<p>I wonder if any of you kind folks from the Boston Area could suggest a restaurant for Thanksgiving? </p>
<p>H and I are travelling there to spend time with S and S’s GF who attend graduate school there. We’ll do a bunch of touristy things on the days around Thanksgiving - but I think we’d like to skip preparing a big meal and just enjoy being served for the holiday.</p>
<p>We’re flexible on cuisine (although we need something that is accesible to someone who doesn’t eat meat). I’d like something comfortable and not fussy. No buffets, though. </p>
<p>(I thought of Thanksgiving at Plimouth Plantation with the Pilgrim recreators - but that was not univerally appealing. So we are willing to travel a bit, if there’s something outside of the city proper.)</p>
<p>I believe the Wayside Inn in Sudbury also does traditional thanksgiving dinners. If you don’t want a traditional turkey dinner, I suggest restaurants in the Italian North End.</p>
<p>Marite, isn’t there a nice vegetarianish restaurant off Brattle Street…Harvest, maybe? It’s been decades, and I don’t know what I would think of it now, of course.</p>
<p>Harvest is NOT vegetarian!<br>
There are plenty of great restaurant in the Cambridge/Boston area. It all depends o.your budget, You may want to check out the restaurant reviews on Boston.com. If you want an alternative to turkey, we rather like the roast duck at Salts on Main Street in Cambridge. One duck serves two more than amply (in fact, we always have to take leftovers home).</p>
<p>I would second Harvest…I’m sure you can get some vegetarian type food and it is so nice.</p>
<p>Does anyone remember the
miniscule Peasant Stock? It has been many years since it burned down but there would always be a choice of 3 wonderful entrees depending on what the chef found appealing in the daily market. They were so good.</p>
<p>I’m willing to bet that Henrietta’s Table in the Charles Hotel has a great Thanksgiving spread – I love their brunch. It might be buffet, though.</p>
<p>We actually did Harvest for Thanksgiving three or four years ago when my son was at MIT. It was a wonderful dinner, four courses, paired wines (three prices: no wine, half servings of wine, full servings of wine). It remains on my list of great meals. It was about $75/person as I remember. Reserve early!</p>
<p>I think there was a thread on this last year – I seem to remember also suggesting the Colonial Inn in Concord.</p>
<p>silvervestersmom – I was a waitress at the Peasant Stock, and met my husband when he asked for my number after eating dinner there! The restaurant is now Dali’s – not sure if they still have the mural of the nude on the wall…</p>
<p>The Wayside Inn is associated with Longfellow.
Other possibilities in Harvard Square: Om (its prix fixe dinner is $75; I don’t know how much it charges for Thanksgiving); the Craigie Street Bistro (similar prices, a bit away from the Square); Rialto in the Charles Hotel (where Henrietta’s Table is also located); Upstairs on the Square; Sandrine (really a French restaurant). Legal Seafoods also has a branch in the Charles Hotel compound.</p>
<p>Wayside Inn is right in our neighborhood, and grounds include the schoolhouse from Mary Had A Little Lamb and a picturesque Grist Mill.</p>
<p>They serve a Colonial Drink, the Coo-Woo.</p>
<p>Craigie Street Bistro, Rialto and Upstairs at the Square are much more sophisticated/foodie kind of places than the Wayside Inn or Colonial Inn.</p>
<p>From a foodie who lives in suburban Boston (near Concord), here are some recommendations and observations. The food at the Colonial Inn is not very good and it’s expensive. Food at Wayside Inn is slightly better than the Colonial Inn; however, the ambience at the Wayside is great. I take all my midwestern relatives there when they come to visit.</p>
<p>If you want top-notch food, stay in Cambridge. I’d recommend the Harvest, Rialto, Craigie Street Bistro or Sandrines Bistro. I’ve had good meals and some really bad ones at Henrietta’s Table. If you aren’t wedded to something more traditional on Thanksgiving, try Oleana in Cambridge (it’s near Inman Square); the chef (a woman) is amazing–the menu is primarily Mediterranean. It’s one of my all-time favorites places. </p>
<p>You should probably call and see which restaurants are open on Thanksgiving. Good luck.</p>
<p>Anybody want to have dinner at my apartment for Thanksgiving? (Just kidding. We make the trek to Plymouth for Thanksgiving, because my husband’s family secretly doesn’t believe anybody but Plymouthians really celebrate the holiday properly.)</p>
<p>I like to use [Open</a> Table](<a href=“http://opentable.com/start.aspx?m=7]Open”>http://opentable.com/start.aspx?m=7) for reservations – they often have information on special events at restaurants (Restaurant Week, New Year’s Eve, etc.), so I suspect that they will soon have information available on special Thanksgiving menus at participating restaurants.</p>
<p>Well…if you don’t go there for Thanksgiving, DO go there for breakfast on Saturday morning. The breakfasts are fabulous. We went to a Saturday breakfast there for DS’s college graduation party. It was just terrific.</p>
<p>You don’t by any chance have a recipe or two from the Peasant Stock do you? Probably not since it seemed everything just came from the chef’s inspiration. I once had a delicious conch chowder there.</p>
<p>Went to Legal Seafood one year for Thanksgiving while attending an event in the Boston area during Thanksgiving weekend. They had traditional “turkey dinner” meal, but their regular menu was also available. My recollection is that the price was fairly reasonable…</p>
<p>I’m not sure all of their branches are open on Thanksgiving…we went to the one in Back Bay.</p>
<p>Hello! I’m writing a memoir and need a little help remembering Peasant Stock Restaurant. During what year(s) did you frequent the restaurant? Thanks, Mark</p>
(Just kidding. We make the trek to Plymouth for Thanksgiving, because my husband’s family secretly doesn’t believe anybody but Plymouthians really celebrate the holiday properly.)</p>