Where to Find Thanksgiving Dinner for Dine-In and Takeout in Portland
An array of Thanksgiving cookies from Papa Haydn.
The pumpkins have been cleared from porches and the distant sound of Mariah Carey can be heard on the horizon, which means it’s time to start planning Thanksgiving dinner. Thankfully, you don’t have to go it alone, even if you’re stuck hosting this year: Several Portland restaurants—which sit on the ancestral land of the Multnomah, Wasco, Bands of Chinook, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Tualatin Kalapuya, and Molalla Tribes, among many others—are offering dinners, ranging from the ultra-traditional to the Peruvian American. And while many of them have already filled their seats, a few have open reservations, and many others have takeout orders available. Read on for our picks, and find pie inspiration here.
dining out: restaurants
A Thanksgiving spread from Peruvian restaurant Andina.
Andina
Pearl district
The Pearl’s popular Peruvian restaurant Andina is open for the holiday, serving a South American–inspired Thanksgiving meal. The four-course dinner is $95 per person and starts with sweet potato tart as an amuse-bouche; each following course includes multiple options, with highlights including roast chicken with Thanksgiving jus, a butternut squash quinotto (quinoa risotto), and beef ribs with salsa criolla. Reservations are available from 2 to 8pm for both dining room and bar seating.
1314 NW Glisan St
Jake’s Famous Crawfish
Downtown
While you can still order the full menu (including the eponymous shellfish) at Jake’s Famous Crawfish on Thanksgiving Day, the old-school Portland seafood standby will also serve a special Thanksgiving dinner, which features turkey and sides including corn-bread dressing and mashed potatoes with turkey gravy. Thanksgiving dinner service is $39 and runs from 11:30am to 9pm. Book a table online.
401 SW 12th Ave
Jake’s Grill
Downtown
Just like its sibling restaurant Jake’s Crawfish, Jake’s Grill will be open that Thursday with both its regular menu and a two-course Thanksgiving dinner, available all day. The meal includes a choice between butternut bisque and mixed greens salad to start, followed by a main course with roasted turkey, mashed potatoes and turkey gravy, fresh cranberry sauce, and seasonal vegetables. Dinner is $39 per person, with an optional slice of pumpkin pie for $5. Make a reservation online to ensure your spot.
Upstairs, the Sentinel Hotel Ballroom will host a Thanksgiving buffet with things like salads, a chilled seafood spread, glazed salmon, seared sirloin, roasted turkey, potatoes, and mac and cheese. The buffet is $50 per adult, or $20 for kids 12 and younger, and it runs from 11am to 6pm. Call 503-241-2125 for reservations.
611 SW 10th Ave
dining out: cocktail hour
Rum Club
Buckman
Portlanders looking for a digestif (or an escape from the house) on Thanksgiving can head to the industry favorite cocktail bar Rum Club for owner Mike Shea’s annual “bitter and stirred” Thanksgiving party. With a strong lineup of digestif-minded cocktails and amari, the boozy party kicks off at 8pm and runs until 1am. Reservations are neither required nor available.
720 SE Sandy Blvd
takeout: restaurants
Bullard pulls out all the stops with its Turkey Day celebrations.
Bullard Tavern
Downtown
This stylish Texas-meets-Portland restaurant at the Woodlark Hotel is already fully booked for dine-in on Thanksgiving, but Bullard is offering a complete takeout meal as well. Precooked and ready to be heated, the boxes include half a cherry wood–smoked turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, brussels sprouts, glazed carrots, dinner rolls, cranberry sauce, and four slices of pumpkin pie. The meal serves four and costs $200, with pickup times available between noon and 3pm on Wednesday, November 27. Reserve a box online.
813 SW Alder St
The cranberry walnut tart is a holiday staple at Papa Haydn.
Papa Haydn
sellwood-moreland, NORTHWEST
One of Portland’s dessert go-tos, Papa Haydn is slinging plenty of candied yam tarts, maple pecan cheesecakes, spiced apple trifles, and seasonal cranberry walnut tarts for the holiday. But this year it also offers a take-home Thanksgiving feast for two. At $115, the meal includes a pound-and-a-half of roasted turkey, plus browned butter mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, roasted brussels sprouts, mushroom gravy, cranberry relish, green salad, and housemade mulled cider. Place orders before November 22; you can pick them up at either the NW or SE locations on Wednesday, November 27.
5829 se milwaukie ave; 701 NW 23RD AVE
Ringside Steakhouse
northwest district
Though Ringside is famous for its dry-aged steaks and James Beard–approved onion rings, the longstanding West Burnside steakhouse is no slouch when it comes to Thanksgiving meals. This year it’s packing up precooked dinners to be heated at home. Serving six, the turkey dinner is priced at $245 and includes a five-to-six pound bone-in turkey breast, sage and onion stuffing, roasted herbed carrots, whipped potatoes, and a pumpkin pie from Willamette Valley Pie Co. Place orders online for pickup on Wednesday, November 27 at noon.
2165 W Burnside St
Urban Farmer
downtown
A chic and spacious steakhouse at The Nines hotel is booked solid for holiday dining in, but diners can still order a take-home meal that serves four. Available for curbside pickup on Thanksgiving Day, the meal includes sweet potato rolls, beet salad, roasted winter squash soup, corn-bread stuffing, smashed potatoes, brown butter brussels sprouts, maple cranberry sauce, and honey and thyme roasted turkey breast, with saffron and pumpkin cheesecake for dessert. Dinner is $300, and orders can be placed online.
525 SW Morrison St
Takeout: everything but the bird
Quaintrelle
hosford-abernethy
Modern New American restaurant Quaintrelle is leaving the bird out of its Thanksgiving packages, instead selling a “just add turkey” meal with sides and dessert. Each package is $73 per person, and includes focaccia stuffing with sausage, green beans, stuffed squash, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, rolls, and dessert. Place orders for pickup on November 27 here, and place orders for Thanksgiving Day pickup here.
2032 SE Clinton St
Takeout: Home Delivery
Elephants Delicatessen
Various locations
One of Portland’s oldest delicatessens, Elephant’s is hawking meal packages for the holiday, available as individual servings for $28 and as six-person meals for $240. It also offers several à la carte hors d’oeuvres, sides, and entrees, like Dungeness crab cakes, butternut squash–pear soup, potatoes au gratin, and a lentil-squash dish that works well as a vegan swap for turkey. Online orders are due by 6pm on November 23, with pickup times between 10am and 6pm at multiple locations. Elephant’s will also deliver your order, if a house full of family is keeping you busy.
takeout: local grocers
New Seasons pies for your entertaining needs.
New Seasons Market
multiple locations
Yes, this Portland-born grocery store chain will have the mandatory whole turkeys and cans of cranberry sauce for home cooks, but New Seasons will also sell precooked Thanksgiving meals, from single-serving dinners to family packages, plus à la carte options that can accommodate specialized diets (vegan stuffed squash, for instance, or gluten-free wild rice stuffing). Reservations must be placed by 10pm on November 24, and can be picked up between November 25 and November 29, though all stores will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, November 28. Place orders online here.
World Foods/Ya Hala
multiple locations
Local specialty grocer and sister store to Lebanese restaurant Ya Hala, World Foods will prepare a Thanksgiving turkey feast for takeout, available for groups of two to four or six to eight. The herb and ghee–roasted turkey, available as a half or full bird, comes with bone broth gravy, pita and sourdough stuffing with chicken sausage, pinot noir cranberry sauce, truffle and rosemary mashed potatoes, za’atar green bean casserole, and dinner rolls. Feasts are $95 for the smaller size and $180 for the larger. World Foods also offers each dish à la carte, as well as additional sides, appetizer platters, pies, and breakfast for the day after. Orders must be placed online by 8am on November 25 for pickup between then and November 30.
Zupan’s Markets
multiple locations
Portland’s own independently owned grocery store, Zupan’s is ready for Thanksgiving with a number of options, including a family-size dinner as classic as they come. For $249.99, it includes a whole roasted turkey, sage stuffing, mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, and cranberry-orange sauce. Zupan’s recommends at least three hours for reheating, which is still substantially less time than roasting your own bird. The full meal feeds eight, but for smaller gatherings you can order a four-person meal for $134.99, which swaps the full turkey out for roasted turkey breast. There’s also a sides-only meal for $69.99, as well as add-ons like candied yams, brioche rolls, brussels sprouts, pies, and Oregon wine packs. Reservations can be placed online until November 24, 5pm, and orders will be available for pick-up at Zupan’s stores from November 22 to November 28.
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