Order In: The Best Bay Area Takeout To Enjoy on Thanksgiving Day

Don’t count a single calorie or dirty one dish

Matt Charnock
4 min readNov 23, 2020
A Thanksgiving feast with a spiral ham, pies, casseroles, gravy, rolls, cranberry jelly, and seasonal decorations.
Photo: Jed Owen via Unsplash

Thanksgiving is going to look a lot different for most of us this year. Though, if you’re already planning your pre-feast workouts, count yourself among the lucky ones to have a meal: the pandemic has left thousands more across the Bay Area facing hunger and contending with poverty.

So, after you’ve done your good-doing — like, say, having already opened your purse or wallet to help out the Bay Area’s most vulnerable ahead of the holiday — enjoy a Thanksgiving meal courtesy of one of our many local restaurants offering takeout.

Here’s our guide on where to order all the mashed carbs, carved proteins, and generous alcohols to-go for Thanksgiving dinner. (Oh, and click here to see where you can get Peking turkey in the Bay Area.)

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Matt Charnock

SF transplant, coffee shop frequent; tiny living enthusiast. iPhone hasn’t been off silent mode in nine or so years. Former EIC of The Bold Italic.