Thanksgiving restaurant meals in Calgary

When you’re hungry for a fine and filling Thanksgiving meal but have neither the time nor the desire to cook and serve it yourself, well, you don’t have to. Just pick up the phone and make a reservation, round up your friends and relations, and head for one of these restaurants or hotels. Each one serves a special feast that’ll satisfy your Thanksgiving appetite while diminishing your workload.

By Ian Doig

The Embarcadero Wine & Oyster Bar

1

208 17 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 1H4

• Reserve
• Phone Number
  • 403-263-0848Primary
• Directions
• Menu

One of the city’s original oyster bars, Embarcadero on the east end of 17th Avenue Southwest departs from its seafood focus on October 9 and 10. The restaurant in the converted redbrick mansion is a suitably homey place to enjoy a fine turkey dinner (takeout available). Free-range bird is served with accompaniments that include maple syrup and bacon Brussels sprouts, sausage apple stuffing, and garlic smashed potatoes. For dessert, savour apple raisin bread pudding with vanilla rum sauce.

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The Westin Calgary

2

320 4th Avenue SW, Calgary, AB T2P 2S6

• Phone Number
  • 403-266-1611Primary
• Directions

This downtown hotel makes Thanksgiving dining easy as picking up the phone. Its Reserve a Bird pick-up turkey dinner serves groups of 12 to 22 people from October 8 to 10. Central to this customizable meal is a 15- or 22-pound bird served with a round of dishes and trimmings that includes glazed squash and root veggies, roasted rosemary potatoes, and corn, butternut squash and leek wild rice pilaf. Dessert includes both apple and pumpkin pies. A lengthy list of optional add-ons includes a 10-pound ham and extra stuffing.

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Grey Eagle Resort & Casino

• Phone Number
  • 403-390-6940Primary

If variety is what you’re after this Thanksgiving, the buffet and restaurant at the Grey Eagle Resort & Casino has it in spades (as well as clubs, diamonds and hearts). The centerpiece of the buffet is roasted turkey paired with traditional stuffing, pan gravy and, of course, cranberry jelly. Choose your accompaniments from Thanksgiving-themed dishes such as roasted pumpkin soup, golden beet salad and garlic potatoes as well as prime rib and Asian dishes. Desserts include fruit, cakes, pies and a chocolate fountain.

Horizons Bistro

3

1316 33 St NE, Calgary, AB T2A 6B6

• Phone Number
  • 403-207-8117Primary
• Directions

Located in the Coast Plaza Hotel & Conference Centre, Horizons Bistro offers an October 10 brunch from 10 pm to 2 pm. Brunch features a handsome array of holiday-appropriate options from eggs Benedict to charcuterie, desserts and much more. Call for more details and reservations.

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