From posh buffets to delectable four-course menus, these restaurants are ensuring a stress-free holiday with no clean up required.
Eat Out
(Courtesy of 1300 on Fillmore)
SAN FRANCISCO
1300 on Fillmore
This stylish, Southern-inflected supper club is offering a three-course menu with starters such as BBQ shrimp and grits or buttermilk fried quail before moving on to traditional holiday turkey with all the fixings (but if you're feeling rebellious, try the braised short ribs instead). // Make reservations for one of three seatings on Nov. 24: 2pm, 4:30pm and 7:00pm, $32-$79/person, 1300 Fillmore St. (Fillmore), 1300fillmore.com
Anzu
Hotel Nikko's stylish eatery is offering a Thanksgiving buffet with an Asian twist—think sushi bar and assorted dim sum. In case you're not ready to buck tradition, there will also be a carving station with maple-brined roasted turkey. //Reservations available from 3-9pm, $37-70/person, 222 Mason St. 2nd Floor (Union Square), restaurantanzu.com
RN74
Chef Michael Lee Rafidi has created a modern three-course Thanksgiving dinner with options that include sugar-pumpkin gnocchi, butter-basted heritage turkey with smoked-chestnut stuffing, and lobster thermidor, an old-school favorite given a new holiday identity. Reservations are strongly recommended. // $85/person, 301 Mission St. (SoMa), michaelminna.net
Top of the Mark
Feast on seasonal favorites such as roasted free-range turkey and traditional mashed potatoes while also indulging in ocean-fresh oysters and clams at the not-so-traditional, but totally luxe raw bar. // Brunch and dinner Buffet, 10:30am-1:30pm and 3:30pm-8pm, $135/person, 999 California St. (Nob Hill), topofthemark.com
Luce at the Intercontinental
Enjoy Thanksgiving dinner courtesy of a Michelin-star chef with a three-course prix fixe menu that will include fixtures such as roasted turkey, potato puree and a warm apple cake as well as roasted diver scallops and New York strip for all those with an aversion to the traditional bird. // Reservations available for 11am-2:30pm and 4pm-9pm, $89/ person, 888 Howard St. (SoMa), lucewinerestaurant.com
Presidio Social Club
This classic family-style turkey dinner starts with butternut squash soup or a fall greens salad with persimmons and apples. The roast turkey will be served with all the (elevated) traditional fixings, including wild mushroom-and-sage stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, smoked ham hock gravy, Brussels sprouts, pea-bacon salad with cashews and housemade challah dinner rolls. Reservations are recommended. // $65/ person, 563 Ruger St. (Presidio), presidiosocialclub.com
Trace
The W Hotel's signature restaurant will serve Thanksgiving dinner to hotel guests and otherwise Friendsgiving-less orphans. The seasonal options include potato leek soup, herb-roasted turkey and pumpkin pie. All entrees are served with chestnut-sunchoke gratin, fried Brussels sprouts, cranberry-citrus compote and cornbread stuffing with pancetta. // Reservations available 4pm-8:30pm, $85/person, 181 3rd St. (SoMa), trace-sf.com
EAST BAY
The Waterfront at Lungomare
This locally sourced, Italian-inspired, three-course Thanksgiving meal will offer choices that included roasted chestnut and potato soup, baby kale salad with cauliflower, house-smoked turkey, dry-aged prime rib or Alaskan halibut. Side dishes such as chanterelle, hazelnut and green apple stuffing or sweet potatoes with sage and brown butter are served family style. // $60/person, 1 Broadway (Oakland), lungomareoakland.com
(Courtesy of FIVE Restaurant and Bar)
FIVE Restaurant and Bar
For this three-course Thanksgiving menu, choose from dishes such as roasted-squash-and-caramelized-onion soup with pumpkin-bread croutons, seafood-and-kale quiche, roasted turkey with confit of dark meat, pineapple-and-honey-glazed ham and vegetable ratatouille. Because Thanksgiving is all about the sides, you'll have such mouthwatering options as mushroom-and-buttermilk-cornbread stuffing and homemake cheddar biscuits to choose from. Just don't overload on carbs—there's pumpkin cheesecake and cranberry mascarpone tart to contend with, too. Reservations are recommended. // $60/person, 2086 Allston Way (Berkeley), five-berkeley.com
WINE COUNTRY + BEYOND
FARM at Carneros Resort and Spa
This holiday menu includes a herb-roasted turkey and various side dishes such as honey-and-citrus cranberries, braised greens with smoked ham hock and sausage-herb stuffing. Be sure to save room for the pumpkin pie with cinnamon chantilly, apple tart with caramel and candied walnuts and cranberry cheesecake with spiced graham-cracker crust and whipped white chocolate. Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling 707-299-4880. // Reservations available 1pm-7pm, $92/person, 4048 Sonoma Hwy. (Napa), farmatcarneros.com
Manzanita Restaurant (Courtesy of Ritz-Carlton Tahoe)
The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe
Of the two Thanksgiving feasts offered—a harvest buffet and a traditional sit-down dinner—we'd go for the less-formal AYCE (all you can eat) option, because if you haven't popped a shirt button or two, it's not the holidays. Served in the ballroom, the repast includes holiday favorites such as hand-carved roasted turkey, honey-glazed ham and cornbread stuffing. // Harvest buffet 12pm-7pm,13031 Ritz Carlton Highlands Ct. (Truckee), ritzcarlton.com
Spoonbar
Stuck in Wine Country for Thanksgiving? Poor you. You might just have to treat yourself to the innovative four-course Thanksgiving feast at Spoonbar. The menu features classic dishes with a creative spin including green bean casserole "salad" and roasted squash ravioli to start followed by roasted turkey roulade. Don't fill up too much on the cheddar-and-chive biscuits, you've got to save room for the pumpkin custard with white-chocolate chantilly. For reservations call 707-433-7222. // $65/person, 219 Healdsburg Ave. (Healdsburg), spoonbar.com
Takeout/ Delivery
Wente Vineyards
The Thanksgiving dinner kit will include a duck-fat-roasted Distel turkey with country-bread stuffing, caramelized sweet potatoes, and a pumpkin cake for dessert. Each kit comes with detailed cooking instructions to avoid any kitchen disasters. Kits are $239 for Club Wente members and $249 otherwise. Reservations are required and pickup times can be scheduled for November 23. // 5050 Arroyo Road (Livermore), wentevineyards.com
Luke's Local
Luke's Local is offering both pick-up and delivery options for Thanksgiving. Order everything from locally sourced produce, holiday bouquets, to a fully cooked smoked turkey. If you're feeling ambitious you can order a free-range turkey to cook at home. Schedule your pickup or delivery early. Deliveries won't be made on Thanksgiving day but pickup is still an option. // 1750 Cesar Chavez Suite E (Dogpatch), lukeslocal.com
Presidio Social Club
Leave Thanksgiving dessert to Presidio Social Club and place your orders early for one of their delicious holiday pies. Award-winning pastry chef Rene Cruz is making holiday-inspired pies including classic pumpkin pie, pumpkin "pie" cheesecake, chocolate bourbon pecan pie, and toasted coconut cream pie. (Pies are $40 each). Chef Cruz is also offering sinful breakfast options including spiced banana loaf with cream cheese swirl and pecan oatmeal crumble ($18 each)for anyone looking to start the holiday off right. Make sure you order your pies in advance and don't forget a pint of their freshly made vanilla whipped cream ($5). // 563 Ruger St. (Presidio), presidiosocialclub.com
Bi-Rite Market
Take the hassle out of impressing your dinner guests. Bi-Rite market is offering full Thanksgiving dinner kits including an already cooked turkey with all the fixings. If you've got the turkey situation taken care of you can also order individual sides to ensure that you're serving lumpless mashed potatoes. Be sure to pre-order. Pick-up times start November 18. // 3639 18th St. and 550 Divisadero St. (NoPa), biritemarket.com
