By: Nina Violi By: Nina Violi | October 29, 2021 | Food & Drink,
The holidays can be such a stressful time, especially when you plan to host and cook for your guests.
Since Thanksgiving should be a great time to spend with friends and family with great food, we have collected restaurants in Philadelphia that offer takeout options so you can focus on making memories during the holiday season.
See also: The 8 Best Restaurants Open for Thanksgiving Dinner In Philadelphia
212 Walnut St 2nd Floor / Website
Located blocks away from Penn’s Landing and Spruce Harbor Park, Positano Coast brings Italy to Philly with food influenced by the country's southern region. For the Thanksgiving holiday, you can order a pick up a tray-to-go to serve 10 people, though the restaurant needs 48-hours notice to prepare it. The menu includes cold antipasto, meatballs, spicy fried calamari, penne bolognese, salmon scampi, chicken parmigiana and much more.
200 South St. / Website
Located near Spruce Street Harbor Park on South Street, this restaurant is offering a takeout menu with takeout pies and a restaurant menu for the holiday. You can eat in the dining room, at the bar, or outside on their patio with a reservation. Their Thanksgiving dining-in menu includes roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, brussels sprouts, and more while your choice of dessert includes pumpkin cheesecake, maple pecan pie, peanut butter kandy kake, or warm apple pie.
101 S 9th St / Website
For Thanksgiving, this sandwich and pizza spot is offering a Thanksgiving Marketplace menu with snacks and party trays of cheeses, meats and vegetables, plus traditional sides, pies, breads and other baked goods. Be sure to place your order soon, and be ready to pickup your order from Friday Nov. 19 to Wednesday Nov. 24.
509 S 2nd St / Website
Located near Penn’s Landing and Spruce Harbor Street Park, this comfort food spot offers a Thanksgiving takeout menu with your choice of turkey, ham, salmon or steak. Enjoy sides such as mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, and brussel sprouts. Don't forget to order some pie, either pumpkin, apple or pecan. All take out orders must be received by Nov. 18 with preferred pick-up times between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving day.
1338-46 Chestnut St / Website
Located very close to City Hall, The Capital Grille with a holiday takeout menu that won't bring the turkey, but it will have all your sides covered. Impress your guests with brioche stuffing, homemade gravy, green beans and pecan-crusted sweet potatoes with hot honey. Preorder for pickup on Wednesday or Thursday, Nov. 24 or 25, with easy-to-follow instructions to warm before serving.
1428-1432 Chestnut St / Website
This family steakhouse offers Thanksgiving family packs to serve two to six people. The three-course meal includes an appetizer of either butternut squash soup or a harvest salad entrees of slow roasted turkey breast, and sides of apple sausage stuffing, cranberry relish and more. Dessert is your choice of pumpkin cheesecake or pecan pie a la mode. Orders must be placed by Tuesday, Nov. 23.
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