Busy New Yorkers rejoice: This Thanksgiving, you can have gourmet-quality restaurant fare in the comfort of your own home. And aside from dialing in the order, you won't have to lift a finger. Below is our list of restaurants that offer takeout meals for the holiday.
Dovetail
Chef John Fraser's passion for local ingredients is clear in this restaurant's $75, three-course menu. Highlights include a Brussels sprouts salad with Serrano ham and cauliflower; gnocchi with bacon, figs and treviso; slow-roasted turkey with leg roulade, Swiss chard, currants and pomegranate-cranberry relish; pecan Pie and apple strudel with Armagnac ice cream. Place orders by the morning of Nov. 25. (103 W. 77th St., 212-362-3800)
Grayz
Gray Kunz's midtown spot celebrates the season with dishes such as roasted turkey served with bread dumplings, chef Martin Brock's interpretation of classic bread stuffing, as well as chanterelle mushroom potage with leek dumplings and pumpkin pie with maple walnuts, vanilla cream and cranberry confit. The price is $65 per person ($35 for children—minus soup). Place your order 48 hours ahead. (13-15 W. 54th St., 212-262-4600)
Hill Country
This Texas barbecue joint offers a feast for nine to 12 people that includes whole pit-smoked turkey, corn bread and honey butter, four sides, and two pies for $255. There is also a smaller meal option designed for five to eight people available for $175. The restaurant suggests ordering 48 hours in advance. (30 W. 26th St., 212-255-4544)
iCi
This Brooklyn eatery offers three takeout packages. Customers can choose between a three-course dinner (for $45), just the turkey, or individual sides (including Brussels sprouts with bacon and apple for $5 and corn bread and sausage stuffing for $5. Orders must be placed by Nov. 22. (246 DeKalb Ave., 718-789-2778)
L'Absinthe
This brasserie-restaurant offers an a la carte menu featuring the classic Thanksgiving foods, with a French twist. Appetizers (such as butternut squash soup, foie gras terrine and Alsacienne pizza) range from $12 to $19. The classic turkey, stuffing, and sides entrée is $29.50, while other options are available, such as lamb and pike quenelle. Desserts, which include pumpkin soufflé, apple crumble and fruit salad, are $12 to $16. Orders should be placed by 3 p.m. on Nov. 26. (227 E. 67th St., 212-794-4950)
Southern Hospitality
Procrastinators rejoice. This Upper East Side barbeque spot (co-owned by Justin Timberlake) will be taking takeout orders until 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. The $45-per-person menu offers a choice of appetizers (including Memphis-style turkey sliders, chili, or an autumn salad), a choice of entrees (house-smoked turkey breast, a wet rib and dry rib sampler, or a fried shrimp platter) and dessert (bourbon-flavored pecan pie or Memphis-style chocolate cobbler). (1460 Second Ave., 212-249-1001)
Telepan
The three-course, $79 meal includes appetizer choices such as house-made prosciutto and salami, house smoked brook trout and squash tortelloni; entrées such as organic turkey, seared duck breast, heritage pork, roasted trout or wild striped bass. Dessert choices are spiced applesauce cake, port custard Napolean, pumpkin bread pudding, chocolate pecan tart and a selection of homemade ice cream and sorbets. Orders must be placed by 5 p.m. Nov. 25. (72 W. 69th St., 212-580-4300)
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Lebanese: Al Diwan
The menu includes a Lebanese-style turkey stuffed with rice nuts, raisins, ground beef and Middle Eastern spices. Sides include hummus, baba ghannouj and fattoush (a Lebanese salad with cucumber, tomatoes, mint and pita), and dessert is baklava. Prices vary by number of guests: $60 for two, $120 for four, $180 for six and $200 for eight to 10 people. Orders must be placed 24 hours in advance. (210 Avenue A, 212-375-1300)
Kosher: Abigael's on Broadway
A four-course meal features butternut squash soup, an autumn medley salad, and entrée choices including turkey breast, sausage-stuffed chicken breast, rib-eye steak, cedar plank salmon, and prime rib. Dessert choices include apple crisp, pecan torte and molten chocolate cake. Everything is available as a complete meal or a la carte. Order by the beginning of Thanksgiving week. (1407 Broadway , 212-575-1407)
Vegetarian: Counter
A four-course meat-free menu includes an autumn salad of arugula, endive, pear, parmesan and vegetable chips; a hubbard squash bisque, a porcini-and-chestnut roulade and a pecan tart. Dinner is $45 per person. Orders must be placed 24 hours before Thanksgiving. (105 First Ave. , 212-982-5870)
Indian-Latin Fusion: At Vermilion
For $50 per person, diners can pick up a Thanksgiving meal at this Indian-Latin American midtown eatery. Dishes include bhuna bhutta roasted corn soup; Indian black cardamom smoked turkey breast, Brazilian feijoada, Indian sarson ka saag (a green similar to mustard greens), panch-puran cranberry chutney, pumpkin pie horchata and white chocolate "goan" pudding. Orders must be placed by 9 a.m. Thanksgiving Day for groups less than 10, the day before for larger ones. (480 Lexington Ave., 212-871-6600)
