson Farm
10 Pleasant Street, Lexington
Wilson Farm’s heat-and-serve Thanksgiving dinner includes an all-natural turkey from Plainville Farms in New York, plus traditional sides like green bean almondine, butternut squash puree, creamy mashed potatoes, dinner rolls, and cranberry sauce. Make sure to pre-order!
