MOMOFUKU DAISHO
The large restaurant offers Thanksgiving dinner on one night only, Sunday (October 12), featuring starters like squash salad and fluke, mains of roasted turkey or halibut, sides of Brussels sprouts, pork sausage stuffing or green bean casserole, and carrot cheesecake for dessert. Takeout fried chicken and bo ssäm are also available that weekend.
$65 per person. 190 University, 647-253-8000, momofuku.com/Toronto/Daisho, @Momofuku
CAFÉ BOULUD
Treat yourself to a three-course prix fixe dinner at the Four Seasons. The restaurant is open for dinner Sunday (October 12) and noon to 10 pm on Thanksgiving Monday. The first course consists of smoked sturgeon, seared foie gras and lobster salad, while the mains include roasted turkey with stuffing, venison and potato-wrapped sea bass, plus pumpkin tart and hazelnut custard for dessert.
$85 prix fixe. 60 Yorkville, 416-963-6000, cafeboulud.com/Toronto, @CafeBouludTO
GLOBE BISTRO
On Saturday and Sunday, Globe Bistro offers a three-course meal of traditional dishes like roast turkey with all the fixin’s celeriac, pear and ginger soup and pumpkin pie crème brûlée. Work up an appetite with a stroll through the nearby Don River trail to check out the autumn foliage.
$35 three courses. 124 Danforth, 416-466-2000, globebistro.com, @GlobeHo
FAIRMONT ROYAL YORK
It’s one of the few times you can brag that you get takeout from the Fairmont Royal York. The luxury hotel is offering complete meals to go on October 12 and 13 with courses like maple-roasted butternut squash and sweet potato bisque, turkey with onion sage stuffing and cranberry sauce, roasted vegetables and pumpkin tarts with whipped cream. Last day to order is Thursday (October 9) at 5 pm.
Starting from $195 for four people. 100 Front West, 416-368-2511, fairmont.com/royalyork