Yikes! Fort Worth restaurants booked fast for Thanksgiving. Try these, or get in line
Only a handful of upscale restaurants now show tables available for Thanksgiving after a sharp increase in late bookings.
Here’s a look at a few restaurants that might still have space available. The full list of restaurants serving Thanksgiving lunch was published Nov. 4 and can be found online at star-telegram.com/eatsbeat.
Check OpenTable.com and Resy.com to book online, or call:
Del Frisco’s and Saltgrass
▪ Del Frisco’s Double Eagle, 812 Main St., and Del Frisco’s Grille, 154 E. Third St., Fort Worth, and 1200 E. Southlake Blvd., Southlake, published their menus late. As a result, they have more tables available than most restaurants.
Both Del Frisco’s Grille locations are offering a three-course dinner with herb-roasted turkey; 817-887-9900, 817-410-3777; and delfriscosgrille.com.
The Del Frisco’s Double Eagle steakhouse is featuring prime rib, not turkey. The regular menu is also available; 817-877-3999, delfriscos.com.
▪ Saltgrass, now a Del Frisco’s corporate cousin, is serving a turkey dinner with salad or soup.
No reservations are needed, but expect lines. Saltgrass has seven Tarrant County locations; saltgrass.com.
Mercury Chophouse all night
Mercury Chophouse, 525 Taylor St., will open from 11 a.m. until midnight and serve a $49 turkey and ham platter all day with stuffing, sides and dessert, plus its regular menu and desserts.
This is where first responders go for Thanksgiving; 817-336-4129, mercuryfw.com.
The Kimpton Harper or Vin hotels
The excellent il Modo in the Kimpton Harper, 714 Main St., will offer a turkey-and-Italian-sausage-stuffing lunch and dinner with spaghetti pomodoro and pumpkin pie; 817-332-7200, theharperfortworth.com.
Bacchus Kitchen + Bar in Hotel Vin, 215 E. Dallas Road, Grapevine, has a $95 lunch buffet in the Bordeaux Ballroom with turkey and prime rib, chilled seafood, crepes, sides and desserts. Bacchus Kitchen also will offer a turkey dinner in the restaurant or to-go; 817-251-3040, bacchustx.com.
Fitzgerald in Fort Worth
Fitzgerald, 6115 Camp Bowie Blvd., will open for lunch and dinner and has good space available at midday or evening.
The menu features a Cajun stuffed duck-chicken roulade, along with the regular seafood menu and hummingbird cake; 817-349-9245, eatatfitz.com.
Brio in Southlake
Brio Italian Grille, 1431 Plaza Place, will offer a turkey dinner with sides and seems to have tables available; 817-310-3136, brioitalian.com.
No reservations needed
▪ Blue Mesa Grill, 612 Carroll St., will open at 9 a.m. and offer a $30 lunch buffet until 4 p.m. with turkey, stuffing and pies, plus salmon, a taco bar, omelets and waffles; 817-332-6372, bluemesagrill.com.
▪ Heaven’s Gate Restaurant, a family buffet restaurant at 3820 N. Main St., will open at 10 a.m. and offer a $19.99 serve-yourself lunch with turkey, brisket, steak and fajitas; 817-624-1262, heavensgaterestaurant.com.
▪ The Iron Skillet, 2001 Santa Fe Drive, Weatherford, inside the TA-Petro Travel Center, is open daily and will serve unlimited turkey and ham Christmas. Expect a line; 817-599-9411, facebook.com/IronSkilletWeatherford.
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▪ Jake & Dorothy’s Cafe, 406 E. Washington St., Stephenville, will serve lunch beginning at 11 a.m.; 254-965-5211, facebook.com,
Other country cafes such as the Koffee Kup Family Restaurant in Hico and Ranchman’s Cafe in Ponder are not opening this holiday.
▪ Lockhart Smokehouse in Texas Live!, 1650 E. Randol Mill Road, will open for lunch and dinner and serve its regular barbecue menu, including smoked turkey, brisket, Kreuz Market sausage and sides.
Other Texas Live! restaurants are open; 817-769-1747, texas-live.com.
▪ Luby’s, 3312 SE Loop 820, Forest Hill, will offer a $13.99 turkey-and-dressing platter that includes dessert; 817-293-0060, lubys.com.
▪ Ol’ South Pancake House, 1509 S. University Drive or 225 E. Renfro St., Burleson, will open all day and serve a $16.99 turkey-and-dressing dinner (over age 55, it’s $14.99) from lunch through dinner; 817-336-0311 or 817-989-9090, olsouthpancakehouse.com.
This story was originally published November 21, 2022 at 5:30 AM.
