Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on one’s blessings, look ahead to future accomplishments, and of course, enjoy great food. But not everyone has the time to prepare a gourmet Thanksgiving feast for themselves, friends, and family. Luckily, New Jersey has a number of Gourmet Thanksgiving To-Go Meal options from restaurants across the state.
Our list highlights the best restaurants in NJ offering a la carte and fully-prepared multi-course meals for pickup. These options are a great, stress-free way to plan a Thanksgiving meal for individuals, couples, and large holiday parties. All of them offer a complete range of starters, main courses, and desserts.
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North Jersey
Featured from Hudson County:
The Table
Where: 400 Claremont Ave, Jersey City
Details: Sitting on the edge of the 3 Acres apartment complex, The Table serves dinner and weekend brunch. For Thanksgiving, The Table offers carry out a la carte options and a 4-course meal. The 4-course Thanksgiving features Harvest Vegetable Soup, Autumn Mesclun Salad, Rotisserie Chicken, and sausage stuffing. The meal also includes homemade cranberry sauce and biscuits, mashed potatoes and gravy, seasonal roasted vegetables, and signature bread pudding. This 4-course meal is available for one ($32.95) or two ($49.95). It’s the perfect option for date night, or a comfy solo Thanksgiving at home. As for their a la carte options, the menu includes their vegetable soup, mesclun salad, rotisserie chicken, and bread pudding. Orders close on Monday, November 25 at 2:00 pm. To place an order, please call the restaurant any weekday after 4:00 pm. Pickup is November 27 (4:00 pm -9:00 pm).
Why I Like it: Try their signature “Thanksgiving Leftovers” sandwich for the full holiday experience all in one delicious meal.
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87 Sussex
Where: 87 Sussex St, Jersey City
Details: Treat the family to an elegant gourmet dinner at home with Executive Chef Brian Walter’s Thanksgiving meals to go. Five-course options for either 4-6 ($350) or 10-12 ($650) adults are available. Meals include soup, salad, entrée, sides, and either pumpkin or apple pie. Choose between a slow-roasted, locally-raised organic turkey, a rosemary-encrusted pork loin, or Wild King salmon. Sides include a mélange of seasonal vegetables, trio of local yams, sweet potatoes and butternut squash, country sausage dressing, and smoked gouda mac and cheese. Place orders online by November 24 for Thanksgiving Day pickup.
B&M Market
Where: 146 Kinderkamack Rd, Park Ridge
Details: This full-service butcher and gourmet market offers an extensive Thanksgiving to-go menu. Meals include fresh Jaindl whole turkeys in a variety of sizes, ready to be cooked. Choose from 15 side dishes, five stuffings, pastas, appetizers, soups, pies, and more. Additional entrées include beef Wellington, salmon, maple bourbon baked ham, veal Osso Buco, and lamb shank. There’s even an “In-Law Special” for two with a turkey breast, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, cranberry sauce, and gravy. All prices are a la carte. Free delivery is available for orders over $500. Pickup for fresh food is Tuesday (11/26) and cooked food on Wednesday (11/27).
Faubourg
Where: 544 Bloomfield Ave, Montclair
Details: This French-inspired brasserie offers their annual Thanksgiving catering pick-up on Wednesday and Thursday (11/27 – 11/28). Pickup is from 10:00 am to Noon at their Montclair location only. Two different sized family dinners include roasted turkey, butternut squash soup, chestnut stuffing, cranberry chutney, gravy, pommes purée, and a vegetable fricassée. A la carte options include appetizers, additional sides, and alternative entrées such as beef tenderloin and roasted salmon. Everything comes packaged with reheating instructions. The deadline to order is November 16.
Fossil Farms
Where: 81 Fulton St, Boonton
Details: Fossil Farms offers their popular all-natural turkeys for Thanksgiving either roasted or smoked. They can even carve them by request, as well. Other menu items include cranberry brie bits, charcuterie platters, soups, roasted sweet potatoes, asparagus, mashed potatoes, stuffings, pies, and more. Don’t miss their wild-boar stuffing, made with their homemade wild-boar sausage, roasted apples, and sage. The deadline for order is November 22. Then Pick-up is between Monday, November 25 and Wednesday, November 27.
Halifax
Where: 224 River St, Hoboken
Details: Halifax, the restaurant at the W Hotel in Hoboken, offers a Thanksgiving dinner to go. The package features butternut squash soup, golden beet salad, turkey breast, mashed potatoes, pecan stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry chutney, and choice of fresh baked pie. It feeds four to six people and costs $225. Add-ons include braised short ribs with squash grits and Brussels sprouts, mushroom agnolotti, and additional pies. Place orders via their website by November 22. Pick up is between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm on November 28.
Jockey Hollow Bar and Kitchen
Where: 110 South St, Morristown
Details: For $62 per person, with a four-person minimum, Jockey Hollow Bar & Kitchen in Morristown offers an at-home menu of autumn salad, butternut squash soup, lasagna Bolognese, turkey breast, sweet potato purée, vegan stuffing, green beans Almondine, cranberry compote, gravy, and pumpkin pie. Additions include a cheese or charcuterie board, shrimp cocktail, cheddar biscuits, and additional pies or cheesecake. All orders must be in by Tuesday, November 26 for pickup on Wednesday, November 27.
Shortrounds Catering
Where: 189 Kinderkamack Rd, Emerson
Details: This Bergen County catering market offers two Thanksgiving packages. The first serves up to 12 people for $260. It includes a 12-14lb roast turkey, steamed vegetables, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, gravy, plus apple and pumpkin pies. For an extra $10, they can also carve the turkey. The second package feeds up to six and contains a half-tray of turkey breast, steamed vegetables, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, gravy, and one pie. Everything is also available a la carte. Orders are open until November 15 and pickup is on Wednesday, November 27.
Central Jersey
Barth’s Market
Where: 41 South St, New Providence
Details: Barth’s — a butcher and fresh food market — is especially popular at Thanksgiving, with pickup lines out the door. Their menu has lots of choices, and meals include an entrée, three sides, and a dessert. Entrée options include a sliced turkey breast, a whole cooked 15-pound Jaindl turkey, or an uncooked filet mignon. Mashed potatoes, scalloped potatoes, sweet potatoes, sausage stuffing, candied sweet potatoes, creamed spinach, Brussels sprouts, green beans, and honey-glazed carrots round out the sides menu. The deadline for orders is November 23. Pickup is available the Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
Feast Catering
Where: 27 Elm St, Westfield
Details: Feast’s turkey dinner for four costs $166 and includes a roast turkey with traditional stuffing gravy. It also includes soup, mashed potatoes, mixed roasted vegetables, French beans, and either an apple or pumpkin pie. Additional turkey meat and sides are available by the pound, perfect for larger parties. Place orders by Monday, November 18 at noon for pickup on Wednesday, November 27 between Noon and 3:00 pm.
Kristine’s
Where: 51 Witherspoon St, Princeton
Details: Enjoy a French-style Thanksgiving this year with the help of Kristine’s in Princeton. They cook whole turkeys with black truffle butter and stuff them with pear and ground veal. The birds are available in either 8-10lb or 12-14lb pound sizes. They come with gravy, haricots verts, ratatouille, potatoes gratin Dauphinois, and roasted butternut squash with honey rosemary and goat cheese. Add-ons include a cheese and charcuterie board, whole beef tenderloin, and bottles of wine. Place orders online at Kristine’s website for pickup between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm on Thanksgiving Day.
Pierre’s of South Brunswick
Where: 582 Georges Road, Monmouth Junction
Details: Pierre’s truly saves the day with their Thanksgiving to-go meals for up to 17 people for just $350. They include a cooked turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, string bean ratatouille, salad, gravy, and pumpkin and apple pies. Their smaller meal for eight is just $185, or $100 for a 22-pound turkey only. Place orders by calling Pierre’s Deli for pickup on Thanksgiving Day until 1:00 pm.
Sergeantsville Inn
Where: 601 Rosemont Ringoes Rd, Sergeantsville
Details: Sergeantsville Inn’s traditional Thanksgiving dinner to-go serves 6 to 8 people for $275. It includes a slow-roasted or smoked turkey along with dinner rolls, gravy, green bean casserole, sage-apple-sausage stuffing, and mashed potatoes. Apple cobbler is an additional $20. They also offer a variety of wine pairings. Orders can be placed via email until Sunday, November 17. Pickup is at the inn on Wednesday, November 23, and include heating instructions for every dish.
Jersey Shore
Blu Grotto
Where: Oceanport
Details: The popular Blu Grotto offers an Italian Thanksgiving to-go in a variety of sizes. Each package includes a roasted Bell and Evans turkey breast, gravy, drumsticks Osso Buco–style, whipped sweet potatoes, and panettone stuffing. Brussels sprouts, glazed carrots, cranberry sauce, bread, sun-dried tomato tapenade, and choice of pumpkin or apple pie. Everything comes in disposable, re-heatable containers. The smallest package feeds 8-10 ($290) with expanded options for up to 20 people. Place orders by Friday, November 22 for pickup on Wednesday, November 27 or Thanksgiving Day before noon.
Buddy’s Marketplace
Where: 300 Gordons Corner, Manalapan
Details: All of Buddy’s Thanksgiving feasts to-go include a 16-to-18-pound cooked turkey. They also include homemade gravy, cranberry slices, apple or pumpkin pie, and a choice of sides. Options include mashed potatoes, stuffing, sweet potatoes, penne vodka, cavatelli and broccoli, broccoli oreganata, string bean Almondine, roasted vegetables, butter carrots, eggplant parm, and rice balls. The order deadline is Monday, November 25 with an option to select a preferred day for pickup or delivery.
D’Angelo Italian Market
Where: 177 Elton Adelphia Rd, Freehold
Details: Freehold’s D’Angelo Italian Market offers a full Thanksgiving menu with both traditional and Italian favorites. Cooked fresh turkeys in a variety of sizes are available either whole or carved. They also offer turkeys in the bag or oven-ready for those who want to cook it themselves at home. Sides include two types of stuffing, seven pastas, and more than 10 vegetables. All orders are fully cooked, chilled at pickup, and require reheating. Order by Sunday, November 24 for pickup between 8:00 am and 1:00 pm on Thanksgiving Day.
Steve & Cookie’s
Where: 9700 Amherst Avenue, Margate
Details: Let Steve & Cookie’s do the cooking with their Thanksgiving meals to-go. Dinner for four costs $275 and includes a house salad, turkey, Tuscan bread stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green beans, gravy, cole slaw, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls, and a choice of pumpkin or apple pie. For larger groups, they offer packages for up to 20 people. All orders include reheating instructions. Select a to-go option online for pickup on Thanksgiving Day by 1:30 pm.
South Jersey
Corinne’s Place
Where: 1254 Haddon Ave, Camden
Details: For legendary soul food, Corinne’s is the place, and she’s offering two different Thanksgiving feasts to-go. Platter #1 serves up to 10 people for $300. This includes a whole roasted turkey, mac and cheese, candied yams, choice of collard greens or string beans, and rolls. Meanwhile, Platter #2 serves up to 15 people for $450. The second platter includes everything from Platter #1 with the addition of ham and sweet potato pie. Place orders by November 22 for pickup on Thanksgiving Day.
DiPaolo’s Italian Ristorante
Where: 72 North Virginia Ave, Penns Grove
Details: DiPaolo’s special Thanksgiving feast feeds up to eight people ($499) and includes a large variety of holiday favorites. Besides the whole roasted turkey with gravy, the package includes homemade lasagna, sliced baked ham, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, string beans, a shrimp cocktail tray, antipasto and wedding soup, both apple and pumpkin pies, two bottles of wine, and more. They also provide heating instructions. Place orders online by Sunday, November 24 for pickup on Wednesday, November 27.
Randall’s Restaurant
Where: 300 E. Evesham Rd, Cherry Hill
Details: Randall’s takes the stress out of Thanksgiving with their meals to-go, available in a variety of sizes. Dinners include a whole herb roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts and carrots, cornbread-sage stuffing, gravy, cranberry-orange relish, dinner rolls, and a choice of apple or pumpkin pie. Additional accompaniments include butternut squash bisque, braised short ribs, and crab-stuffed flounder. Place orders online by November 22 for pickup on Wednesday, November 27 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm only.
Riverwinds Restaurant
Where: 1075 Riverwinds Dr, West Deptford
Details: Riverwinds Restaurant offers turkey dinners to-go for four or more ($47.95 per person). They include a whole or carved cooked turkey, apple cranberry stuffing, glazed sweet potatoes, mashed turnips, candied carrots, grilled asparagus, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, salad, and dessert. Alternative entrée options include grilled ham steak, salmon, or filet Mignon. Orders are available for pickup on Thanksgiving Day.
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