Best Thanksgiving Meals

(Gerry Furth-Sides, Content, images courtesy of The Raymond 1886, Georgia’s) What could be more delicious or rustic than holidays at the The Raymond 1886? Our favorite restaurant will be offering a traditional family-style holiday feast featuring a festive Thanksgiving Dinner Menu ($95 per adult, $50 per child ages 12 and under).

Guests will begin the First Course with a choice of Butternut Squash Soup with fried sage, pomegranate kernels, and aged balsamic vinegar, or the Arugula Pear Salad with shaved Pecorino, dried cranberries, fine herbs, and honey house dressing. The Second Course offers a choice between the Mary’s Free-Range Turkey Breast with Italian sausage, apple sage stuffing, house-made turkey gravy served with a classic cranberry sauce; Prime Rib Style Strip Loin Steak with a mustard herb crust, watercress, caramelized onions, horseradish cream sauce and au jus, Pan Roasted Atlantic Salmon prepared with tarragon, tomato, capers, grilled lemon and beurre blanc sauce, or Stuffed Roasted Acorn Squash served with forbidden rice, butternut squash, Brussels sprouts and cranberries. 

The Raymond 1886 will also be offering Complimentary Sides including Mashed Potatoes, Haricot Verts with Mushroom Cream Sauce and Fried Onions, Honey Dijon Roasted Brussels Sprouts, and Dinner Rolls served with house-made Butter. Dessert features two delectable options The Favorite, apple pie a la mode, or The Other Favorite, pumpkin cheesecake with autumn spiced Chantilly.

The Raymond 1886 will be Open on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 25^th, 2021, for Thanksgiving Dinner ($95.00 per adult and $50 for children ages 12 and under) from 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm; 1250 South Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91105; 626.441.3136; www.TheRaymond.com  

Hospitable, Georgia’s Restaurant at the Long Beach Exchange will be preparing  regional “soul food”Thanksgiving Dinners this year. The Soulful menu will be under the watchful eyes of restaurant owners and operators, Nana Gretchen and Nika Shoemaker-Machado.

Dishes include Roasted Turkey over Cornbread Stuffing with Soulful Side of Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, one piece of Cornbread and a choice of one additional Soulful Side. Sides:  Yams, Collard Greens, or Corn on the Cob, and ($25 per person). Desserts will also be on the menu to order,  including Nana Gretchen’s Whole Peach Cobbler.

Georgia’s Restaurant at the Long Beach Exchange will also be offering their Thanksgiving Dinner To-Go ($125 Serves 4 to 6 Guests) on Thanksgiving Day while supplies last.

Georgia’s Restaurant at the Long Beach Exchange will offer their Thanksgiving Soulful Sides for Pre-Order until Saturday, November 20. Georgia’s Thanksgiving Soulful Sides will be available for Thanksgiving Pickup on Tuesday, November 23, and Wednesday, November 24from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm. Georgia’s Restaurant at the Long Beach Exchange for Thanksgiving Dinners, Thursday, November 25 at 10 AM.

For more information or to order directly, please call Georgia’s Restaurant at the Long Beach Exchange at 562.420.5637; 4101 McGowen Street, Suite 155, Long Beach, CA 92630; www.Georgias-Restaurant.com