There's nothing like the tradition of getting up early on Thanksgiving morning to heat the oven for the turkey, start dressing the bird and preparing the sides, and set the table for family and friends who'll be joining you for a feast later that day.
There's also nothing like sleeping in on Thanksgiving and leaving the food prep to the professionals.
If Option #2 sounds good to you this year, you have plenty of choices, but time is running out.
No matter where you are around Seattle, the east side, the South Sound, the Kitsap Peninsula, or Snohomish County, and whether you're looking to dine in or take out on Thanksgiving, you have choices:
Seattle Restaurants Serving Thanksgiving Dinner (Or Brunch . . . Lunch, even) from Seattle Met has great suggestions for the full Thanksgiving dining experience, in Seattle and on the east side, from a carnivore's dream four-course traditional meal at Seattle's three Daniel's Broiler locations to a totally vegetarian take on Turkey Day at Madison Valley's legendary Cafe Flora.
Or serve their food on your table by ordering your feast to go. Start with Preorder now: 9 Seattle-area restaurants offering Thanksgiving dinner takeout. The Seattle P-I suggests the iconic Metropolitan Grill for a turkey, prime rib or ham feast to go, and if you want to kick dessert up a notch, there's the Dahlia Bakery's seasonal pumpkin pie with a gingersnap twist and Kentucky bourbon pecan pie. Tom Douglas, we give thanks for you.
Lots of spots around the South Sound make the biggest meal of the year easier to manage, too. Check out Thanksgiving 2021: Restaurants with take-out and dine-in around Tacoma, Pierce County. Asado, El Gaucho, Carr's, Farm 12, the Homestead -- plenty of choices for eating in the restaurant or taking the food home and heating it in your oven.
In the other direction, up in Snohomish County, you've got all kinds of possibilities in Everett and Snohomish, whether you're eating in or taking out. Take a look at Where to Find a Fantastic Thanksgiving Dinner in Snohomish County 2021 and try not to drool. Shawn O'Donnell's in downtown Everett looks pretty great to me -- take the fam to a sit-down Thanksgiving feast with turkey and all the fixins (salted caramel yams? Yes, please), or salmon, or London broil, or order in advance, pick up a meal for five or six people on the day before Thanksgiving, and heat it at home on Turkey Day.
Over in Kitsap County and all around the Peninsula, you have numerous options, from grocery stores like the new Metropolitan Market in Gig Harbor and Sprouts in Silverdale where you can order Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings to go, or a big list of restaurants who will prepare meals for your family -- some to eat in, some to take out -- from Bremerton to Kingston to Poulsbo to Port Orchard. Thanksgiving To-Go Options Around Kitsap County will help you pick the right source for your crew's big meal.
Whatever you decide to do, reserve your meal as soon as you can, have a happy and safe Thanksgiving, and don't forget to leave room for pie!
