Over the river and through the woods.
This year, for the first time in my life, I’ll be in a restaurant on Thanksgiving. And though I’m not altogether thrilled, I was definitely surprised to learn how many people within my circle of friends do regularly go out to eat on this holiday. So, ok. I’ll give it a shot. I guess I’ve always assumed that restaurants would be staffed by their second- and third-stringers, and the food would be overpriced and mediocre. But perhaps I’ll be pleasantly surprised.
And though I already know where I’ll be next Thursday (and it’s not in NYC), MUG recently published this helpful list of places that will be open and serving. And there are always discussions of this same subject on Chowhound as well.
Anyone else out there traditionally spend Thanksgiving out and about?
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TG is my favorite holiday! But last year, because my grandmother is getting too old to cook for the whole family, we relented and went to a restaurant near her in suburban Philly… The food was not bad, but it was not the same as having a traditional TG meal. I hope it works for you, though, Chris! Luckily for us, this year my mom put her foot down and insisted on making it at her house. I’m making appetizers.
I do one of three things on Thanksgiving, depending on who I’m spending it with: go out to eat, make a big feast with a group of friends who don’t go home for Thanksgiving, or travel out of the country (in which case I’d also be eating out, just in a place that doesn’t give a rat’s ass about Thanksgiving). I like cooking the Thanksgiving meal, but sometimes it’s nice to let someone else do it for you.