Calgary Restaurants offering Thanksgiving dinner

DINE IN OPTIONS

PaSu Farm
29434 Range Road 23, Mountain View County

Head to the country for Thanksgiving at PaSu Farm near Carstairs. The farm’s annual Thanksgiving Buffet and Carvery returns Sunday, Oct. 11, with a holiday spread served in its scenic rural dining room. Reservations are required. With PaSu’s new website currently under construction, call 403-337-2800 for times, pricing and reservations.

The Wilder Institute / Calgary Zoo
210 St. George’s Drive N.E.

The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo offers two ways to enjoy its Fall Harvest Dinner this Thanksgiving. On Oct. 11, spend the day exploring the zoo before heading to Safari Lodge for a four-course turkey dinner from 6 – 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $74.95 for adults, $69.95 for seniors and $43.95 for children ages three–15. A chef-created takeaway turkey dinner for 10 is also available for curbside pickup Oct. 11 and 12 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. for $425 plus GST. Members receive discounts based on membership level.

Our House
2411 4 St. N.W.

A classic Thanksgiving dinner is on the menu at Our House from Oct. 10–12. For $25, tuck into roasted turkey with house-made stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, honey and thyme seasonal vegetables, turkey gravy and a Yorkshire pudding, with pumpkin pie for dessert. Dine in from 4 p.m., or order the full dinner for pickup or delivery through local delivery services.

Heritage Park
1900 Heritage Dr. S.W.

Thanksgiving dinner moves to The Selkirk at Heritage Park this year, with a seasonal menu available Oct. 10–12 from 4 p.m. to close. Start with maple-roasted butternut squash soup, followed by turkey served over cranberry and sage stuffing with gravy, buttermilk mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables. Pumpkin pie with fresh cream finishes the meal. Appetizers and dessert are $8 each, with the turkey dinner priced at $26. Reservations are recommended.

Deerfoot Inn & Casino
1000, 11500 – 35 St. S.E.

On Sunday, Oct. 11, choose from Thanksgiving brunch or dinner. Brunch is 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. and includes pastries, salads and breakfast favourites like French toast and waffles. The seafood table will feature smoked salmon, clams, mussels and Oysters Rockefeller. Thanksgiving dinner is 4:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. and will include salads, charcuterie, a bread station and pasta. The carving station will feature butter basted turkey with stuffing. Adults $64.95, Seniors $54.95, Kids $44.95

Hawthorn Dining Room
Fairmont Palliser Hotel
133 9 Ave. S.W.

Enjoy a three-course dinner at Hawthorn from Oct. 9 – 12. Dinner is served from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. and includes maple roasted cauliflower soup or swiss chard salad to start. The main is a choice of roasted turkey breast, seared branzino or stuffed acorn squash. End on a sweet note with spiced parsnip cake. $75 per person.

Carriage House Inn
9030 Macleod Tr.
The Carriage House Inn offers both a Thanksgiving Brunch Buffet and dine-in dinner. The Oct. 11 brunch features roast turkey, lemon caper beurre blanc cod, a seafood table and chef-attended stations with prime rib, omelettes, ham and sautéed shrimp. Tickets are $60 for adults and $30 for children ages four–10. Thanksgiving dinner is available Oct. 11 and 12, with a choice of roasted turkey, prime rib or pan-seared cod, plus a starter and pumpkin pie for dessert.

Grey Eagle Resort & Casino
3777 Grey Eagle Dr.

Thanksgiving dinner takes over the buffet at Grey Eagle Resort & Casino Oct. 12 and 13 from 5 – 10 p.m. Look for herb-roasted turkey with gravy and cranberry sauce, glazed ham, traditional stuffing, mashed potatoes, seasonal sides, salads and desserts. Dinner is $29.99 plus tax per person and is for guests 18+.

TAKE OUT OPTIONS

River Café
25 Prince’s Island Park, S.W.

River Café offers a complete Thanksgiving turkey dinner to finish at home, featuring a honey-brined free-range turkey from Winter’s Turkey Farm with parsley and chive butter. Sides include roasted Brussels sprouts, roasted carrots, green salad, fennel and sage stuffing, mashed potatoes, haskap berry compote and sage gravy, followed by Bartlett pear sticky toffee pudding. Dinner is $690 plus GST and serves 10–12. Pick up at River Café on Oct. 10 from 9 – 10 a.m.

Hawthorn Dining Room
Fairmont Palliser Hotel
133 9 Ave. S.W.

Order Thanksgiving dinner to go from Hawthorn Dining Room, with a choice of whole turkey or honey-glazed bone-in ham. Dinner includes sourdough bread and butter, Alberta harvest green salad, cranberry sauce, sage pan gravy, roasted potatoes, maple-roasted vegetables, sage and onion stuffing, and pumpkin tart. Turkey dinners range from $429–$859 and serve four to 15; the ham dinner serves eight and is $659.

Sunterra Market
Various locations

Available Oct. 9–12, Sunterra Market’s heat-and-eat Thanksgiving Feasts include soup, harvest grain salad and pumpkin pie with ginger whipped cream. Choose from herb-rubbed turkey, Sunterra Meats Gammon ham, rotisserie prime rib or vegetable wellington, with mashed potatoes, stuffing, roasted vegetables, gravy and cranberry sauce. Individual dinners range from $31.99–$42.99, while pre-ordered Family Feasts serve four and range from $95.97–$128.97.

Vin Room
Vin Room West, 8561 8A Ave. S.W.
Vin Room Mission, 2310 4 St. S.W.

Available Oct. 9–12, Thanksgiving Dinner at Home is freshly prepared and ready to reheat in the oven for 15–20 minutes. The $85 dinner for two includes roasted white and dark turkey meat, mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, fried Brussels sprouts, stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce, followed by carrot cake cobbler with brown sugar caramel. Choose a bottle of red, white, rosé, bubbles or non-alcoholic wine, a four-pack of craft beer or a bottle of San Pellegrino to complete the meal.

Deane House
806 9 Ave. S.E.

Deane House offers a complete family-style Thanksgiving dinner to finish at home. The menu includes free-range turkey roulade, sourdough stuffing, rosemary gravy, crab apple and cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, honey-glazed carrots, Brussels sprouts and green salad, followed by sugar pie pumpkin tart. Dinner is $390 plus GST and serves up to six. Pick up at Deane House on Oct. 11 from 9 – 10 a.m.

Flores and Pine
254028 Bearspaw Rd.

The Thanksgiving Meal Kit offers a complete dinner ready to heat at home, with oven-roasted turkey breast, cranberry jam, winter-glazed vegetables, chicken gravy, brown butter mashed potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and sage-herbed stuffing. Meal kits are $50 per person with a two-person minimum. Orders open Sept. 21 and are available while quantities last.

Blue Flame Kitchen
Commons Building, 5302 Forand St. S.W.

Order dinner for 4 – 6 people from Blue Flame Kitchen for $325.  The festive meal includes a ready to roast turkey breast with fresh herbs, confit turkey leg and thigh, orange ginger carrots, roasted Brussels sprouts, apple sage stuffing with roasted garlic, traditional gravy, brown butter mashed potatoes, spiced orange cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Preorder by Oct. 6 for pick up on Oct. 9 and 10.

Pie Junkie
Various locations

Pie Junkie has Thanksgiving covered from savoury to sweet. The Turkey Dinner Pie is filled with cranberry sauce, white and dark turkey meat, stuffing, vegetables, herbs and gravy, while the holiday dessert lineup includes pumpkin, pumpkin cheesecake, maple pecan, classic apple, sour cherry, salted honey and more.

Grey Eagle Resort & Casino
3777 Grey Eagle Dr.

Skip the cooking with a Take-Home Festive Turkey Dinner prepared by the culinary team at Grey Eagle Resort & Casino. Available Oct. 8–12, the meal features turkey and traditional Thanksgiving sides, ready to enjoy at home. Orders must be placed at least 48 hours in advance.

Carriage House Inn
9030 Macleod Tr.

Carriage House Inn offers Thanksgiving-To-Go Oct. 10–12, with a choice of oven-roasted turkey, AAA Alberta prime rib or baked ham. Turkey dinners include stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, market salad, roasted vegetables, mashed potatoes and a choice of pumpkin or lemon meringue pie. Meals serve six – 12 and range from $320–$785.

Needs Must
205, 225 7 Ave. S.W.

Concorde Entertainment Group’s Needs Must, located in Pineapple Hall, has launched a fall menu from Director of Pastry Jordan Hartl, including seasonal pastries and drinks. For Thanksgiving, a $28 pumpkin pie serving up to six features “mom’s crust,” spiced caramel, cheesecake whipped cream, toasted meringue and pumpkin seeds.

OUT OF TOWN

Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge
1 Centennial Dr., Kananaskis Village

Thanksgiving in the Rockies features several dining options available to hotel guests and visitors from Oct. 9–12. Cedar Room offers a three-course Thanksgiving dinner, while Forte hosts a family buffet, with children under five dining free and children six to 11 at half price. On Oct. 10 and 11, the Black Diamond Club hosts its Thanksgiving Summit Special in the Summit Room, with a cocktail hour, patio fire pits, live music and dinner.