I plan on renewing an old family tradition by taking a ride up to the Cozy Inn in Thurmont. The food is pretty good (love the slippery pot pie) and if you take the back roads instead of US Rt 15 the drive is great.

Good call, Swifty. Everything about the Cozy Inn screams fall comfort foods. I wish I could join you!

We have done the Cozy Inn Thanksgiving thing on occassion and always had a good traditional Thanksgiving supper. It does get crowded though and you should get reservations.

Agree with you Big Switfy, the back roads drive is very nice. I particuarly like going through Emmitsburg because it's such a cute little old town.

I'll be following my usual holiday tradition of movies from the library and chocolate.

spammer at 4:57

Every year I get the urge to eat Thanksgiving Dinner out but renege and cook instead. We ate out the year I worked on Thanksgiving Day and done in the right spirit it's really a lot of fun. Thanksgiving cooks are simply born that way; it's in the stars and you can't escape your destiny. Lord, the looks you get if you threaten not to cook. It's not worth it, just get to SuperFresh and get the @!%*# turkey and carry on.

It would actually be very helpful to have a list of restaurants in Baltimore offering Thanksgiving meals. I do hope that you plan on conducting that kind of survey sometime this fall. It takes a long time to cull this information from other websites. Thanks.

Not sure if it has always been so, but I have gotten several e-mails from The Prime Rib letting me know they are taking reservations for Thanksgiving.

You know, we actually LIKE cooking the Thanksgiving dinner. Of course it helps that my husband takes charge of the turkey (and it can never be too big as far as he is concerned). From my perspective, the best part is quality leftovers. My sister even likes our stuffing for breakfast.

Like Dahlink, I also like cooking Thanksgiving dinner. On years when I have to do Thanksgiving at someone else's house, I cook my own on the Friday.

Not sure what I'm going to do this year, as my stepdaughter is trying to get me to run in a 5K race on Thanksgiving morning.

I like doing TG at home too. I like the leftovers better than the meal.

Hal, would that be the Turkey Trot? I hear it's pretty fun.

A welcome addition to our Thanksgiving repertoire is Hal's oyster stuffing. Thanks again for that recipe, Hal!

Joyce, it's indeed called a Turkey Trot. It's at (or at least run by) the Towson YMCA.

Hal, I hear it's wildly popular. My sister and her family do it every year. I've considered it but I usually don't feel like getting up that early on a day off.

Great excuse right?

Petit Louis Bistro will be opening for Thanksgiving this year. It's a first. The menu has yet to be decided but the hours will most likely be 1pm-8pm.

Thanks. Keep us posted on details. EL

I just wanted to mention that Kali's Court will be donating a portion of the proceeds from Thanksgiving to the MD Food Bank.
We have a wonderful Thanksgiving menu, if anyone wants to see it, email us at kaliscourt@aol.com.

In addition to its regular menu, The Prime Rib is serving a special Thanksgiving meal for $24.95. Some time soon--sorry, I don't remember what day--they're having a "pre-Thanksgiving" celebration. You could probably find it on their website if you're interested.

I love to cook for Thanksgiving, but only because the hostess and I split the chores: she does bird/stuffing/veggies, I do nibbles/soup/desserts. There are never enough left-overs (because I'm greedy and am not allowed to take EVERYTHING home), so I cook my own small turkey and stuffing a couple of days later. Ahhhhhhh ... .

The Prime Rib told me the special menu was $39.95. Did you see that advertised somewhere? EL

Sorry Elizabeth, I THOUGHT the server said $24.95, but obviously I'm wrong. I'll save you the trouble and slap myself on the wrist.

I just called, and the $24.95 was the a la carte turkey dinner that was a special last week. The Thanksgiving dinner will be a three-course prix fixe. EL

Cafe Troia will be open Thanksgiving at 4 pm. We will offer our regular menu as well as a Traditional Turkey Dinner for $28.95. It includes organic turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, string beans and cranberry sauce. Reservations recommended.

i came to this site expecting a list of restaurants that would be serving on thanksgiving. silly me. i guess i will have to do the research myself.

You are more likely to find a list of restaurants that won't be serving on Thanksgiving; it would be smaller. EL

nicole?

"So many restaurants are open it doesn't make sense to list them all, but if there are any open for the first time like Kali's, that would be worth noting.
I also welcome any restaurant owners who want to give details of what they are offering this year, new or not. Please post below."

By they way, Kali's Court, the Cozy, the Prime Rib, Petit Louis Bistro, and Cafe Troia so far...

Check out the list at OPENTABLE.COM

See a list at OPENTABLE.COM

Any list on Open Table's website is bound to be limited to those restaurants that (1) are open on Thanksgiving, AND (2) are Open Table customers who pay for its services. As such, it can hardly pretend to be a comprehensive list of all restaurants that will be open that day.

Heard that Valley Inn, Falls Road and Patricks in Cockeysville are open on Thanksgiving.

Aren't most restaurants open on Thanksgiving?

In the past, Chinese restaurants were never open on Thanksgiving, but conversely were the only restaurants open on Christmas.

The Milton Inn is always open on Thanksgiving. Always packed on Thanksgiving, too.