Celebrate Thanksgiving in a restaurant or at home, here is a selection of restaurants offering brunches, buffets, dinners, treats or turkey to go!
Spiced Pumpkin pecan “Cheesie” Gelato at YEW Restaurant
The Thanksgiving spread at YEW seafood + bar offers something to please every member of the family and is sure to take the holiday indulgence into overdrive. For $75 per person, guests will be able to indulge in a fall feast with family and friends, without having to face the dreaded mountain of dishes after dessert. Vegan and gluten free options will be available.
Also available in the restaurant or at the bar is Chef Suraj’s Spiced Pumpkin pecan “Cheesie” Gelato.
Reserve online or call 604-692-4939.
Offering Pumpkin Pie Dumplings (both non vegan and vegan) and Turkey Cranberry dumplings with stuffing and gravy.
special holiday menu, place your phone orders for p/u at 604.338.6646
- The Smoked Turkey Pie | local JD heritage turkey specially smoked by BIG DAY BBQ,
carrots, celery, apple, onions. garden herbs, jus 35 | 45
- The Heirloom Pumpkin + Spice | Elly’s Cinderella pumpkin | fresh ground spices | cream | free range eggs | b. sugar (gfo) 22 | 32
- Okanagan Bartlett Pear | ginger root | cinnamon | orange |
Cedar Island oat brown butter streusel- I am plant based + gluten free 25 | 35
Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake at Trees
Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake, a new recipe full of flavour and an amazing texture you’ll find just here at Trees Cheesecake + Organic Coffee throughout the month of October at all our locations.
Whole Pies to celebrate, best to order in advance
Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie – Cheesecake with a bit of candied ginger, layered with pumpkin custard, all baked onto our gingersnap crust for our signature holiday dessert!
Classic Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin Haupia Pie
The Sandbar will be offering a three-course Thanksgiving Dinner on October 13th and 14th for $42 per person. Start with either Butternut Squash Soup with pumpkin seed pesto or Harvest Salad with barley, marinated beets, dried cranberries, pecans, goat cheese, brussel sprouts and honey-thyme vinaigrette . Enjoy an oven roasted turkey dinner with garlic mashed potatoes, roasted winter vegetables, stuffing, sage au jus and house-made cranberry sauce. Finish your meal with traditional Pumpkin Pie with vanilla whipped cream.
Fable Diner will be offering a special Thanksgiving Dinner on Sunday, October 13th from 4PM to close. The $20 classic turkey dinner includes turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, brussel sprouts, house-made cranberry sauce and gravy served with house-made corn bread and pumpkin pie for dessert. ‘Seconds’ (the full main course) will be served for $10/plate – no take-outs allowed.
Fable Diner will be open for brunch on Monday, October 14th from 9AM to 2PM and there will be a special Turkey Benedict Feature available. In addition, there will be two Thanksgiving Shake Features, one boozey shake and one nonalcoholic shake:
‘Pumpkin Pie’ – House-made Pumpkin Spice Syrup, Beechwood Dairies Vanilla Ice Cream, topped with Pumpkin spiced whip cream and a pumpkin spiced macaron by Kizzy’s Macarons. $9
For those hoping to take home a Pumpkin Pie and/or Pumpkin Cheesecake on the busy Thanksgiving weekend from October 11 to 13, pre-orders are available starting October 1st.
Ancora Waterfront Dining and Patio
Executive Chef Ricardo Valverde will add a touch of Peruvian flair to the holidays this fall as he prepares special menu available Monday, October 14th. The three-course menu is $59 per person with optional wine pairing for extra $39 per person. Menu and
Guests can give thanks and celebrate the fall season with friends and family over a festive meal when Cibo Trattoria offers a special Italian-inspired Thanksgiving menu at the downtown destination this October long weekend. Offered exclusively from Friday, October 11 through Monday, October 14 in addition to Cibo’s regular nightly menu, Executive Chef Curtis Luk’s Thanksgiving menu offers a trio of rustic-yet-elegant dishes available à la carte or as a three-course-menu for $50 per person plus tax and gratuity. Menu and photos:
Thanksgiving – For the first time ever, people can now pre-order Turkey-to-Go Thanksgiving Dinner, the package serves 8 people and will be available for pick-up hot and ready to serve on Saturday, October 12 between 2 to 5PM and Sunday, October 13 between 1 to 3PM. This unique Thanksgiving package is $300 + tax. Pre-orders are available now and the cut-off day is Wednesday, October 9 at 1PM.
Celebrate Thanksgiving Weekend at Feast with an unique Thanksgiving cocktail – The Autumn Twist with Kraken Rum, Organic Apple Juice and cardamom.
On Sunday, October 13 and Monday, October 14, savour an indulgent holiday menu in H2’s warm and welcoming dining room — or get it to go!
Stay a While
At H2, pull up a chair and enjoy a three-course traditional plated turkey dinner. Begin with sweet and savoury butternut squash salad, then move on to free-range Rossdown Farms turkey, made deeply flavourful and aromatic with honey juniper brine. Served alongside are fresh autumn vegetables, garlic mashed potatoes, cornbread stuffing, and house-made cranberry sauce. Bring the evening to a sweet close with a pumpkin pie unlike any other — also house-made, of course, it’s made even better with walnut brown sugar, Chantilly cream and pickled cranberries. All of this can be enjoyed for just $55 per person, with the option to add three pairings of premium BC wines for $25.
Gobble To-Go
This year, leave the oven off and don’t disturb a single pot or pan. Instead, amaze your guests — and yourself — with H2’s all-bases-covered takeout Thanksgiving feast. Alongside free-range Rossdown Farms turkey, heap your plate with apricot-cranberry brioche stuffing, honey-roasted seasonal vegetables, buttermilk mashed potato, sage pan gravy, and house-made cranberry sauce. A 10-inch pumpkin pie from our expert pastry chefs is also included. Serves 6 to 8 people for just $250, or 10 to 12 for $325. Order your memory-making meal by emailing h2turkeytakeout@gmail.com.
Compiled by: Richard Wolak