In the first years of the pandemic, restaurants that traditionally served elaborate Thanksgiving meals onsite — hotel restaurants, fine dining spots — instead packed up take-home meals of turkey, stuffing, and pie, to be enjoyed at home. These days, the tradition lives on at many Portland restaurants, for diners who still may be playing it on the cautious side as COVID and the flu see a seasonal spike, as well as those who simply don’t have the bandwidth or energy to tackle cooking the full meal themselves. Thankfully, chefs are still offering Thanksgiving takeout for those who want to enjoy dinner at home. Some are served hot and ready to go; others need some warming up at home.
Many of these meals will sell out quickly and others have upcoming deadlines for orders; keep that in mind before you try to nab Thanksgiving takeout the day of. Below, find an array of Thanksgiving take-home offerings across Portland, which occupies ancestral Multnomah, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, and Molalla land, as well as territory populated by many other tribes.
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