Kitchen Dish
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TURKEY FOR ALL Did your plans for tomorrow fall through? Did you forget to start defrosting the turkey? Don’t open that ramen packet yet. Plenty of restaurants are open for Thanksgiving, and some still had space available as of this writing. And don’t be embarrassed about being slow to make reservations; last-minute bookings happen all the time on Thanksgiving.
Aix (2398 Broadway at 88th Street, 212-874-7400) has a threecourse, $62 dinner including roasted organic turkey with smashed sweet potato a l’orange, stuffing bourgeois, and cranberry compote. For $5 more, you can have lobster. Red snapper and lamb options are available, too.
Artie’s New York Delicatessen (2290 Broadway between 82nd and 83rd streets, 212-579-5959) is serving a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for $19.95 for adults and $9.95 for children.
Bobby Flay’s new restaurant, Bar Americain (152 W 52nd St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-265-9700), has space available from 1 to 3:30 p.m. After that, you’ll have to wait until the restaurant’s last seating at 8 p.m. The maple horseradish glazed roast turkey, one of many options, comes with sourdough, wild mushroom, and bacon stuffing along with cranberry, fig, and Pinot Noir Chutney, sweet potato gratin, and creamed kale. The three-course meal is $75.
BLT Steak (106 E. 57th St., between Park and Lexington avenues, 212-752-7470) has a few slots open for diners who want its $68 meal, including roasted turkey with chestnut stuffing, cranberry-grenadine sauce, and rosemary gravy. BLT Prime (111 E. 22nd St., between Park Avenue South and Lexington Avenue, 212-995-8500) is serving the same menu, and its reservation book is wide open.
davidburke & donatella (133 E. 61st St., between Park and Lexington avenues, 212-813-2121) is stuffing its turkey with cornbread and sausage. The three-course menu is $79,and they still have space from noon to 4 p.m.
If you want jazz with your Thanksgiving, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola (33 W 60th St., between Broadway and Ninth avenues, 212-258-9595) will be serving deep-fried turkey with cornbread-andouille stuffing, grits, candied yams, collard greens, cranberries, and gravy during a performance by Eric Alexander’s Quintet.
Jeffrey Zakarian’s new restaurant, Country (90 Madison Ave. at 29th Street, 212-889-7100), still has space available for its $58 meal, which features “Sylvia’s farm-raised turkey.”
Gusto Ristorante e Bar Americano (60 Greenwich Ave. at 11th Street, 212-924-8000) has space available for its 9 p.m. seating. The $75 meal starts with a pomegranate Bellini and passed hors d’oeuvres, followed by appetizers and a turkey dinner with a slight Italian accent, including creamy rye polenta with Parmesan.
Nice Matin (201 W 79th St. at Amsterdam Avenue, 212-873-6423) is open for brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and starts serving Thanksgiving dinner at 3.The Thanksgiving dinner special is $22.50. They’ll serve it for brunch, too, for a minimum of four people, if you call in advance.
Paris Commune (99 Bank St., between Hudson and Greenwich streets, 212-929-0509), has space available from 1 to 5 p.m., and then again after 8:30. It is $45 for adults and $25 for children. You can have slow-roasted turkey with the trimmings, or duck confit, maple-glazed pork loin, sauteed trout, or filet mignon.
Payard (1032 Lexington Ave. at 74th Street, 212-717-5252) has a $55 dinner, $22 for kids. Entree options include roasted, farm-raised Vermont turkey with chestnut stuffing, fricassee of potatoes, pearl onions, cremini mushrooms and salsify cranberry sauce.
Riingo (205 E. 45th St., between Second and Third avenues) is serving pear and Roquefort salad or sweet potato soup as appetizers. The main course is pomegranate roasted turkey breast, and turkey leg meat stuffed with corn bread and sausage. Mashed potatoes with gravy, cranberry, and Brussels sprouts round out the $45 menu, and reservations are available all day.
The West Bank Cafe (407 W 42nd St., between Ninth and Tenth avenues, 212-695-6909) has space for its 1 and 3 p.m. seatings. The $38 meal includes a choice of four appetizers, three main courses, and three desserts. The turkey option is served with sweet potato, Brussels sprouts with bacon, and cranberry sauce.
For vegetarians, or people who just don’t want to eat meat on Thanksgiving, there’s still space at Counter (105 First Ave., between 6th and 7th streets, 212-982-5870) at 7 p.m. The $40 five-course meal includes autumn salad, Hubbard squash bisque, wild mushroom ravioli, stuffed vegetarian roll, and pecan tart. Each course will be paired with wine for an additional $25.
In Brooklyn, The Minnow (442 9th St. at Seventh Avenue, 718-832-5500) has space available from 1 to 4 p.m. and more at 6 p.m. Dinner is $25 with an appetizer, dessert, and choice of turkey with oyster stuffing, duck breast with braised pheasant spring rolls, or roasted trout amandine.
Mr. Thorn is food editor of Nation’s Restaurant News. He can be reached at bthorn@nrn.com.