20 Delicious Dine-Out and Take-Home Options for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving doesn’t have to be filled with stress and endless rounds of cleanup, especially when there are so many great restaurants in the Mile High City going the extra step to feed you and your friends and family on Turkey Day. 

Here are 10 tasty options for dining out on Thanksgiving—and 10 more for take-home meals for large and small holiday gatherings.

Where To Dine Out for Thanksgiving in Denver

Chef Zorba’s

• Location: 2626 E. 12th Ave., Denver (Congress Park)
• Price: $18.95 per person

Chef’s Zorba’s is one of Denver’s oldest and most welcoming family diners, where Greek and American dishes are inexpensive, filling, and comforting. That’s exactly what many folks are looking for in a Turkey Day dinner, and from November 24 to 30, Zorba’s has a Thanksgiving plate loaded with roast turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, candied sweet potatoes, creamy green beans with mushrooms, and cranberry sauce. Enjoy the neighborhood company in the dining room or take a meal home. No reservation needed

Chez Maggy

• Location: 1616 Market St., Denver (LoDo)
• Price: $95 per person

Chef Ludo Lefebvre opened Chez Maggy in the Thompson Hotel downtown in 2022, and it has since become a favorite for travelers and locals alike. This Thanksgiving, the restaurant is doing a holiday spread with French flair, offering a selection of three starters and three mains plus family-style sides (potatoes, green beans, stuffing, stuffed eggs, gravy, and brioche rolls) and a dessert bar. Seatings run from noon to 5 p.m. Reserve online

Church and Union

• Location: 1433 17th St., Denver (LoDo)
• Price: $60 per person, or $30 for kids 12 and under

Church and Union leans a little steak house but with enough variety to please everyone. Come in on Thanksgiving from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. for a three-course prix fixe menu featuring a choice of three starters, four entrées (the turkey option is roast breast and confit thigh), and three desserts. If that’s not enough, you can also add on family-style sides. Reserve online

Fire Restaurant and Lounge

• Location: 1201 Broadway, Denver (Golden Triangle)
• Price: $68 per person ($20 for kids)

Fire offers downtown views from its fourth-floor perch inside the Art Hotel, where you’re surrounded by museum-quality sculptures and paintings. Thanksgiving dinner runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with live music from noon through the final seating. The Thanksgiving menu reads more like a brunch buffet, but with the addition of roast or smoked turkey carving stations. Reserve online

Le Bilboquet

• Location: 299 Saint Paul St., Denver (Cherry Creek)
• Price: $120 per person

Cherry Creek’s stylish French restaurant is offering a three-course meal from noon to 7 p.m. on Thanksgiving, with traditional turkey, Le Bilboquet’s famous Cajun chicken, steak, or branzino as the main course, plus a choice of four appetizers and three desserts. Reserve online

The Rally Hotel

• Location: 1600 20th St., Denver (LoDo)
• Price: $110 per person (eight to 12 people); $155 per person with wine pairings

If you’re looking to celebrate with a group of friends and you don’t want to think about cooking, decor, beverages, or cleanup, this could be just the right fit. The Rally Hotel in McGregor Square is jazzing up its penthouse suite with luxurious fall decorations so you can relax and enjoy the  feast without running to the kitchen every few minutes. Of course, roast turkey, mashed potatoes, and other classic sides are on the menu, and you can also tack on extra beer and cocktails from the hotel bar. Reserve online at least one week in advance 

Somebody People

• Location: 1165 S. Broadway, Denver (Platt Park)
• Price: $85 per person

You won’t find a roast bird—or any other meats, dairy, or eggs—on the table if you hit Somebody People for Thanksgiving dinner, but you will find a generous spread that includes house-baked sourdough bread, mushrooms, chicory salad, artichokes, broccoli rabe, eggplant rollatini, and pizzoccheri (a flat buckwheat and wheat pasta), and other Italian delights. There’s even a nutty, lemony torta della nonna for dessert. Reserve online

Table Mountain Grill & Cantina

• Location: 1310 Washington Ave., Golden
• Price: Varies (a la carte)

Escape Denver without the long drive for Thanksgiving at the Table Mountain Grill, where you’ll feel like you’ve been transported to Taos. Early risers can enjoy a Southwestern breakfast from 7 to 9 a.m. (don’t miss the blue-corn tortilla huevos rancheros). Thanksgiving dinner is served from 10 a.m. to the last seating at 6:45 p.m. Proteins include turkey, prime rib, and ruby trout, and sides include enchiladas, chipotle-rubbed butternut squash, and tepary bean mash. Stick with pumpkin pie for dessert or indulge in churro cake with dulce de leche. Reserve online

Urban Farmer

• Location: 1659 Wazee St., Denver (LoDo)
• Price: $100 per person; $50 for kids under 12

Located inside the Oxford Hotel, Urban Farmer sprawls out over several dining rooms that give a glimpse into Denver’s past. On T-give, the restaurant is serving a prix-fixe meal from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. that starts with a cheese and charcuterie board and offers choices for appetizers, entrées, and desserts. Yes, there will be turkey and pumpkin pie, or you can choose a different route with prime rib and chocolate cake. Reserve online

Woodie Fisher

• Location: 1999 Chestnut Place, Denver (Union Station)
• Price: $85 per person (free for kids 10 and under)

Woodie Fisher is serving a three-course Thanksgiving feast from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in its beautiful dining room tucked into one of Denver’s oldest buildings. Start with a green bean salad and house-baked flatbread before moving on to roast turkey breast with five mostly traditional sides and bourbon apple pie. Bonus: This one’s available for pickup on Thanksgiving day if you place your order by November 23. Reserve online

Where To Get Take-Home Thanksgiving Meals in Denver

Bonanno Concepts

• Location: Four pickup locations
• Price: $130 to $160 (serves two people)
• Deadline: As slots are filled

Chef-restaurateur Frank Bonanno is packing up Thanksgiving dinners at his four restaurants: Mizuna, Luca, Osteria Marco, and Dumplin’. For the most traditional spread, choose Mizuna’s brined turkey with gravy, stuffing, black truffle whipped potatoes, loaded Brussels sprouts, lobster mac and cheese, Gerry’s dinner rolls, and pumpkin sage tart. But you also could go Italian with Luca or Osteria Marco or Asian-fusion with Dumplin’. Each order comes with heating and finishing instructions. Order online through November 25 (OpenTable slots will close once they’re all taken) for meal pickup at the restaurant of your choice on Tuesday, November 26

The Common Good

• Location: 13025 E. Montview Blvd., Aurora
• Price: $225 (serves six to seven people)
• Deadline: November 19

The Benson Hotel & Faculty Club adjacent to the Anschutz Medical Campus is offering a complete Thanksgiving dinner to go. You’ll get blackened turkey breast with turkey gravy, smashed red potatoes, green bean casserole, chorizo stuffing, chipotle cranberry sauce, cornbread muffins and spice cake. Order online now through November 19 for pickup on Wednesday, November 26

Edible Beats

• Location: 1600 W. 33rd Ave., Denver (LoHi)
• Price: $68 per person
• Deadline: November 22

Edible Beats runs Root Down, Linger, El Five, and Vital Root, so you know you’re going to get something a little different if you make this your Thanksgiving choice. Choose from a traditional turkey dinner (with decidedly non-traditional flourishes) or gluten-free, dairy-free, or nut-free options. There’s even a gluten-free vegan package created by Vital Root. Order online by Sunday, November 22, for delivery or pickup at Root Down on November 25 or 26

FlyteCo Tower

• Location: 3120 Uinta St., Denver (Central Park)
• Price: $165 (serves four to six people)
• Deadline: November 20

FlyteCo Tower occupies the former air traffic control building for Stapleton Airport, but now Thanksgiving dinners are flying out of the kitchen. You’ll get a traditional turkey dinner with several sides, and there’s also a $20 add-on for tiramisu. Order online by 5 p.m. on November 20 for pickup on November 25 or 26

Riot BBQ

• Location: 2180 S. Delaware St., Denver (Overland)
• Price: Starting at $165
• Deadline: As slots are filled

Bring home some of Denver’s best barbecue for Thanksgiving with a whole smoked turkey (serves 12 to 15 people) or brisket (serves five to 12 people), plus plenty of sides: mac and cheese, sweet potato casserole, esquites cornbread, mashed potatoes, and gravy. Everything at Riot BBQ is priced a la carte so you can mix and match. Place orders online until slots are filled for pickup on November 26

Saverina

• Location:  6985 E. Chenango Ave., Denver (Belleview Station)
• Price: $250 (serves four people)
• Deadline: November 22

Saverina, inside the Kimpton Claret Hotel, is the Denver Tech Center’s newest Italian restaurant. Chef Christian Graves is cooking up Thanksgiving dinners to-go featuring a winter green salad, maple roasted baby carrots, stuffing, sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts, roast and confit turkey, and brown-butter pumpkin pie. Call 983-999-0399 by November 22 to place your order for pickup on November 25 or 26

Steuben’s

• Location: 523 E. 17th Ave., Denver (Uptown)
• Price: $135 (serves six people)
• Deadline: November 24

Load your Thanksgiving table with classic Steuben’s fare, including applewood-smoked turkey breast, mashed potatoes and chicken gravy, stuffing, green bean casserole, and cranberry sauce. For an extra $45, you’ll get chai-spiced pumpkin pie in a glass baking dish. Order online by Monday, November 24 for pickup on November 26

Table 6

• Location: 609 Corona St., Denver (Speer)
• Price: A la carte
• Deadline: November 19

Equal parts elegant and fun, Table 6 knows you’re good with roasting your own bird, but wants to take the pressure off by sending you home with the sides of your choice (each serves four people): mashed potatoes ($13), gravy ($9), orange-cranberry sauce ($9), roasted Brussels sprouts in herbed shallot butter ($14), duck-fat cornbread dressing ($15), or all of the above ($52). Other options include sweet potato mac and cheese with herbed breadcrumbs ($15) desserts ($13 to $22), and even a bottle of French rosé ($50). Email your order to info@table6denver.com by November 19 for pickup on November 26

TBD Foods

• Location: 1740 E. 17th Ave., Denver (Uptown)
• Price: $80 to $200 (serves two people)
• Deadline: November 22

Sullivan Scrap Kitchen closed in Uptown earlier this year, but its catering side, TBD Foods, is carrying on the restaurant’s mission to source locally and reduce food waste. Order your Thanksgiving dinner—mains include turkey, smoked bison dino ribs, kuri squash shepherd’s pie, or a sides-only package. If you opt for the full meal, each dinner for two includes eight sides and dessert. Order online by November 22 for pickup on Thursday, November 27

Urban Farmer

• Location: 1659 Wazee St., Denver (LoDo)
• Price: $160 (serves two people) or $315 (serves four people)
• Deadline: 9 a.m. on November 26

If this one sounds familiar, it’s because Urban Farmer has both in-house and take-home options this Thanksgiving. The takeout package comes with a seasonal salad, light- and dark-meat turkey, cornbread stuffing, baked yams, buttermilk smashed potatoes, Brussels sprouts, and cranberry sauce, with pumpkin pie for dessert. Order online by 9 a.m. on Wednesday, November 26 for pickup on Thanksgiving day