Go for a Creole-style shindig this year with a three-course prix fixe menu ($87 per person) at this Midtown restaurant. Its dine-in package includes the choice of a starter, entrée, and dessert. Reservations are required, and seating is available from 11am to 7pm. A sample menu can be found here.

It’s “everything but the turkey” at Shaun Gayle’s Heights restaurant. Those wanting a take-home meal can opt for his preparation of sides, including Parker House rolls by the dozen ($8), mashed potatoes ($18 for a quart) and gravy ($12 for a quart), roasted brussels sprouts and squash ($15), pecan pie ($45), and honey chess pie ($45). Place your order by Saturday, November 22, at 5pm. Pickup will be held on Tuesday, November 25, from 2 to 7pm, or Wednesday, November 26, from 2 to 9pm.

Folks who are tired of a traditional Thanksgiving meal can switch things up with a Lebanese-style spread from chef Rafael Nasr. Now through November 26, Craft Pita is offering turkey shawarma bowls, pitas, and various sandwich options. Request turkey shawarma by the pound ($32) or whole breast ($85), or opt for the $65 family meal, which comes with rice, hummus, cranberry salad, sauce, and pita bread. Hosting a larger group? Pre-order a whole turkey breast marinated in shawarma spices for over 24 hours, plus sides, like half- or full-size pans of roasted potatoes, roasted cauliflower, rice, salads, spreads, sauces, and desserts. 

Get in tune with your inner Texan this Thanksgiving and enjoy some meaty delights from Feges. For $21, grab a pack of three links of paprika sausage or chili jack sausage. Then add a smoked turkey breast for $65. Feges BBQ is also offering a whole rack of pork ribs ($54) and brisket (whole for $180 or $68 for two pounds). For a more traditional route, go for a whole chilled-smoked turkey ($135), available for pickup or grab one hot off the smoker on Thanksgiving. 

For sides, Feges’s to-go menu features half pans of the pimento mac and cheese, Korean braised greens, loaded potato mash, hog fat corn bread with cinnamon honey butter, and its sweet and spicy sprouts for $50 (the Moroccan spiced carrots are $60). All sides, which feed about 10 to 12 people, are served chilled with reheating instructions. Sauces, rubs, and cooking fats can be purchased for $10. Seal the experience with rum raisin bread pudding with caramel for $60 or the Fluff Bake Bar Dutch apple pie for $55. 

Orders can be placed online. Pickup is available at its Spring Branch location, November 25–27, from 9am to 8pm, or at its Greenway Plaza location, November 25 and 26, from 9am to 3pm. 

The Houston-based restaurant group continues its annual catering tradition with meal kits that feed six to eight people for $125 to $255. Customize the kit to your liking by choosing a mesquite-smoked turkey breast or a whole mesquite-smoked turkey, then pair it with several sides, such as sausage pecan stuffing, potatoes au gratin, green bean casserole, and dinner rolls. The kit also includes options for desserts, including the Brazos Bottom pecan pie, Bourbon pecan cinnamon rolls, and chocolate cream pie. All items are also available à la carte. Orders can be placed until November 20. Pickup is available across several Houston-area locations on November 25 and 26 from 8am to 4pm. 

Chef Troy Guard is ready to help you impress your guests this Thanksgiving with two to-go packages that serve six people. The Everything BUT the Bird ($225) includes sides such as home-style turkey leg stuffing, whipped potatoes, green bean casserole, potato rolls, turkey gravy, and cranberry-orange sauce. The Bird + the Rest ($395) comes complete with all sides and the turkey. Place your orders by Tuesday, November 18, for pickup on Wednesday, November 26, between 9am and 4pm.

Hungry for Hungry’s this holiday? Go all in with the $235 family feast. This to-go package, which serves up to 10 people, includes oven-roasted turkey with brown gravy, corn bread stuffing, mashed potatoes with poblano-mushroom sauce, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls, and a seasonal pie. Orders must be placed by 2pm on Monday, November 24. Pickup is available on Wednesday, November 26, until 7pm.  

For those looking for a healthier option this Thanksgiving, executive chef Geoff Hundt of Local Foods has you covered. Takeaway options include a variety of sides for $36, like grilled broccolini, green bean casserole, roasted root vegetables and cranberry stuffing, and mashed potatoes with brown butter and roasted garlic. For something sweet, add the $49 dark chocolate Mom’s cake with amaretto ganache and malted milk “crack.” Orders can be placed until Thursday, November 20, for pickup at the Rice Village location on Wednesday, November 26, from 10am to 8pm. 

Whether you’re too lazy to cook or just don’t want to—we don’t judge. Head to Lucille’s for the ultimate to-go menu. The Southern-style restaurant is serving up plates of braised collard greens, hot rolls, mac and cheese, corn bread collard green dressing, and Virginia-style green beans. Though all items are à la carte, priced from $50 to $125, Houstonians can order packages, including the $220 Sapphire Feast (5–7 people), which includes one bread, two sides, and one dessert. The $290 Platinum feast, which includes an additional side, serves 7–10 people. The bread pudding is $160 for a full pan and $90 for a half pan.

Orders can be placed until Saturday, November 22, for pickup on Wednesday, November 26, from 11am to 3pm. 

Let this newly named Bib Gourmand restaurant do the cooking for you. The Mexican restaurant is whipping up smoked turkey breast packaged in three-pound increments ($85), as well as tamales by the dozen, available in either chicken and mole or rajas con queso ($48 per dozen). To round it out, tack on an order of the tres leches with mango jam ($49). Orders can be placed until Thursday, November 20, for pickup at Local Foods’ Rice Village location on Wednesday, November 26, from 10am to 8pm.

Craving Italian? Milton’s is dishing out its rigatoni with braised oxtail ($48), macaroni and cheese ($39), brown turkey gravy ($25 per quart), and tiramisu ($49) for takeout this year. Local Foods Group director of wine Mark Sayre has also curated a trio of bottles to pair with your holiday plates. Orders can be placed until Thursday, November 20, for pickup at Local Foods’ Rice Village location on Wednesday, November 26, from 10am to 8pm.

Skip the turkey and go full Tex-Mex this year. Order classic pork tamales for $16 per dozen or opt for the Fajita Holiday Fiesta, which lets diners build their perfect meal (prices vary). Choose from several dishes, like fajitas, enchiladas, and Jose’s dip, a blend of chili con queso and spicy taco meat. Ask about the restaurant’s to-go beverages, including margaritas by the gallon. Call your nearest location for ordering. 

Head to Hotel Saint Augustine's restaurant for its three-course $85 lunch and dinner prix-fixe menus. Choose from plates like duck terrine, leek vinaigrette, and sunchoke soup for the first course, and mushroom risotto, Ora king salmon, turkey roulade, and hanger steak, with sides of roasted cauliflower and squash, broccoli rabe, or pommes puree. Finish the experience with maple cake, beignets, or pumpkin pie. Reserve your seat here. 

Wild game this holiday season? Yes, please. On Thanksgiving Day, Rainbow Lodge will serve a three-course meal priced at $85 per person (plus tax, gratuity, and beverages), or $45 for kids (with kid-friendly options). Adults will start with a choice of appetizers, including its iconic smoked duck gumbo, a trio of wild game, or the autumn salad. For the entrée, choose from a beef tenderloin filet, a Southern-style roast turkey, seared Alaskan halibut, or a harvest-season wild-game mixed grill (vegetarian options are also available upon request). End the night with a warm croissant bread pudding, chocolate mousse cake, tres leches, a lemon icebox pie tart, or an affogato. Reservations can be made online or by phone, and $7 snack packs, equipped with enough turkey, gravy, and dressing to build a sandwich, are available to take home. 

For takeout: Fool your guests into thinking you cooked, or give credit where credit is due, and take home a whole roasted turkey ($145), beef tenderloin ($249), bison tenderloin ($420), venison loin ($300), a rack of lamb ($120), a whole grilled Texas quail ($24), or whole roasted or smoked duck ($65). Sides, priced at $24 each, include French green beans with shallots, wild mushroom risotto, Southern-style corn bread dressing, roasted brussels sprouts, and mashed potatoes, plus a croissant bread pudding with whiskey sauce for dessert. Orders can be picked up between Tuesday, November 25, and Thanksgiving Day, but should be placed at least three days in advance. 

For those who couldn’t find the time or money for an extravagant international trip, this Montrose restaurant is offering its “Thanksgiving in the Islands” catering menu. Main courses include spice-roasted turkey breast ($75), jerk turkey legs ($34), and Trinidadian vegetable korma ($60), plus sides like yeast rolls ($12), oxtail gravy ($18), Caribbean corn bread stuffing ($32), Jamaican curried green beans ($32), and cardamom and rum-candied sweet potatoes ($30). For dessert, order the Caribbean rum bread pudding ($30). Dishes serve about four to six guests. All orders must be placed online by 2pm on Monday, November 24. Pickup is available on Wednesday, November 26, and Thanksgiving Day, from 10am to 2pm.

The holidays aren’t always everyone’s cup of tea, and hosting can be overwhelming. Fortunately, this Galleria restaurant is offering an easy escape, with a special Thanksgiving Day dine-in menu available from 10am to 4pm. 

Catering is also an option, with packages ranging from $250 to $485 that can feed five to 16 people. Impress your guests with smoked turkey or Hawaiian glazed ham, sides like corn bread dressing and garlic truffle mashed potatoes, and Mama's carrot cake or sweet potato pie for dessert. Preorder is available until Saturday, November 22, for pickup on Wednesday, November 26, from 11am to 10pm, or on Thanksgiving Day from 10am to 3pm.