Holiday Eatings

Best restaurants in Fort Worth for dining on Thanksgiving Day 2018

The dish that most people eat on Thanksgiving.

Aside from an occasion to feel gratitude for what we have, Thanksgiving is also a great time to eat what is very possibly the best meal all year. Pumpkin pie alone deserves its own holiday.

This year, the holiday falls on November 22. The clock is ticking. Here's where to find Thanksgiving dinner — or, if you prefer, brunch — in Fort Worth:

Bird Cafe
Brunch with honey glazed ham shank, cranberry compote, grits, pork shank, and honey jus; smoked turkey sandwich with stuffing, turkey gravy, and cranberry compote; and toasted pumpkin pancakes with toasted pepitas. Regular brunch favorites and cocktail specials are also available. 10 am-3 pm. 817-332-2473.

Blue Mesa Grill
Special holiday brunch buffet includes usual award-winning brunch fare plus carving station with turkey and glazed ham, corncake stuffing, harvest salad, soups, cranberry-jalapeño relish, baked mac ‘n cheese, pumpkin flan, nutty pecan-walnut bars, and more. 10 am-3 pm. $22 includes champagne, Mimosas, coffee, tea or soft drink. $7 for 11 and under. 817-332-6372.

Capital Grille
Turkey dinner comes with brioche stuffing, mashed potatoes, French green beans with Marcona almonds, and cranberry-pear chutney. Regular menu also available. 10 am-10 pm. $42 or $15 for 12 and under. 817-348-9200.

Cast Iron
Omni Fort Worth has both brunch and dinner options. Hotel brunch includes carving stations, salads, cinnamon toast, eggs, maple bacon, fruits, cheese, and charcuterie. 11 am-3 pm. $65 or $35 for 12 and under. Dinner at the Cast Iron includes choices such as turkey with stuffing, salmon, short rib, pumpkin pie, and cinnamon apple cobbler. $45 or $25 for 12 and under. 817-350-4106.

Chef Point Cafe
Turkey dinner with cornbread stuffing, mashed potatoes, and vegetables. Other options include stuffed mushrooms, crab-stuffed artichoke bottoms, oxtail, chicken & waffles, roasted duck, blackened stuffed chicken, pork chops, prime rib, and bread pudding. 10 am-6 pm. $35. 817-656-0080.

Cru
Three-course meal of Thanksgiving dishes with seasonal focus and complimentary glass of Angry Orchard Rosé Cider. 12-9 pm. $42, or $21 for 12 and under. At all four locations including Fort Worth 817-737-9463.

Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House
Turkey dinner with choice of appetizer and dessert, from options such as butternut squash soup, turkey breast with apple-sausage stuffing, mashed sweet potatoes, Chateau potatoes, cranberry relish, and pecan pie a la mode. 11 am-8 pm. $49. 817-877-3999.

Del Frisco's Grille
Elevated twists on classic Thanksgiving favorites such as butternut squash bisque, turkey breast with apple-sage sausage stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin cheesecake. Regular menu items such as cheesesteak eggrolls and prime steaks will also be available. 11 am-8 pm. Southlake 817-410-3777; Fort Worth 817-887-9900.

Eddie V's Prime Seafood
Turkey with brioche sage stuffing, whipped potatoes, French green beans, butternut squash, and cranberry chutney. 10 am-10 pm. $42 or $15 for 12 and under. 817-336-8000.

LAW
Restaurant at Four Seasons Dallas will host an all-day brunch buffet with turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, roasted root vegetables, roasted Brussels sprouts, charred green beans, cornbread or apple-sausage stuffing, prime rib, salmon, glazed ham, a raw bar with seafood such as crab claws and shucked oysters, brunch options such as banans foster French toast, omelets, croissants eggs benedict, poke and sushi rolls,a salad bar, cheese and charcuterie, and a dessert station with two dozen options including made-to-order cake doughnut bar. 10:30 am-7:30 pm. $95 or $45 for 12 and under. 972-717-2420.

Lonesome Dove
Turkey with sides and desserts, plus regular menu. 11 am-8 pm. $48. 817-740-8810.

Mimi's Cafe
Brunch begins at 7 am, segueing to lunch and dinner with a traditional meal featuring choice of soup or salad, turkey, cornbread stuffing, green bean casserole, and choice of pumpkin or pecan pie. 11 am-8 pm. Take-home option includes turkey, cornbread stuffing, candied pecan sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, apple cranberry orange relish, gravy, two carrot nut loaves, and pumpkin pie. $105 for 8-10 people, or $50 for just the sides, no turkey.

Perry's Steakhouse
Three-course meal includes choice of butternut squash soup or Honey Crisp apple salad; turkey breast with mashed potatoes, green bean almandine, sausage and sage cornbread stuffing, and cranberry relish; and pumpkin pie. 11 am-9 pm. $50 or $15 for kids. Grapevine, 682-477-2261.

Truluck's
Three-course meal includes turkey breast with parmesan mashed potatoes, cornbread stuffing, and gravy, plus pumpkin pie. Choice of lobster bisque or clam chowder; and choice of creamed spinach, asparagus, broccoli, or mac and cheese. 11 am-9 pm. $40 or $15 for 12 and under. Southlake 817-912-0500.

Restaurant 506 at The Sanford House
Three-course lunch includes choice of butternut squash soup or winter green salad; turkey dinner, Southwestern pork frittata, NY strip, or seared striped bass with braised cabbage; and choice of pumpkin custard or caramelized apple tart with vanilla ice cream. Kids' meal has choice of turkey dinner or chicken tenders. 11 am-2:30 pm. $55 or $15 for kids. 817-801-5541.

Woodshed Smokehouse
Smoked turkey with crispy potatoes and Brussels sprouts, plus regular menu. 11 am-10 pm. $49 or $26 for 12 and under. 817-877-4545.

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Cheers to the top Fort Worth restaurants for brunch on New Year's Day 2019

Photo courtesy of Tricky Fish

The Nola Benedict from Tricky Fish.

It’s a day for a fresh start, setting new goals, or just another reason to indulge with brunch. While New Year’s Day falls on a Tuesday, there’s no shortage of local restaurants offering their typical Sunday Funday brunch best. For those who’ll need a little luck this year, there will be plenty of black-eyed peas specials, too.

These restaurants are open on New Year's Day to help you celebrate the start of 2019:

B&B Butchers & Restaurant
The high-end steakhouse will offer a “Hangover Cure Brunch” from 11 am-3 pm, with oversized “manmosas” (or mimosas served in a pilsner glass) and black-eyed peas with greens. The regular Sunday brunch menu, which features Benedicts, stuffed French toast, pancakes and waffles, will also be available.

Bird Café
While the normal weekend brunch menu won’t be offered, the Sundance Square restaurant will offer a couple brunch specials for the day starting at 11 am.

Blue Mesa
Mimosas (or straight bubbly sans the OJ) are included in this $22-per person brunch buffet. Menu items range from huevos rancheros and omelets to blue corn cheese enchiladas and black bean adobe pie. Brunch will be served from 10 am-3 pm, and children age 6 to 11 are $7.

Chef Point
The Watauga gas station restaurant will serve its weekend brunch menu from 11 am-2 pm, along with black-eyed peas all day. French toast bread pudding, monte cristo sandwiches with strawberry jam, and Chef Point’s “better than sex” fried chicken and waffles are some of the menu highlights. Or go big with the towering “bloody best” bloody Mary — a double size cocktail that comes with skewers of fried chicken, a slider, waffle fries, grilled shrimp, and bacon.

Doc B's Restaurant & Bar
The no-fuss restaurant will be open all day for lunch and dinner, serving its famous candied bacon, The Angry Meatball, shredded Brussels sprouts salad, oven roasted chicken wings, and wedge burger.

Little Red Wasp
The downtown diner will serve brunch features from 11 am all the way until 4 pm, with stick-to-your-ribs dishes like short rib Benedict with poached eggs, chilaquiles, and a chicken biscuit smothered with black pepper gravy that’s big enough to share. Don’t miss the cinnamon and sugar-tossed doughnut holes.

Mash’d
Go for $2 mimosas (which come in peach, blood orange, and blackberry, too), and something called "Bloody Mary’s Hillbilly Cousin," which is made with moonshine and is only $5. Brunch dishes range from egg lasagna — baked with layers of cheddar, sausage, and tomatoes — and caramel moonshine French toast, to a pancake so big it’s called “manhole.” Check with the restaurant directly for an opening time by this weekend, which will either be 10 am or 11 am.

Razzoo’s Cajun Café
While the lively Louisiana eatery doesn’t officially serve brunch, there will be $5 Moonshine Marys and Hair of the Dog cocktails all day. Open at 11 am.

Righteous Foods
Chew a little more wisely at this west Fort Worth restaurant, where brunch items include healthier options like acai bowls, veggie burritos, coconut chia seed pudding, and zucchini and walnut muffins. Detox from New Year’s Eve shenanigans with cold-pressed juices and drinking vinegars, or retox responsibly with organic cocktails. Brunch will start early at 9 am and run until 2 pm.

Tricky Fish
The Gulf coast-inspired Cajun seafood eatery will offer its popular weekend brunch menu from 10 am-2 pm. Visit for praline pancakes, fried shrimp and oyster grits, bananas foster monkey bread, and fried green tomatoes topped with blackened shrimp. Wash it all down with micheladas, prosecco mimosas, or tequila and grapefruit juice palomas.

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