Is anyone going out to eat for thanksgiving?

[Deleted]

I'm thinking about it. We've been gone all week for FIL's dealio and thus, haven't been home to get the oven replaced. So it's Marie Callenders or however you spell that trick's name or a restaurant.

I'm going to end up stabbing people in line, aren't I?

[adhdfashion]

Maybe order in a turkey dinner? My MIL used to do takeout chinese and movie night ever Thanksgiving.

[Deleted]

Yes, because we'll be in Mexico.

[Jermys]

I thought about it, but I'm going to attempt to make everything. I've done it before, but it's been years.

Just don't do what my mother did one Thanksgiving and try to substitute turkey hot dogs. That fucking sucked.

[scotty]

No. I like to avoid the public on big holidays. This is not to say that eating out on those days isn't tasty. Years ago we went to Steak & Ale one year. Good stuff.

[gozf]

I am! My extended family's meal was cancelled due to illness, so it's just me and the folks. none of us like to cook, so we're going out.

[VeryViolet]

I have done it a few times when it has just been my immediate family. It is always nice a stress free for everyone. It does suck not having left overs. Also, make reservations one year my mom forgot to and everywhere open was booked solid. We ate Thanksgiving dinner at 10:30 am.

[ralphlauren]

We have before. I am ecited to cook this year. My friend owns a restaurant and they are crazy buzy on thanksgiving

[sake]

We did it a few times with my mom's side of the family. A family owned restaurant near us does a REALLY nice holiday buffet, with REAL turkey, and all the food is SUPER good. We went there for about 5 years, after my grandpa died, and my grandma was always too depressed to cook a big meal.

[eddy]

We are having our local grocery store cook the big stuff for us.

[Deleted]

A coworker pre-orders their holiday meals from one of the hotels in town and eats it at home with the family. She says it's awesome, all the best foods and they arrive in disposable containers so no dishes. I'd prefer that.

[cinco]

Nov 19, 2012 12:55:35 GMT -5 eddy said:

We are having our local grocery store cook the big stuff for us.

We are getting a traditional Wegmann's Thanksgiving

[sawyerthedestroyer]

I was on the road one year for T-day and ate at Cracker Barrel. It wasn't too crazy.

[RBL]

We ordered out once. MIL was sick and we went to their place for Thanksgiving since she just got home from the hospital. We got Thanksgiving meals from some restaurant they liked. The food wasn't horrible, but it certainly wasn't Thanksgiving in my mind.

[circa1978]

Yes, first time ever. We're driving five hours with our toddler to meet my in-laws in Chicago. It was supposed to be less stressful. We'll see how things work out.

[meldel]

No I'm hosting Thanksgiving at our house but if we lived near a Claim Jumpers we would have loved to go there instead.

[lightbulbsun]

I'm going out. It's going to be nice not to have to cook.

[iheartvino]

I wish.

I have gone out for Thanksgiving before. As long as the place you choose is good, it is nice, relaxing and there is space for everybody at the same table.

[callie]

We are. Anytime we don't travel for Thanksgiving we just go out to dinner. We get the big feast with no clean up. Win-win.

[elfinia7]

We are. Since my inlaws live over 9 hours away and my husband has to work black Friday we are meeting them in a nearby city to have a Thanksgiving Lunch at Cracker Barrel's. It's actually not bad and far better then the Ruby Tuesday option they wanted that first year. they always offer a traditional Thanksgiving dinner but I always go for the catfish

Now everyone looks forward to it (my inlaws have become obsessed with the place since it's the only time they ever get to eat there) and it makes for no clean up or stress on my end.

[verycontrary247]

Not this year, but we have gone to IHOP instead of cooking Thanksgiving meals before.

[angelaa73]

Yum! Maybe try a hotel brunch. They usually bring it.

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[mypunkinpie]

Whole Foods is fixing my Thanksgiving dinner. Thanks, Whole Foods!

[themysteriouswife]

We are. We're going to the only opened restaurant in the town. I am not pleased about it. We're guest though.

Can you order a pre-cooked meal from a store?

[Deleted]

Nov 19, 2012 14:11:01 GMT -5 angelaa73 said:

Yum! Maybe try a hotel brunch. They usually bring it.

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This is a fantastic idea. I've seen a couple advertised but was feeling iffy about the whole thing.

I usually either cook or we go to my IL's but we were just there so that's not an option. I could probably wrangle up an invitation somewhere but since I wasn't at church yesterday, I don't have a way to come up with one organically instead of just inviting myself over lol

[vicky]

Nov 19, 2012 12:56:01 GMT -5 @randomcdn said:

A coworker pre-orders their holiday meals from one of the hotels in town and eats it at home with the family. She says it's awesome, all the best foods and they arrive in disposable containers so no dishes. I'd prefer that.

When my mom lost her eyesight, we started having catered holidays, too. Your local butcher might do one.

[Deleted]

I feel like staying home would be incredibly depressing given that we were supposed to be in Florida at my IL's for thanksgiving. At least if we go out, I get to distract myself by being a judgey bitch.

[PinkSquirrel]

We did a hotel Thanksgiving buffet one year growing up. My brother had a hockey tournament somewhere not close to home, so we went out with some of the other families. It was hands down my favorite Thanksgiving growing up. It was kind of fun to celebrate with hundreds of other people.

[TemperanceBrennan]

Last year we went to a buffet at a hotel restaurant. It was nice and the food was good. I wanted to go out again this year but, to a different restaurant. My H decided he didn't want to. Now we are staying home and I am cooking something.