For a cozy Italian meal, South Boston’s Capo will offer a three-course meal for $85 per person, with an additional $45 for wine pairings. The menu includes confit turkey gnocchi, goat cheese manicotti, and pumpkin risotto to start, and for the mains, woodfire-roasted turkey for the traditionalists, and braised short rib, chicken or eggplant parm, and salmon for those craving a change of pace. Finish the feast with apple pie, a maple pecan tart, or a double chocolate coffee crumble tiramisu. The restaurant opens at noon on Thanksgiving. 443 W. Broadway, South Boston, 617-993-8080, caposouthboston.com
Contessa
Contessa, with its rooftop views, is offering a Northern Italian family-style Thanksgiving. For $195 per person, start with Contessa’s meatballs, served with whole-grain mustard sauce, or squash carpaccio, with arugula, pumpkin seeds, and agrodolce, followed by ricotta gnudi di pecora with black truffles. The main event is sage roast turkey, served with stuffing, cranberry mostrada, and roasted Brussels sprouts with pancetta. Pumpkin gelato and apple pie end the meal on a sweet note. Contessa is open from noon until 8 p.m. 3 Newbury St., Boston, 617-741-3404, contessaristorante.com
Harvest
This cozy Cambridge standby — with the best year-round patio in town — is offering a three-course menu for $99 per person (with a $50 optional wine pairing) featuring starters like kale, pumpkin and white bean soup, lobster risotto, and beef tartare. Entrees include organic pasture-raised turkey, roasted chestnut agnolotti, filet mignon, and more. The restaurant will also offer a full raw bar with oysters, shrimp cocktail, and seafood towers. Finish with apple or pecan pie or a pumpkin tart with pumpkin praline. 44 Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-868-2255, harvestcambridge.com
Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse
With six locations in and around Boston, Davio’s is a favorite for celebrations, and it’s offering a special Thanksgiving dinner at all of them. For $85 per person ($35 for children under 12), the Italian-influenced steakhouse will offer oven-roasted Vermont free-range organic turkey, Yukon Gold creamy potatoes, asparagus, butternut squash, creamy cipollini onions with fresh peas, and Challah bread herb stuffing, all served with homemade gravy and cranberry sauce. End on a sweet note with apple, pumpkin, and pecan pie. All restaurants are open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. 75 Arlington St., Boston, 617-357-4810, plus locations in the Seaport, Foxborough, Chestnut Hill, Lynnfield, and Braintree. davios.com
Artisan Bistro
Located just steps away from the Common, Artisan Bistro restaurant is serving a Thanksgiving meal for $95 per person (a children’s menu will be available). Starters include short rib empanada and clam chowder, and mains are traditional favorites like heritage turkey with stuffing, maple roasted carrots, mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, orange cranberry sauce, osso buco with butternut squash polenta, salmon, and apple pie or pumpkin cheesecake for a sweet finish. Artisan Bistro is open from noon to 8 p.m. 10 Avery St., Boston, 617-574-7100, ritzcarlton.com/boston
Willow & Ivy Thanksgiving meal.CHRISTOPHER SMITH
Willow & Ivy
Newly open on the first floor of the Lenox Hotel, Back Bay’s Willow & Ivy will serve a $95 per person ($35 for children) prix fixe dinner with hand-carved turkey with traditional fixings, grilled salmon, pastas, and a ribeye upgrade (+$30), plus the restaurant’s signature dessert cornucopia. The restaurant is open from noon to 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving. 65 Exeter St., Boston, 617-933-4800, willowivyboston.com
Abe & Louie’s
Tuck into clubby steakhouse Abe & Louie’s for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with butternut squash soup, a Vermont-raised turkey with all the fixings (whipped potatoes, stuffing, Brussels sprouts, gravy, and cranberry sauce). Rather celebrate with a steak? You’re covered, as the Back Bay spot will offer its full á la carte menu. Finish the feast with pumpkin cheesecake topped with vanilla whipped cream and caramel. The restaurant will be open from 11:30 a.m. until 10 p.m. 793 Boylston St., Boston, 617-536-6300, abeandlouies.com
Bootleg Special
Spice up the traditional menu this Thanksgiving with a Cajun-fusion feast at Bootleg Special, heavy on French Quarter flavors and comforting Southern classics. The restaurant will be serving its regular menu, with an addition of Cajun-fried turkey served with cranberry and sausage cornbread stuffing, stir-fried haricot vert, and country gravy. Bootleg Special will open at 4 p.m. 400 Tremont St., Boston, 617-451-1800, bootlegspecial.com
Grill 23
Thanksgiving at this iconic Back Bay steakhouse means you can choose between a full turkey dinner with sourdough stuffing, cranberry chutney, and crispy sweet potato, or any of the restaurant’s dry-aged steaks and house-made tater tots. There are worse decisions to make during the holiday season! Finish the meal with Grill 23’s famous coconut cake or the special Dutch apple pie. 161 Berkeley St., Boston, 617-542-2255, grill23.com
OAK Long Bar’s Thanksgiving meal.PAH Creative
OAK Long Bar + Kitchen
One of the most historic spots to get a meal in Boston (and that’s saying something), OAK Long Bar + Kitchen will be open on Thanksgiving Day during regular hours (7 a.m. through midnight) and offering à la carte specials from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m., in addition to the full lunch and dinner menus. Thanksgiving specials include whole roast turkey breast with chestnut stuffing and bourbon-glazed delicata squash, haricot vert gratin with forest mushrooms, and a tart cranberry cobbler. Of course, the OAK bar is first-come, first-served for seating, and will be shaking up a Pie in the Sky cocktail, inspired by the Boston cream pie and benefiting Community Servings’ Pie in the Sky cocktail fund-raiser. 138 St. James Ave., Boston, 617-585-7222, oaklongbarkitchen.com
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