Calgary 
Thanksgiving should be about family, friends, and getting together over tasty food. However, the holiday food is a major source of stress for some hosts. If this sounds like you, take advantage of the many Thanksgiving dinners available in Calgary: ones you don’t have to cook!
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There is no shortage of ways to do Thanksgiving in Calgary this year.
Thanks to many restaurants, hotels, caterers, and bars, Calgarians can rest easily come Thanksgiving and let the pros take care of dinner.
You can plan a Thanksgiving dinner in Calgary at home with numerous options for Turkey takeaway. On the other hand, there are options for in-person Thanksgiving dining in Calgary which offer up the excuse to get out of the house!
Contents:
- Take-out Thanksgiving Meals/Turkey to Go
- Restaurants Offering Thanksgiving Dine-in & Takeout
- Dine-in Thanksgiving Meals
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Thanksgiving to Go in Calgary
Delta Hotels by Marriott Calgary South
The Thanksgiving Dinners offered by the Marriott Calgary South include half a roasted turkey, so the savoury foods can fill up to six people. These savoury sides include carrot bisque, roasted beet salad, gravy, sage and apple stuffing, mashed potatoes, and roasted vegetables. Save room for the sweet side, too, with a croissant and apple bread pudding added for dessert.
When: order by October 3, 2023; pickup October 8, 2023
Where: 135 Southland Drive SE
How much: $275 per 4-6 people
Deane House
The Deane House’s gourmet foods are available to enjoy at home this Thanksgiving. For Thanksgiving 2023, the Calgary restaurant created a large family-style heat-and-serve turkey dinner. The free-range turkey comes complete with garlic gravy, wild rice stuffing, cranberry sauce, and savoury sides. The meal ends with an apple crumble.
When: available while supplies last, pickup October 8, 2023
Where: 806 9 Ave SE, Calgary
How much: $575.00 serves up to 12 people.
ONE18EMPIRE
One18 Empire’s Thanksgiving Takeaway Dinner is perfect for big family gatherings with enough food to serve 12-14 people. The meal includes bone-in turkey, dinner rolls, roast squash, salad, whipped potatoes, stuffing, and much more. And if you have a smaller group, no problem. These turkey dinners come in a small size, too, which feeds up to eight people.
When: available while supplies last, pickup October 8, 2023
Where: 820 Centre Street South
How much: $395 per 6-8 people; $580 per 12-14 people
Lina’s Italian Market
Leave your 2023 Thanksgiving dinner to Lina’s! The Calgary market will serve up some delicious individual dinners for take-home this holiday weekend. Choose between a turkey, or a ham dinner, both complete with a soup course, fixings, and a side. Lina’s offers a wide range of other great catering items, too, like the large charcuterie boxes.
When: order by October 4, 2023, 48-hour notice required
Where: 4009 11th Street SE
How much: $40 per person
Sunterra Market
Sunterra Market, and its many Calgary locations, make it a reliable and convenient place for fresh premade foods. Sunterra’s premade meals are especially helpful around the holidays, including Thanksgiving. Allow them to help with your Thanksgiving plans with their tasty set of individual meals, or as Family Feasts. The Family Feast prices come out to a buy-three-get-one-free deal! Sunterra’s Thanksgiving feasts include entrees like herb turkey breast, glazed ham, prime rib, or cauliflower steaks.
When: pickup or delivery October 6-9, 2023
Where:
- 200 12 Ave. SE
- 1851 Sirocco Dr. SW
- 803 49 Ave. SW
- 450 1 St. SW
- 2536 Kensington Rd. NW
- 855 2 St. SW
How Much: $28.99-$35.99 per person; $86.99-107.99 per family feast
Hotel Arts
Cater your family’s holiday meal with the Take-Home Thanksgiving Dinners from the Hotel Arts. The downtown Calgary hotel has all of the important parts of a Thanksgiving dinner covered; all you need to do is heat and serve! The individual dinners include buns, soup, salad, turkey breast, stuffing, vegetables, and cheesecake. The meals are available as gluten-free or dairy-free as well.
When: Order by October 4, 2023, pickup October 8-9, 2023
Where: 119 12 Ave. SW
How much: $75 per person
Atco Blue Flame Kitchen
The Atco Blue Flame Kitchen has a few different options for how they can help with your Thanksgiving dinner in Calgary. These include a brined and raw turkey breast, ready to roast, as well as full turkey dinners, or just the pie. All of these items feed 4-6 people. The Blue Flame Kitchen’s pecan pie is available in gluten-free, too.
When: Order by October 4, 2023; pickup October 7, 2023
How Much: $285 per 4-6 people, or prepared turkey $50 per 4-6 people
Where: ATCO Park – 5302 Forand St. SW
Gilded Spoon
Take your pick between two of the Gilded Spoon’s takeaway turkey dinners. If you need a tasty meal planned for Thanksgiving in Calgary, look no further than their Turkey Roulade meal, or the Juniper Turkey meal. Both dinners feed up to four people. Additionally, The Gilded Spoon has a menu of accompaniments and sides available for ordering.
When: delivery on October 7
How Much: Turkey Roulade $115 per four people; Juniper Turkey $100 per four people; $115 for all four sides per four people
Where: #4059, 918 – 16 Ave NW, Calgary
Thanksgiving Meals for Dine-in or Take-away
The Fairmont Palliser & Hawthorn Room
The Fairmont Palliser and the hotel’s Hawthorn Room have a way for you to create a night out on the town from your Thanksgiving dinner, as well as a way to enjoy it in the comfort of your home. Join the hotel for the in-person Hawthorn Thanksgiving Dinner and enjoy three-course prix-fixe menu of seasonal and traditional plates. The hotel’s 2023 Turkey to Go come in a medium turkey size for up to eight people, or a large turkey size for up to 15 people.
Dine-in
When: October 6-9, 2023
How much: $70 per person
Take-away
When: Order by October 4; pick-up October 8-9
Where: 133 9 Ave. SW
How much: $425 per 8 people; $625 per 15 people
The Calgary Zoo
Plan your family dinner around your own table or plan a day out at the zoo! No matter your preference, going out or staying in, The Calgary Zoo can help with two different dining experiences. For a day at the Zoo, plus a feast, join the Calgary Zoo for their in-person Harvest Dinner at the Safari Lodge. Or take the Harvest Dinner home! Some items require some simple reheating.
Dine-in
When: dine-in October 9, 2023
Where: 210 St. George’s Drive NE
How much: child $29.95, adult $48.95
Take-away
When: order while supplies last, pickup October 7-9, 2023
How much: $300 per 6 people
The Carriage House Hotel & Conference Centre
The Carriage House Hotel has Thanksgiving dinner ready for you in three different ways. Choose between the hotel’s Turkey Dinner-to-Go, the Thanksgiving Sunday brunch buffet, or the restaurant’s in-person Thanksgiving dinner. The takeaway meal is available as either roasted turkey entrée, prime rib, or baked ham.
Dine-in
When: brunch October 8; dinner October 8-9, 2023
Where: 9030 Macleod Trail South
How much: Brunch $20 per child, $40 per adult; dinner $50-60 per adult, $25 per child
Take-away
When: Order by October 5, pickup October 7-9, 2023
How much: $255-335 per 6-7 people; $360-$615 per 12-14 people
Hotel Blackfoot
The Hotel Blackfoot’s Thanksgiving Carve-a-Deal is back for 2023! The dinner features a 13lb. roast turkey that fees up to 10 people. Along with the bird are a wide variety of sides, and two desserts. The hotel will host in-person events as well at the Green’s Restaurant. Choose between the in-person brunch buffet, or the dinner buffet.
Dine-in
When: October 8, 2023
How much: $45-$48 per adult, $25-$34 per child
Where: Hotel Blackfoot – 5940 Blackfoot Trail SE
Take-away
When: pickup October 6-9, must provide 48 hours’ notice
How much: $450 per 8-10 people
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Dine-in Thanksgiving Meals in Calgary
Thomsons Kitchen & Bar
There are two Thanksgiving 2023 events planned at Thomsons Kitchen & Bar in Calgary. These include a Sunday brunch buffet, or a set family-style dinner which is available all weekend. The Sunday brunch buffet can satisfy any holiday craving with a large spread of sweet and savoury items. The family-style dinner includes three courses of traditional turkey and Thanksgiving accompaniments.
When: brunch buffet October 8; family style set dinner October 6-9, 2023
Where: 112 8 Ave SE
How much: buffet $74 pr adult, $37 per child; dinner $55 per adult, $28 per child
Flores & Pine
Flores & Pine have a delectable brunch and dinner planned for the upcoming Thanksgiving weekend: you and your family have the option to join the restaurant for either brunch or dinner. Flores & Pine’s Thanksgiving Family Brunch includes a great variety of seasonal flavours, while the dinner will offer three different entrée options with pumpkin cheesecake for dessert.
When: October 8, 2023
Where: 254028 Bearspaw Rd.
How much: brunch $65, dinner $95 per person
The Wainwright Hotel at Heritage Park
The Thanksgiving meal at Heritage Park’s Wainwright Hotel is a perfect chance to get out of the house for the day. You’ll need to get park admission before getting to the hotel, where the restaurant has a seasonal a la carte menu. This Thanksgiving menu is only available for the weekend. And afterwards, you and your group or family will have the entire park to explore!
When: October 7-9, 2023
Where: 1900 Heritage Dr. SW (inside the park gates)
How much: a la carte menu with price of park admission
The Selkirk Grille at Heritage Park
A trip to the Selkirk Grille for Thanksgiving celebrations in Calgary will give you the option to visit Heritage Park, as admission is not required for this restaurant. The Selkirk Grille is offering a three-course Thanksgiving Dinner for Sunday only. The meal includes turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, salad, and pumpkin cheesecake for dessert. A great way to work up an appetite for this large meal is with a walk around the Heritage Park grounds before dinner.
When: October 8, 2023
Where: 1900 Heritage Dr. SW (outside the park gates)
How much: $49 per person
Flower & Wolf
Pick between two different gourmet Thanksgiving experiences from Flower & Wolf in Calgary this year. Flower & Wolf’s three-course dinner is available for the long weekend and features a free-range turkey roulade as the entrée. Plus, they’ll host a brunch buffet on Thanksgiving Sunday with a huge spread of Thanksgiving classics, breakfast foods, cold items, and sweets.
When: brunch buffet October 8, three-course dinner October 6-9, 2023
Where: 255 Barclay Parade SW
How much: three-course dinner $59 per person, brunch buffet $84 per person
Garden Court at the Glenmore Inn
Do you prefer to treat your group to an afternoon out, or an evening out on Thanksgiving Sunday? No matter the case, the Garden Court at the Glenmore Inn has a table set for you. Choose between the Glenmore Inn restaurant’s festive Sunday Brunch, or evening Thanksgiving dinner buffet. Each buffet will feature a carving station with more than turkey.
When: brunch and dinner buffet October 8, 2023
Where: 1000 Glenmore Court SE Calgary
How much: brunch and dinner buffet $40 per adult, $25-$35 per child
Mohave Grill at Deerfoot Inn
Celebrate Thanksgiving in Calgary with the Mohave Grill in via two different experiences. The Mohave Grill will host a Thanksgiving Sunday Brunch Buffet, set to feature turkey, ham, sweets, and all the brunch favourites. Plus, the Grill will host a three-course dinner later that evening. The Grill’s Thanksgiving Dinner gives you entrée options for either turkey, or prime rib.
When: October 8, 2023
How much: brunch buffet $21.95 per child, $44.95 per adult; three-course dinner $43.95 per person
Where: 1000 11500 35 St. SE
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