Where to eat at a restaurant for Thanksgiving in the Des Moines metro
Not everyone likes searching for a roasting pan or finding the right recipe for stuffing, let alone thawing a turkey for days. If you want to skip the dishes, and leftovers, you can turn to one of these dine-in restaurant meals around the metro area offering Thanksgiving meals. Here's a look at nine options.
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AJ’s Steakhouse
AJ's Steakhouse at Prairie Meadows Casino returns this year with its traditional dine-in Thanksgiving Day meal from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Diners can choose chicken corn chowder, pepperjack steak and potato soup, holiday salad, shrimp cocktail, or peaches and pork to start. Entrees include choices such as slow-roasted, brown sugar and maple-glazed turkey breast, an 8-ounce filet mignon, a 14-ounce prime rib, walleye almandine, or cheese ravioli ricotta. For dessert, the restaurant has pecan pie tart, pumpkin cheesecake, or Chocolate Fantasy cake. The dinners goes for $60 per person or $19 for children 12 and younger.
Location: Prairie Meadows, 1 Prairie Meadows Drive, Altoona
Contact: 515-957-3535 or prairiemeadows.com
Bravo! Italian Kitchen
Thanksgiving dinners at Bravo! next to Jordan Creek Town Center features a three-course meal with a choice of a Caesar or chopped salad; sliced white meat turkey, gravy, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, Italian sausage stuffing, seasonal vegetable, and cranberry sauce. The restaurant also has pumpkin pie for dessert. The meal goes for $39.99 per person.
Location: 120 S. Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines
Contact: bravoitalian.com or 515-724-0130
Filet Steakhouse
Filet Steakhouse has a Thanksgiving lunch buffet from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with reservations required. The dinner for $49.99 per adult or $16.99 per child age 5-12 includes a carving station with prime rib, roasted ham, and roasted turkey breast, as well green bean casserole, asparagus, Boursin mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, stuffing, creamy roasted corn, and more.
Location: 1802 N. Ankeny Blvd., Suite 100, Ankeny
Contact: 515-289-9032 or filetsteakhouse.com
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Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar offers Thanksgiving dinner from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. The restaurant has its three-course menu as well as its regular dinner menu. Starter options include Fleming's salad with walnuts, tomatoes, dried cranberries, red onion, and a lemon balsamic vinaigrette, or the lobster bisque with North Atlantic lobster and spiced sherry cream. The entrée options include the mixed-herb roasted turkey breast and turkey gravy, filet mignon, or a 20-ounce prime bone-in ribeye. All three come with stuffing, and diners can order sides such as mashed potatoes, green beans with apricots and onions, and cinnamon orange cranberry sauce. For dessert, diners can order harvest New York cheesecake with cinnamon orange cranberry sauce, pumpkin cream, and candied walnuts, or carrot cake, a three-layer cake topped with cream cheese frosting and a drizzle of caramel. The Thanksgiving menu starts at $56 or $26 for children.
Make your reservation at flemingssteakhouse.com/promotions/thanksgiving.
Fleming’s also has takeout for Thanksgiving, serving six people, or á la carte sides, turkey, or filet for six for pickup on Nov. 22 to reheat at home.
See the full menu and pre-order by visiting: portal.tripleseat.com/.
Location: 150 S. Jordan Creek Pkwy., West Des Moines
Contact: 515-457-2916 or flemingssteakhouse.com
Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet
Hibachi Grill will serve its all-you-can-eat buffet for $18.99 per person on Thanksgiving starting at 11 a.m. until 9:30 p.m. The buffet specializes in Chinese and Japanese fare, but includes turkey, ham and pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving.
Location: 1801 22nd St., West Des Moines
Contact: 515-267-8383 or hibachigrilliowa.com
Mulberry Street Tavern
Mulberry Street Tavern inside the Surety Hotel has a prix fixe Thanksgiving. The three-course meal is $65, or $25 for kids age 5-12, with an optional $35 wine pairing and a $15 split plate fee. Diners start with an arugula salad with pomegranate and toasted almonds, then choose free-range turkey or smoked oyster mushrooms with herbed butter. Family-style sides include garlic whipped potatoes, pecorino Brussels sprouts, chili maple-glazed sweet potatoes, French onion stuffing, cranberry Mandarin sauce, and house rolls. The meal ends with pumpkin tart. Reservations recommended. Open from 5 to 9 p.m.
Location: Surety Hotel, 206 Sixth Ave., Des Moines
Contact: 515-985-2066 or suretyhotel.com
Opa
Opa Italian & Greek has a Thanksgiving buffet with roasted turkey, Greek rice, fried shrimp, gyro meat, chicken souvlaki, ham, meatballs, pasta diablo, mashed potatoes, chicken marsala, and dessert. The buffet from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. is $22.99 per person.
Opa will also have its regular menu, and Thanksgiving trays for takeout after 3 p.m. that feed four to six or eight to 10.
Location: 2800 University Ave., West Des Moines
Contact: 515-433-3088 or opawdm.com
Proudfoot & Bird
Take a fine dining approach to Thanksgiving at Proudfoot & Bird inside the Hotel Fort Des Moines. Chef James Richards has created a three-course menu that starts at $75 per person from 2 to 8 p.m. with an optional wine pairing starting at $25 per person. Options include roasted squash and apple soup or prosciutto and melon salad, followed by a smoked turkey dinner, and a choice of pumpkin pie tartlet or the French silk tartlet.
Location: Hotel Fort Des Moines, 1000 Walnut St., Des Moines
Contact: 515-957-2400 or hotelfortdesmoines.com
Ruth’s Chris Steak House
Ruth’s Chris offers a three-course Thanksgiving dinner for $47.95 per person or $16.95 for kids 12 and younger. The dinner includes mixed green salad or chicken and andouille sausage gumbo, followed by an oven-roasted turkey dinner with giblet gravy, accompanied by mashed potatoes with a hint of garlic, honey-glazed baby carrots, sausage and herb stuffing, and cranberry relish. Diners can pick chocolate bourbon pecan pie or pumpkin cheesecake for dessert. Make reservations from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: 950 Jordan Creek Parkway, Suite 1100, West Des Moines
Contact: 515-416-6080 or ruthschrisphg.com
Susan Stapleton is the entertainment editor and dining reporter at The Des Moines Register. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, or drop her a line at sstapleton@gannett.com.
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