WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — Restaurants and markets in and around Ann Arbor have you covered if you don’t have the time or the willpower to cook from scratch on Thanksgiving.
Family-sized feasts and à la carte meals from area eateries are either fully cooked or might only require a reheat. Customers can pre-order feasts for pickup, and some establishments also offer alcohol packages for your party.
Here are great ways to have Thanksgiving dinner in the bag before company arrives.
Zingerman’s
Local eateries under the Zingerman’s umbrella have you covered with several options for Thanksgiving meals to-go.
Zingerman’s Roadhouse, 2501 Jackson Ave. in Ann Arbor, has a to-go feast with a whole free-range turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, sage stuffing, roasted vegetables, cranberry relish, and pie and bread from Zingerman’s Bakehouse. The full feast feeds 8 to 10 people and is priced starting at $620.
Pre-orders must be submitted by noon Friday, Nov. 22, for pickup Tuesday, Nov. 26, and Wednesday, Nov. 27.
The roadhouse also offers an à la carte option. Choices include a special coffee spice smoked turkey and traditional oven roasted turkey, along with a variety of sides and desserts.
Zingerman’s Roadhouse in Ann Arbor offers Thanksgiving dinners to-go.Provided by Zingerman’s Roadhouse
Zingerman’s Deli, 422 Detroit St. in Ann Arbor, has feasts including whole turkeys for $325 or $340 if you want it to come already carved, along with sides, which feed six to eight people. The deli is also offering individual meals for $20 per person with slices of turkey breast and sides.
Order requests must be in by 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, for pickup beginning at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27.
Zingerman’s Cornman Farms, 8540 Island Lake Road in Dexter, is offering à la carte farm fresh feasts with turkey and tenderloin, squash soup, kale salad, stuffing, bacon balsamic Brussels sprouts, mashed potatoes and desserts.
Pre-orders will be available for pickup at the red barn from 1:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, and 12:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27.
Zingerman’s Bakehouse, 3711 Plaza Drive in Ann Arbor, has a variety of pies available daily for pickup.
The sign outside Weber’s, 3050 Jackson Road in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, June 15, 2021.Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Weber’s Restaurant
Weber’s Restaurant, 3050 Jackson Ave. in Ann Arbor, offers to-go Thanksgiving dinners fully cooked and served hot for pickup on Thanksgiving Day.
The feast feeds 8 to 10 people for $225. It includes a 15-lb roasted turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, salad, baked rolls, gravy, green bean casserole, cranberry relish, pumpkin pie and green, ambrosia and chilled beet salads.
The restaurant takes reservations for the to-go orders online and pickup times from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the hotel entrance on Thanksgiving Day.
The Produce Station located at 1629 S State St. in Ann Arbor.AnnArbor.com
The Produce Station
The Produce Station, 1629 S. State St. in Ann Arbor, offers a special Thanksgiving catering menu, including a full family feast, with reheating instructions.
The market’s traditional Thanksgiving package feeds six to eight people for $230. The feast includes a choice between a 12-pound raw turkey or four pounds of cooked, sliced boneless turkey breast with gravy, along with stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, Mandarin cranberry sauce, wild mushrooms and green beans, spiced walnut and cranberry salad, and rolls.
The market’s Thanksgiving menu offers a variety of other choices for main courses, including heritage Berkshire ham, beef tenderloin Wellington and walnut crusted salmon, along with vegetarian options, including roasted butternut squash and vegan smoked tempeh cassoulet.
Pre-orders must be placed by 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, for pickup between 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, and Wednesday, Nov. 27.
Tippins Market
Tippins Market, 4845 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, offers two choices for the main course and ample sides.
The market’s family-style Thanksgiving feasts include either a fully cooked turkey dinner and sides for 10 to 14 people starting at $189.99 or a prime rib roast with sides for 8 to 10 people starting at $229.99.
Whichever main course you choose, the meal comes with mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, green bean casserole, and a choice between pumpkin or Dutch apple pie.
Pre-orders can be places in person at the market or by phone at 734-665-3690. Pickup will be 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thanksgiving Day.
Inside Salt Springs Brewery, 117 S. Ann Arbor St. in Saline on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022.Jacob Hamilton | MLive.com
Salts Springs Brewery
Salts Springs Brewery, 117 S. Ann Arbor St. in Saline, offers three choices for main courses in to-go Thanksgiving feasts with reheating instructions. You can choose between smoked turkey breast with a dry barbeque rub, smoked beef brisket with a dry barbeque rub or butternut squash ravioli.
The feasts, which start at $200 and feed five to six people, include jalapeño cheddar cornbread stuffing, whipped potatoes, turkey gravy, Brussels sprouts, cranberry citrus relish, rolls, and caramelized pear and olive oil cake with cardamom creme Anglaise.
Pre-orders must be submitted by 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, for pickup between 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27.
Venue by 4M
Venue by 4M, 1919 S. Industrial Highway in Ann Arbor, is offering two main courses, boxes of Thanksgiving fixings and an à la carte menu to-go.
Options for main courses are rotisserie turkey roulade, for $22 a pound, or vegetarian “meat” loaf, which feeds six to eight people for $50.
There are also large boxes of Thanksgiving fixings, which feed 16 to 24 people for $275. Small boxes feed six to 12 people for $150. Fixings can also be ordered à la carte.
The fixings include focaccia stuffing, sausage gravy, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, roasted Brussels sprouts and butternut squash, bourbon maple glazed carrots and biscuits. In addition, you can order a bourbon pumpkin cheesecake for $40.
Pre-order online for pickup 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, and Wednesday, Nov. 27.
Tables sit just feet from railroad tracks that originally served the train station at Gandy Dancer Monday, May 13 2019. Guests traditionally applaud when a train passes, a tongue-in-cheek reference to an early 19th-century incident in which a train derailed and destroyed the section of the station where tables now sit.Jacob Hamilton
Gandy Dancer
Gandy Dancer, 401 Depot Street in Ann Arbor, is offering Thanksgiving feasts with a 20-pound whole turkey and all the fixings to-go. The feasts serve 10 to 12 people for $325.
The dinner package also includes whipped potatoes, gravy, cornbread stuffing, cranberry sauce, candied sweet potatoes, marinated vegetable salad, roasted acorn squash, bread, pumpkin pie and pecan pie.
Pre-order by Sunday, Nov. 24, for pickup 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27, or 9 to 11 a.m. Thanksgiving Day.
Holiday’s Restaurant
Holiday’s Restaurant, 2080 W. Stadium Blvd. in Ann Arbor, has a special Thanksgiving menu, and you can pre-order meals to-go.
Thanksgiving dinner options include a turkey dinner with stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, turkey gravy, and soup or salad. There is also ham with grilled pineapple, roast beef with gravy and spinach pie on the menu.
The restaurant also sells whole pies and cakes, including pumpkin, apple, banana cream, coconut cream and cherry pies, lava cake and cheesecake.
Preorders must be placed by 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23. Call the dining room at 734-668-1292 to preorder and check for availability.
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales and Kitchen
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales and Kitchen, 2319 Bishop Circle East in Dexter, has a full selection of Thanksgiving sides and pies to-go.
A package of all the fixings feeds two to four people for $120. Each side dish can also be ordered à la carte. Fixings include turkey gravy, cranberry sauce, sage and maple sausage stuffing, roasted garlic buttermilk mashed potatoes, maple roasted sweet potatoes, Brussel sprouts and rolls.
Desserts for an additional charge include sweet potato pie, cranberry tart, and pies with apple, pear and quince.
Pre-orders can be picked up 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27.
Lake Forest Golf Club
Lake Forest Golf Club, 3110 W. Ellsworth Road in Ann Arbor, is offering “everything but the turkey” to-go.
A variety of sides and desserts with reheating instructions includes butternut squash and apple soup, cranberry sauce, mac and cheese, herb roasted root vegetables, savory corn pudding, sausage and bread stuffing, cornbread dressing, quinoa and kale salad, potato and celery root gratin, maple whipped sweet potatoes, roasted Brussels sprouts, creamed spinach, sweet potato ginger pie and Dutch apple pie.
Pre-orders must be placed by 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, for pick up 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27.
Did we miss an option for to-go Thanksgiving meals? If so, please email reporter Jennifer Eberbach at jeberbach@mlive.com.
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