Whether you make the meal yourself or order a take-and-bake from a local restaurant or caterer, there are plenty of options to celebrate Thanksgiving, which falls on Thursday, Nov. 27 this year. Here are 20+ options to support chefs in the Milwaukee (and surrounding) area.
Dine-in
Canal St. Café
1721 W. CANAL ST.
Located inside Potawatomi Casino, this restaurant’s Thanksgiving buffet ($45 per adult and $20 for kids under 12) is served between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. and features herb-roasted turkey and slow-roasted New York strip, as well as new twists including Red Cliff Fish Co. whitefish served with classic sides.
Book a table through the restaurant’s website.
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Dream Dance Steakhouse
1721 W. CANAL ST.
Located inside Potawatomi Casino, this restaurant’s Thanksgiving buffet ($45 per adult and $20 for kids under 12) is served between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. and features herb-roasted turkey and slow-roasted New York strip, as well as new twists including Red Cliff Fish Co. whitefish served with classic sides.
Book a table through the restaurant’s website.
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
15665 W. BLUEMOUND RD., BROOKFIELD
On Thanksgiving Day, a special two-course meal ($59+) will be available beginning at 11 a.m., with a choice of either filet mignon or mixed-herb roasted turkey breast, along with sharable sides: green beans (with apricots and onions), mashed potatoes, stuffing and cinnamon-orange cranberry sauce.
Book a table through OpenTable.
Mason Street Grill
425 E. MASON ST.
The Thanksgiving Prix Fixe Menu ($74), spanning three courses, has two selections in each course. You can chopped salad or butternut-squash soup as an appetizer; Amish free-range turkey or prime rib for a main (each entrée comes with sides); and carrot cake, flourless chocolate torte, or pumpkin and sweet potato pie for dessert.
Book a table through OpenTable.
Old Town Serbian Gourmet Restaurant
522 W. LINCOLN AVE.
Offering a “celebratory Thanksgiving feast,” this Serbian-style eatery is open from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day.
Call 414-672-0206 to make a reservation.
Sportsbook
1721 W. CANAL ST.
This sports-themed eatery at Potawatomi Casino offers a Thanksgiving burger on Thanksgiving Day, starting at 10 a.m. It includes everything you’d usually have on a plate: a turkey burger topped with mashed potatoes, stuffing and cranberry aioli, and served with sweet potato fries and marshmallow fluff.
Saint Kate – The Arts Hotel
139 E. KILBOURN AVE.
Hosted at The Studio Kitchen & Cocktails, the boutique hotel’s newest venue, the Thanksgiving Harvest Dinner ($79 per adult and $35 per child between 3 and 10) is served between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. It features an herb roasted turkey, with chopped salad, crisp Brussel sprouts, whipped sweet potatoes, green beans, sausage and fennel stuffing, and pumpkin cheesecake. You can find the full menu on their website.
Book a table through OpenTable.
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Stella Van Buren
550 N. VAN BUREN ST.
Inside The Westin Milwaukee, this fine-dining restaurant will feature a Thanksgiving Day meal with items not normally on the menu. This includes poached pear salad, salt-crusted prime rib, a Thanksgiving dinner plate (piled with turkey breast, whipped Yukon potatoes, stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce) and sweet potato pie.
Book a table through OpenTable.
The Ingleside Hotel
2810 GOLF RD., PEWAUKEE
Held in the hotel’s Lake Country Ballroom,between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, the Thanksgiving Buffet ($45 per adult, $23 between 3 and 12 years old) is packed with four entrees (including turkey), eight autumn-themed starters (including a fall harvest salad and port cranberry sauce), traditional Thanksgiving sides (like baked sweet potato casserole topped with marshmallows) and a variety of desserts that includes pumpkin pie.
Call 262-547-0201 to make a reservation.
The Packing House
900 E. LAYTON AVE.
In addition to the regular menu, a special Thanksgiving Dinner on Thanksgiving Day ($39.99 per adult, $23.99 for children 10 and under) features turkey, gravy, apple-sausage stuffing, mashed potatoes, brown sugar glazed sweet potatoes, green beans and cranberry relish. A choice of salad or soup, with bread and butter included, rounds out the dinner. The restaurant is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Call 414-483-5054 to make a reservation.
The Pfister Hotel
424 E. WISCONSIN AVE.
The hotel’s Thanksgiving Bountiful Brunch ($104 per adult, $35 per child between 3 and 10) spreads its culinary options across stations, including a meat-carving station, an artisan Wisconsin cheese station, an area with just salads and starters, fresh seafood on sculpted ice, and another space dedicated to egg dishes made to order.
Book a table through Tock.
Tre Rivali
200 N. BROADWAY
Served buffet style, the Thanksgiving menu ($70 per adult, $30 per child 12 and under) at this restaurant on the ground floor of Kimpton Journeyman Hotel includes everything from an omelet station and Eggs Benedict to carved ham and turkey, along with vegetable sides that represent the restaurant’s Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theme, like focaccia and date stuffing, pita-quiles with turkey confit, or Honey Berbere smashed sweet potatoes.
Book a table through OpenTable.
Weissgerber’s Golden Mast Inn
W349 N5293 LACY’S LANE, OKAUCHEE
To dine with a view of Okauchee Lake, make a reservation for this restaurant’s Thanksgiving Day buffet dinner ($46 per adult, $22 per child), served family style between 11 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Turkey. All the fixings – both sweet and savory – are available, such as stuffing, cranberry relish, mashed potatoes, steamed vegetables, garden salad and brown sugar glazed pecan sweet potatoes. The meal also includes pumpkin and cran-apple pies, along with vanilla ice cream.
Call 262-567-7047 to make a reservation.
To Go / Take and Bake
Blue’s Egg + Bakery
317 N. 76TH ST.
In addition to its locally famous pies, this restaurant is also taking orders for the rest of the Thanksgiving dinner ($150). Each dinner serves five people and includes a roasted half turkey, baked sweet potato casserole, sausage and sage stuffing, mashed potatoes, white-cheddar mac & cheese, green bean casserole, orange-ginger cranberry sauce and dinner rolls. There’s an option to tack on a pie for an additional $30-$38 per pie. Choose from eight flavors, including pumpkin, salted brown butter, bourbon pecan or French silk.
Order by Nov. 21 at 5 p.m. and pick up on Nov. 26 between 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Café Manna
3815 N. BROOKFIELD RD., BROOKFIELD
If a meat-free Thanksgiving is on your radar, the Thanksgiving Carryout Menu option is perfect, featuring not just the plant-based Manna’s Thanksgiving Plate ($35) piled with Tofurkey ham glazed with Amber ale, garlic mashed potatoes, roasted green beans and vegan mac n’ cheese, but also build-your-own menus that are priced separately. For instance, stuffed acorn squash, garlic mashed potatoes, roasted green beans, vegan truffle mac n’ cheese or “crab” cakes made from chickpeas. There are also two desserts: pumpkin pie and chocolate pistachio tart.
Call 262-790-2340 by Nov. 22 at 6 p.m. and pick up Nov. 26 between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Honeypie
2643 S. KINNICKINNIC AVE.
Known for its fruit, cream and old-school pies, Honeypie’s Thanksgiving Day pie menu features three selections: pumpkin pie ($42), Milwaukee Mud Pie ($46, with a chocolate-fudge filling, layers of crushed-chocolate cookies, and chocolate pastry cream on a chocolate-shortbread crust), and apple pie ($42, a vegan option).
Order online and pick up between Nov. 23 and Nov. 29 (except for Nov. 27) between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. at the Honeypie Bakeshop kitchen, inside Palomino, 2491 S. Superior St.
Le Rêve Patisserie & Café
7610 HARWOOD AVE., WAUWATOSA
You can order plenty of options from the cafe’s catering arm, Le Troquet, for Thanksgiving Day, including a meal kit (choose from glazed-ham, $125; to “Everything but the Turkey,” $95), oven-ready croissants, a pumpkin Basque cheesecake and a French apple cake. Also on the menu is roasted-garlic herb butter, platters (charcuterie, shrimp or cheese), ready-to-bake brioche dinner rolls and a French baguette.
Order online and pick up Nov. 26.
Mason Street Grill
425 E. MASON ST.
Coming out to $57.26 per person, the Thanksgiving Take and Bake Dinner includes roasted Amish free-range turkey and a variety of side dishes: chopped salad; mashed potatoes; sausage, sage and fennel stuffing; green beans Almondine; confit giblet gravy and pumpkin pie.
Order online by Nov. 24 and pick up Nov. 26 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Maxie’s
6732 W. FAIRVIEW AVE.
If turkey isn’t your desired meat, Maxie’s can hook you up with three entrees from the smoker ($75-$135): East Texas-style BBQ beef brisket, Memphis-style barbecued chopped chicken or Eastern Carolina-style pulled pork. Then, choose from nine sides ($19-$41) on the Thanksgiving menu: sausage and sage stuffing, creamy slaw, maple-braised collard greens, BBQ beans, beans and rice, mashed potatoes and gravy, grits and tasso sauce, white-cheddar mac ‘n’ cheese, and cornbread with orange honey butter.
Order online by Nov. 21 at 5 p.m. and pick up Nov. 26 between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Mr. B’s – A Bartolotta Steakhouse
18380 W. CAPITOL DR., BROOKFIELD
To complement your main course, Mr. B’s (Brookfield location only) is offering Gather & Go Holiday Sides ($15-$50) that serve 5-6 people. On the menu are options like Yukon gold potato purée, sweet potato purée with spiced pecans, green beans with almonds and cranberries, creamed spinach with garlic al Forno breadcrumbs, cornbread, baked mac and cheese, demi gravy, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and apple cobbler.
Order online by Nov. 23 and pick up Nov. 26 between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Mo’s Irish Pub
10842 W. BLUEMOUND RD., WAUWATOSA
Choose from turkey ($19.99 for one person; or $149.99, feeds 10-12 people), ham ($19.99 for one person; or $129.99 for a 10- to 12-pound ham) and lasagna dinners to-go. Turkey and ham dinners come with sides and choice of apple or pumpkin pie, while the pan of lasagna ($129.99, feeds 15 people) includes salad, garlic bread, and either apple or pumpkin pie.
Call 414-774-9782 before Nov. 26 and pick up Nov. 28 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Outpost Natural Foods
VARIOUS LOCATIONS
All four locations (Bay View, Capitol Drive, Mequon and Wauwatosa) feature a variety of menus for Thanksgiving, including Turkey Dinner for Two ($49), Turkey Dinner for Four ($95), Family Turkey Dinner ($196) and Vegan Celebration Roast Dinner for Two ($38). Side dishes and desserts are also available, from gravy to desserts (pumpkin pie, including a vegan option; pumpkin praline cheesecake and apple pie).
Order online by Nov. 19 and pick up Nov. 24-26 during store hours.
Parkside 23
2300 PILGRIM SQUARE DR., BROOKFIELD
This farm-to-table restaurant’s Thanksgiving meal to-go ($179.50) serves 4-5 people. In addition to a half oven-roasted turkey served with gravy, it includes creamed corn, herb stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, green beans in herb butter, corn bread muffins and pumpkin cupcakes. The entire menu is gluten-free.
Call 262-784-7275 by Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. and pick up Nov. 26 between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Saz’s Catering
201 W. WALKER ST.
The catering menu special features a Thanksgiving dinner for Four ($170) that allows for a pie selection (apple or pumpkin) as well as a choice between traditional or roasted garlic mashed potatoes, along with bread stuffing with sage, green beans Almondine, roasted sweet potatoes, cranberry relish with orange zest, fall harvest salad and dinner rolls with butter. The turkey, baby-back ribs, BBQ riblets and a variety of sides can also be ordered separately.
Order online, call 414-256-8765 or email cater@sazs.com and pick up Nov. 26 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. or Nov. 27 between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Sendik’s Fine Foods
18985 W. CAPITOL DR., BROOKFIELD
The Thanksgiving Menu features a Thanksgiving Dinner option ($189.99, serves 8-10 people) that has everything you need, as well as a la carte options where you can build a dinner starting with the turkey ($69.99, 10-12 pounds), and add sides and desserts. There’s also a relish tray ($42.99) to serve before the big feast.
Call 262-781-8200 by Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. and pick up Nov. 26 between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Slo’ Motion BBQ
N64W22648 MAIN ST., SUSSEX
Naturally, smoked beef brisket is included in one of this caterer’s Thanksgiving meals (Smoked Brisket Feast, $215, serves 10-12 people), along with mac n’ cheese, smashed potatoes, buttered corn, turkey gravy and corn muffins. Swap out the smoked beef brisket for smoked turkey breast for the Smoked Turkey Feast ($170, serves 10-12 people). There are also extras like banana pudding, broccoli salad or additional servings of anything already served in either feast.
Order online by Nov. 20 and pick up Nov. 27 between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Stone Bank Farm Market
W33208 COUNTY ROAD K N68, OCONOMOWOC
For Thanksgiving, this working farm will offer a menu of Alden Hills Organic Farms turkeys between 12 and 18 pounds ($25 deposit + $7.25 per pound) and side dishes ($20-$24) of turkey gravy, sourdough stuffing and whipped potato purée.
Order online and pick up turkeys beginning Nov. 12 and side dishes on Nov. 26 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
The Capital Grille
310 W. WISCONSIN AVE.
If you’ve already got the turkey at home – or are choosing to go without it – The Capital Grille is offering Thanksgiving sides ($135) as a bundle. The list features brioche sage stuffing, turkey gravy, Sam’s mashed potatoes, French green beans with ginger butter, pecan-crusted sweet potatoes with hot honey, cranberry-pear chutney and seeded rolls.
Order online and pick up Nov. 26 or Nov. 27 between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m.
The Packing House
900 E. LAYTON AVE.
For a traditional Thanksgiving dinner to go ($30, cash only), simply pull up to The Packing House’s drive-thru and grab one – they’ll be ready and waiting.
No pre-order needed but must be picked up between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Nov. 27.
