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Where to get Thanksgiving to-go meals from downtown restaurants

What's the best kind of Thanksgiving? The one for which you don't have to cook! A full Thanksgiving meal is made easy with these to-go ready-made meals from downtown Rochester restaurants. All that's up to you is whether you or they get the credit for such a delicious meal!

Bleu Duck Kitchen

  • Menu: Turkey, gravy, cranberry chutney, dinner rolls, dinner salad, six sides, and dessert
  • Price: $160
  • Pick up times are Wednesday, November 25, 2020 from noon to 3 p.m. or Thursday, November 26, 2020 from 9 a.m. to noon
  • More information here.

Cameo Restaurant

  • Menu: Pick your protein (braised short rib, chicken schnitzel, herb roasted turkey, or lemon honey whole roasted chicken), choose your salads (autumn salad or beet salad) and sides (sweet potato coconut curry, green bean casserole, Szechuan green beans, traditional dressing, braised red cabbage, or roasted root vegetables), and select your starches (Ssamjang rice, wild rice pilaf, potato & leek gratin, mashed potatoes & turkey gravy). Finish off your Thanksgiving meal with dessert of brioche bread pudding or sea salt chocolate chip cookies.
  • Serves: 5 to 7 guests
  • Price: $150
  • Order by 2 p.m. Sunday, November 22, 2020 by emailing cameoatthecastle@gmail.com; pick up between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 25, 2020
  • More information here.

Chester's Kitchen & Bar

  • Menu: Rotisserie turkey breast, traditional stuffing, hand-mashed potatoes, classic green bean casserole, fire roasted creamed corn, cran-strawberry sauce, dinner rolls and butter, and bread pudding or pumpkin cream pie. (Get both desserts for $10 more and additional sides are available for purchase.)
  • Serves: 4 to 6 people
  • Price: $130
  • Order by Monday, November 23, 2020 by calling 507-424-1211; reserve your pick up time
  • More information here.

Kahler Grand Grill

  • Menu: Turkey or prime rib, your choice of traditional sides, your choice of apple or pumpkin pie (click here for a full menu and prices)
  • Serves: Varies by order
  • Price: Varies by order
  • All orders (bakery and kitchen) must be ordered by 10 a.m. Monday, November 23, 2020 and picked up by 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 25, 2020
  • More information here.

People's Food Co-op

  • Menu: Mashed potatoes, green beans with mushrooms and toasted walnuts, baked squash wild rice stuffing, Zen stuffing, cranberry relish, CHOICE of turkey gravy or mushroom gravy, and dinner rolls. Turkey and pie are sold separately.
  • Serves: 4 to 6 people
  • Price: $99
  • Order by 5 p.m. Monday, November 23, 2020 by calling 507-280-6900; reserve your pick up time
  • More information here.

Pescara

  • Menu: Sea salt crusted prime rib or fresh seafood cioppino, King crab stuffing, arugula and butternut squash salad, caramelized heirloom carrots, roasted golden and red beets, smoked Gouda hash browns, dinner rolls and whipped butter, praline cake with pumpkin anglaise
  • Serves: 4 people
  • Price: $165
  • Order by 5 p.m. Monday, November 23, 2020 by calling 507-280-6900; reserve your pick up time
  • More information here.

Terza Ristorante

  • Menu: Roasted porchetta with natural jus, sage and walnut stuffing, gorgonzola mashed potatoes, pancetta green beans, roasted squash and apples with currants,cavatappi and corn pasta salad, dinner rolls and honey butter, and apple polenta cake with whipped cream. (Additional sides are available for purchase.)
  • Serves: 4 to 6 people
  • Price: $165
  • Order by Monday, November 23, 2020 by calling 507-216-9590; reserve your pick up time
  • More information here.

Hungry for something less traditional? Visit our downtown restaurant list and see what they might be serving up this Thanksgiving here.