Where to dine in, take out, or get your own ingredients for Thanksgiving in Indy

We’re grateful for our favorite dine-in and carry-out options for Thanksgiving dinner this year, plus local ingredients.

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Why not have your turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, and stuffing all in one bite?

Photo by Amelia Morris via Pots & Pans Pie Co.

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Want to celebrate Thanksgiving, but exhausted by the thought of cooking a full dinner this year? Or sick of the same old turkey and sides?

Don’t quit Thanksgiving cold turkey — we’ve got you covered with where to dine in, carry out, or procure local ingredients for a Thanksgiving dinner you’ll always remember.

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His Place Eatery has mastered sides that are perfect for a Thanksgiving meal.

Where to carry-out full meals

His Place Eatery | Order by Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 3 p.m. or before supplies run out
The beloved soul food restaurant is offering a Thanksgiving catering package that serves up to 10 people for $145. It includes your choice of smoked turkey breast or baked ham, two sides, cornbread muffins, and gravy. Desserts like peach cobbler are also available.

Shapiro’s Deli | Order by Monday, Nov. 24
A Thanksgiving meal for under $20 per person? Now that’s a steal. Get your turkey, gravy, dressing, nine pounds of sides, and rye bread or buns to serve eight people for $150. Desserts can be added for an extra fee.

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Can’t go wrong with a charcuterie board as an appetizer.

Where to shop a la carte turkeys, sides, and desserts

Smoking Goose Meatery
Level up your Thanksgiving spread with stuffed trillium brie en croûte, applewood bacon burnt ends with pumpkin glaze, and a host of other seasonal items, as well as every charcuterie board ingredient you can think of.

Pots & Pans Pie Co.
Choose from ready-to-eat sweet pies — like caramel pumpkin and sweet potato — and take-and-bake savory pot pies, including a Thanksgiving Dinner Pot Pie filled with turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, and cornbread stuffing.

Big Hoffa’s Bar-B-Que
Get everything from the smoked turkey to baked beans + peach cobbler from Westfield’s favorite barbecue joint, with pickups occurring on Tuesday, Nov. 25 and Wednesday, Nov. 26.

Hoosier Heritage Farms
Prefer to cook the turkey yourself? Pick up a local pasture-raised bird that’s free of drugs, antibiotics, and GMOs.

Field Brewing | Order by Saturday, Nov. 22
Knock out all your sides here with options including gravy, stuffing, rolls, brussels sprouts, mac and cheese, and more.

Turchetti’s
This saulmeria gets its pasture-raised turkeys from Bowman & Landis in Ohio. You can buy yours fresh or pre-brined — or if you prefer ham, you can get a smoked one here too.

Borage | Order by Friday, Nov. 21
Wow your guests with unique takes on traditional Thanksgiving sides, like scalloped sweet potato chipotle gratin or white chocolate miso pumpkin pie.

Tuttle Orchards
Picking up a fresh, free range turkey here is a great excuse to also snag some frozen pies or fresh donuts, with exclusive new fall flavors released weekly.

Goose the Market
Buy a smoked turkey + fixings, or opt for a raw turkey to make at home — you can even pick up a brine kit and bucket. Make sure you grab some homestyle gourmet turkey gravy and Chris’ Cranberry Mostarda while you’re at it.

Where to dine-in

Rick’s Café Boatyard | By reservation
Grab a table with a view of Eagle Creek Reservoir at this west side restaurant. The menu offers a classic Thanksgiving meal from the turkey all the way to the pumpkin pie, for $33 per adult or $16 per child age 10 and under.

Cooper’s Hawk | Dine-in or Carry-out
Dine in for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner or pre-order a heat-and-serve meal kit for $199. The kit includes turkey, butternut squash soup, stuffing, roasted veggies, potatoes, cranberry sauce, and a pumpkin praline cheesecake.

Prefer a chain restaurant? Browse the list of dozens that will be open.

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