Thanksgiving is coming up soon on Thursday, November 26: For New Yorkers who’d rather eat at home but with quality meals, restaurants around New York City — which occupies the ancestral lands of the Lenape — are making it easier by offering takeout Thanksgiving feasts
and dishes. Find everything from smoked brisket at Bark Barbecue to British turkey pot pies at Lord’s to sweet potato pies from Calabash to classic turkeys at Melba’s.
Keep an eye out for Eater NY’s guide to Thanksgiving pies (and other desserts) and where to dine out for Thanksgiving in the city, if you’re so inclined.
Melba’s
300 W 114th St, New York, NY, 10026, US
(212) 864-7777
The Harlem location of the Southern restaurant is offering a take-home Thanksgiving meal with roasted turkey and pan gravy, the fun-named A$AP Yams, and Low Country collard greens. A la carte dishes include peas and rice, tres mac and cheese, and sweet potato pie.
Place orders by emailing events@melbasrestaurant.com or call (646) 306 2168 by Friday, November 20, with pickups on Wednesday, November 25, from 3 to 4 p.m. or Thursday, November 26, from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
(The restaurant is also hosting $69 three-course prix fixe dine-in meals with oven-roasted turkey, barbecue braised short ribs, vegan vol-au-vent, sides, and more, with seatings at noon, 4 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. Book reservations on OpenTable.)
Momofuku Noodle Bar
10 Columbus Cir, New York, NY, 10019, US
The Midtown West location of Momofuku Noodle Bar inside Columbus Circle is offering family-style bo ssam kits for Thanksgiving takeout, featuring brown sugar-glazed roasted pork shoulder. The pack comes with kimchi, jasmine rice, ssamjang, ginger scallion sauce, and King’s Hawaiian buns. The regular version is $275 for eight to 10 people; the feast version comes with other dishes like pumpkin bread pudding topped with a five-spiced creme angalise, all for $375 for 10 to 12 people.
Place orders through OpenTable; the basic kits are available for cold pickups on Wednesday, November 25 and hot pickups on Thursday, November 26; the feast is available for hot pickups on Thursday, November 26.
Yingtao
805 9th Ave, New York, NY, 10019, US
(845) 236-6577
The Michelin-starred Hell’s Kitchen Chinese restaurant is putting together a Chinese Thanksgiving meal to go this holiday. There’s dry-aged whole roasted duck with a spiced cherry-Shaoxing gastrique; lap cheong and salted egg yolk sticky rice stuffing; and scallion Parker House rolls; plus a five-spice apple pie for dessert. The $189 meal feeds two to four people; there are add-ons for Champagne ($140) and caviar ($130).
Place orders by email to info@yingtaonyc.com with pickups on Wednesday, November 25 or Thursday, November 26, from 3 to 5 p.m.
(The restaurant is also hosting a $165 Thanksgiving tasting menu with dishes like dry-aged roast duck, congee with salted duck egg yolk and sunchokes, and egg custards. Book reservations on Resy.)
Pig Beach BBQ Queens
3537 36th St, Astoria, NY, 11106, US
(718) 362-6111
The Astoria barbecue restaurant is going in on smoked meats for Thanksgiving. The $295 Thanksgiving Full Feast, which feeds 10 to 12 people, comes with a choice of either a whole smoked turkey or a smoked whole turkey breast, plus turkey gravy, cranberry sauce, and sides like stuffing and Yukon gold mashed potatoes, and a choice of pie, either key lime or chocolate pecan. There are also a la carte turkeys and sides. Pig Beach is also offering a la carte baked goods from Stilo Bakes like apple crumb pie and brown butter-maple-pecan bars.
Place online preorders by Sunday, November 22 at 8 p.m. Pickups happen on Wednesday, November 25, from noon to 9 p.m.
Blackbarn Restaurant
19 E 26th St, New York, NY, 10010, US
(212) 265-5959
The Nomad New American restaurant is offering a huge Thanksgiving takeout feast with roast turkey and braised thighs, sides like maple-glazed sweet potatoes, giblet gravy, and butterscotch pudding. There are two size options: $540 for four to six people or $905 for eight to 10 people. The premium options for both sizes ($605 and $995) come with additional dishes like mushroom toast and beef tenderloin.
Email catering@blackbarnrestaurant.com for pickup orders.
Calabash
183 Christopher Street, New York, New York 10014, United States
The newcomer Afro-Caribbean restaurant from chef Camari Mick is celebrating its first Thanksgiving with a lot of to-go holiday orders. The Whole Spread package comes with sides and sweets like mac and cheese, collard greens with smoked turkey necks, and sweet potato pie, for $145 for two to four people. A la carte dishes include candied yams ($48), cornbread dressing ($26), and mac and cheese ($32).
Place online preorders by Thursday, November 19, for pickups on Thursday, November 26
Lord’s
506 Laguardia Pl, New York, NY, 10012, US
(929) 398-5433
Opt for a British-leaning Thanksgiving feast at this Greenwich Village restaurant, which comes with roast turkey breast, a pot pie with braised turkey legs and black truffles, sausage-mushroom-sage stuffing, pumpkin pie, and even sandwich-making ingredients for the next day. The two-person meal is $200, and the four-person one is $400.
Place online preorders by Thursday, November 12 for pickups on Thursday, November 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Edy’s Grocer
136 Meserole Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11222
(718) 383-9063
Chef and cookbook author Edouard Massih is whipping up Lebanese dishes for Thanksgiving takeout from his Greenpoint deli. A la carte dishes include sumac-spiced confit and sous-vide turkey breast and legs ($160); labneh toum mashed potatoes ($85) and stuffing muffins with fig jam ($40). There’s the huge $480 feast that feeds six to eight people, with everything.
Place online preorders by Friday, November 20, with pickups and deliveries on Monday, November 23, or Tuesday, November 24.
Bark Barbecue
25 Thames St, Brooklyn, NY, 11206, US
The Brooklyn food stand-turned-full barbecue restaurant in Bushwick is going all out with smoky Dominican-Texan Thanksgiving takeout dishes. There’s whole turkey breast with chicharrón gravy and pickled vegetables ($110 for four-to-six pounds; brisket with barbecue sauce ($190 for 4.5 to five pounds); Dominican-flavored South Carolina-styled smoked whole hog ($120); and much more.
Place online preorders on Tock for pickups on Thursday, November 26, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Gertie
602 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11238, US
(718) 210-1994
Brooklyn hospitality group RAD is offering a take-home Thanksgiving dinner from its Prospect Heights Jewish deli Gertie and its newer Trudie’s Tavern in Carroll Gardens. The $450 meal feeds six to eight people and comes with rotisserie turkey, gravy, green bean casserole, challah dinner rolls, and more. For dessert, there are $50 pie add-ons like the black and white chocolate chess pie.
Place orders online and select your restaurant destination; pickups happen on Tuesday, November 24, or Wednesday, November 25.
