Places to Eat or Order Thanksgiving Meals in Huntsville
Whether you are new to Huntsville and not sure what to do for Thanksgiving, or if you just don’t feel like cooking, there are so many options in Huntsville for Thanksgiving holiday meals!
Sit back, relax and let local businesses do the cooking for you with dine-in and pick-up options. Let this be your go-to guide for Thanksgiving meals in Huntsville broken out into Dine-In, Pick-up, and Vegan categories.
Local Offerings – Dine-In
City Café Diner:
Will be open normal hours for Thanksgiving offering their normal menu along with a special Thanksgiving meal including turkey and all the fixings.
Commerce Kitchen:
Southern Thanksgiving Feast. Soulful flavors of a southern Thanksgiving with all the fixin’s. Dine in from 10:30-4:00pm.
Cotton Row:
3-course Southern style meal for $70 from 11:00am-4:00pm. Make reservations on resy.com or call 256-382-9500.
Grille on Main:
Offering a 3-course meal for $60 from 10:30-4pm. Make your reservations on Resy or call 256-829-5858. I ate here last year for Thanksgiving and it was delicious, still thinking of their sweet butter cake!
Holiday Inn Research Park:
Brunch Buffet for $29.95 from 10:30am-2pm. They are taking reservations now, and reservations are required for parties of 6 or more. Call 256-830-0600 to make your reservation.
Lake Guntersville State Park:
About an hour drive from Huntsville, Lake Guntersville State Park is offering their traditional Thanksgiving buffet again this year. The buffet is by reservation only and seating times are between 10:30am-2pm. Call 256-571-5440 Ext 4 to make your reservation, they fill up quick!
Rhythm on Monroe:
Thanksgiving dinner for $43.95 with your choice of soup or salad, herb roasted turkey, choice of side and pumpkin cheesecake. Seating times are between 3:00-8:00pm and reservations are suggested. Call 256-551-2311 for your reservation.
The Curry:
Special menu brunch from 11am-2pm.
National Restaurants Open for Dine-In on Thanksgiving
Applebee’s
Bravo! Italian Kitchen
Buffalo Wild Wings
Burger King
Cracker Barrel
Denny’s
Domino’s Pizza
Hardee’s
IHOP
Metro Diner: Open for dine-in on Thanksgiving Day until 2:30pm
Popeye’s
Red Lobster
Ruth’s Chris Steak House
Sonic
Steak n Shake
Subway
Waffle House
Local Offerings – Pick Up
Bubby’s Diner:
Take & Bake Thanksgiving meal with options for Ham or Turkey Breast, dressing and your choice of two sides. The meal feeds 6-8 people for $106.95. There are options for dessert and extras too. Call 256-513-8080 to place your order.
Commerce Kitchen:
Pre-Order your Southern Thanksgiving Feast. Soulful flavors of a southern Thanksgiving with all the fixin’s. Call 256-382-6622 to order.
Cotton Row:
To-Go Option Southern style meal.
Edgar’s Bakery:
Many seasonal desserts available to order through their website
Good Company Café:
Offering a menu where you can pick your own items with mains of Turkey or Ham, snacks and shareables, sides, breads, spreads, desserts and wine. Order online or call by Thursday 11/16 by 3pm. Order pick up on Wednesday 11/22 from 3-6pm.
Jackson Center:
Numerous options available for order online by November 17th. One option example: $160 for 3lbs of sliced turkey (GF), 2lbs of dressing, cranberry orange relish (GF), gravy, sweet potato and Yukon gold potato medley, and green beans. Pick-up on Wednesday November 22nd.
Mason Dixon:
Full Thanksgiving meal for $205 serves 6-8 people that includes turkey breast with truffle gravy, mashed sweet potatoes with maple cardamom granola, smoked mac & cheese, cider glazed brussels sprouts, mixed green salad and fresh baked rolls. Or mix and match your favorites a la carte. Breakfast and dessert options available for order as well. Orders due by the Friday before Thanksgiving (11/17).
Ted’s Bar-B-Q:
Offering a whole smoked turkey, smoked turkey breast, or smoked ham. Their traditional sides will be available to order along with some special holiday offerings including chicken and dressing, traditional dressing, hashbrown casserole, and apple cobbler. Call 256-536-5002 to order by 11/18 with a pick-up date of the Wednesday before Thanksgiving 11/22.
The Standard:
At Home Dinner menu including your choice of entre between herb roasted turkey ($250), brown sugar glazed ham ($250), or beef tenderloin ($300), along with sides of potatoes au gratin, green bean casserole, dressing and baked mac & cheese, and your choice of maple pecan pie, pumpkin pie or bread pudding (upcharge). All the take-home meals include a fall citrus salad, dinner rolls, cranberry sauce and turkey gravy. The meals feed 8-10 people and can be ordered by calling 256-270-7268.
The Summit at Redstone:
Select from oven roasted turkey breast with giblet gravy or sliced honey glazed ham (or half & half), choose three sides from corn bread dressing, green beans, mac & cheese, and mashed potatoes, and choose either apple or peach cobbler. The cost is $125.00, feeds up to 8 people and must be ordered by 4pm on November 15th. Call 256-842-9600 to place your order.
Tim’s Cajun Kitchen:
Cajun fried or smoked turkey available for $69.99 plus tax, and side dishes available for order too. Call 256-533-7589 to place your order.
Urban Cookhouse:
Meals are $95 for 5 people, or $175 for 10 people. Includes smoked turkey or grilled pineapple ham, choice of 2 sides, roll choice, and pecan or pumpkin pie.
Vujee Vegan:
Only accepting a very limited number of orders for Thanksgiving, due to an event obligation. Send an email to vujeevegan@gmail.com to inquire if they can accommodate.
National Chains – Pick Up
Nation-Wide Brands in Huntsville offering take-home meals:
Cracker Barrel:
Heat-n-Serve options starting at $14.99 per person including protein, sides, bread and dessert.
Metro Diner:
Heat-and-serve meals offered for 1, 4, or 8 with choice of ham or turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, stuffing, cranberry sauce, Hawaiian dinner rolls, and cornbread stuffing or mac and cheese.
Must pick-up by 2:30pm on Thanksgiving Day.
Denny’s:
Order online at least 24 hours in advance for their holiday meal including turkey breast, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, bread, and choice of broccoli or corn.
Whole Foods:
Holiday heat and eat meal options include dinner for 4, 8, and 12 consisting of turkey, green beans, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, and cranberry-orange sauce. Vegan meal option also available.
Honey Baked Ham:
Normal pick-up of ham but they also have full meals for pick up including a turkey breast meal or Ham meal for 4 or 6 with 2 sides and rolls or the best of both worlds with the Ham & Turkey Feast.
Bravo!:
Meals for 3-20 people with turkey, gravy, Italian sausage stuffing, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, green beans, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie and you can pick it up cold or hot. Must be preordered by November 21st.
IHOP:
Offering a Breakfast Feast for 4 which includes pancakes, Belgian waffles or French toast, scrambled eggs, hash browns, and bacon or sausage links.
Popeyes:
Cajun Turkey staring at $39.99 for a 13-16 pounds. You can also get sides separately of green beans, mashed potatoes and biscuits to-go. They also offer turkey shipped to your door for $94.99.
Publix:
Order Thanksgiving meals online. Publix has a Boar’s Head turkey dinner for 2-4 people for $36.99 with Boar’s Head turkey, and sides like mashed potatoes, dressing, cranberry-orange relish, and marshmallow delight. There are other options including smoked ham and a fully cooked turkey breast dinner for 7-10 people.
Cheddars:
Family bundle for pick-up on Thanksgiving with options like hand-breaded chicken tenders or grilled salmon with 2 family sized-sides and a half-dozen Honey Butter Croissants (my fave). Closed for dine-in.
Kroger:
You can order a whole precooked Thanksgiving meal with choice of protein (roasted or smoked whole turkey, turkey breast, ham and prime rib), with green bean casserole, sweet potato souffle, mashed potatoes and gravy, Hawaiian rolls, dressing, and pumpkin pie.
Ruth’s Chris Steak House:
To-go family turkey dinner for pick-up.
Vegan Options
Mason Dixon:
Full Thanksgiving meal for $205 serves 6-8 people that includes turkey breast with truffle gravy, mashed sweet potatoes with maple cardamom granola, smoked mac & cheese, cider glazed brussels sprouts, mixed green salad and fresh baked rolls. Or mix and match your favorites a la carte. Breakfast and dessert options available for order as well. Orders due by the Friday before Thanksgiving (11/17).
Vujee Vegan:
Only accepting a very limited number of orders for Thanksgiving, due to an event obligation. Send an email to vujeevegan@gmail.com to inquire if they can accommodate.
Whole Foods:
Holiday heat and eat vegan meal options.
As you can see, there are plenty of options for Thanksgiving Dinner this year in Huntsville. This Thanksgiving we are thankful for the many options we have for a no stress holiday meal!
Savanna Shilt recently moved to Huntsville from small town Arizona and immediately fell in love with this community and how there is always something to do! Being new to the area, she created her social media page TryHuntsville. Trying all things Huntsville including things to do, food, events, local businesses, trails, waterfalls and nearby travel. With her fresh perspective, she’s made it her mission to show locals and transplants what this community has to offer! Engineer by day, and content creator in her spare time, Savanna also loves to travel. She is the queen of finding all the cool spots to visit and things to do everywhere she goes, documenting her U.S. travels on her blog Swift-n-Savvy and her Instagram swift.n.savvy.
