Thanksgiving meals abound on the Las Vegas Strip and beyond

Few holidays bring families together quite like Thanksgiving does. And while many of those get-togethers are in homes across the country, some will be happening all up and down the Las Vegas Strip, as most of the city’s premier dining destinations offer special holiday menus on Nov. 28. (For all the following, reservations are strongly encouraged.)

For a fun twist on the traditional Thanksgiving meal, check out Carversteak at Resorts World Las Vegas, which offers three courses: your choice of butternut squash or roasted duck gnocchi with black truffle; a Diestel Farms organic turkey breast and dark meat, served with traditional gravy, potato puree, garlic sausage stuffing and cranberry sauce; and your choice of a warm pecan tart or traditional pumpkin pie.

Over at Yardbird Southern Table & Bar at The Venetian, you can enjoy two distinct holiday meals. There’s an herb-roasted turkey with mashed potatoes, biscuit stuffing, spiced honey-glazed Brussels sprouts, bourbon brown butter-glazed yams and brown butter bourbon pumpkin pie, or you go with a meal of fried chicken (24 pieces!), featuring Yardbird’s famous 27-hour brined chicken, mac and cheese and biscuits, with the same pumpkin pie for dessert.

Downtown at Oscar’s Steakhouse at Plaza, a traditional feast awaits you and your family, including butternut squash soup with sherry cream, turkey with the chef’s selection of the traditional fixings, and your choice of maple pumpkin pie or chocolate pecan pie for dessert.

For something completely different, Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer at The Venetian serves up a chicken fried turkey sandwich! This beast is topped with country gravy, watercress, shaved red onions and cilantro, and is served with loaded mashed potato tater tots. And desserts don’t get much more decadent than Black Tap’s Pecan Pie CrazyShake, which includes a vanilla-frosted rim with Texas glazed pecans topped with a slice of pecan pie, whipped cream, caramel drizzle and, of course, a cherry on top.

Over at Circa Resort & Casino downtown, Barry’s Downtown Prime will serve a traditional Thanksgiving feast, including white and dark turkey meat with mashed potatoes, traditional stuffing, baby carrots, creamed corn, cranberry sauce and turkey gravy, along with your choice of desserts like F-ing Chocolate Cake, banana cream pie or pumpkin cheesecake ($22 apiece).

Back on the Strip, Eiffel Tower Restaurant at Paris Las Vegas offers a three-course menu of pumpkin soup with duck confit, turkey with chestnut dressing and Old-Fashioned-style pecan pie.

For an elegant, seafood-forward Thanksgiving, Michael Mina at Bellagio has an amazing lineup of selections like ahi tuna tartare, butternut squash soup and Michael’s lobster pot pie.

For a Thanksgiving with unbeatable views, Top of the World at The STRAT has offerings like maple chipotle sweet potato chowder with apple cranberry chutney and bacon lardons, cider-brined roasted turkey with roasted andouille stuffing, cracked pepper and brie mornay, and brown sugar-whipped acorn squash, all topped off with salted caramel apple crumble cake with cream cheese frosting for dessert.

Here are some other fantastic Thanksgiving options:

• At Prime Steakhouse at Bellagio, enjoy free-range turkey, chestnut stuffing, market mushrooms and chives, autumn vegetables and a spiced pumpkin cheesecake.

• At Bouchon at The Venetian, chef Thomas Keller’s menu includes turkey with bakery stuffing, whipped potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry and turkey gravy, red wine-braised beef short rib with fingerling potatoes, button mushrooms, and pan-seared day boat scallops with mushroom risotto and crisy kale chips.

• Buddy V’s Ristorante at The Venetian serves up a three-course prix fixe menu, including roasted butternut squash soup, slow-roasted turkey breast with turkey sausage and pancetta herb stuffing, sweet yams, cranberry relish and classic gravy, all topped off with tres leches-soaked pumpkin cake with Disaronno whipped cream and candied pepitas for dessert.

• Brera Osteria at The Venetian serves a butternut squash salad (made with frisee, endive, pomegranate, stracchino cheese, aged balsamic and toasted pepitas), pumpkin ravioli in sage brown butter and a hazelnut and pomegranate glaze, roasted turkey, mushroom stuffing, green beans, cranberries, garlic whipped potatoes and herb gravy.

• Matteo’s Ristorante Italiano at The Venetian goes the Italian route with zuppa di zucca (aka butternut squash soup), homemade gnocchi with sweet potato, roasted squash, castelrosso cream and pomegranate, and roasted turkey, Italian sausage, with pumpkin pie for dessert.

• Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab at The Forum Shops at Caesars serves a traditional feast with sliced turkey breast with leg and thigh confit and pan gravy, accompanied with classic stuffing, Jennie’s mashed potatoes, citrus cranberry relish, green beans and butternut squash with toasted marshmallow, with pumpkin chiffon pie for dessert.

• Mon Ami Gabi at Paris Las Vegas offers a holiday prix fixe menu created by executive chef Vincent Pouessel. The four courses include endive and pear salad, herb-roasted turkey, pumpkin bread pudding and much more.

• Carbone at Aria can enjoy Mario Carbone’s take on a classic dinner spread with turkey served with cranberry mostarda and cornbread stuffing, topped with rich turkey jus, all finished off with pumpkin pie.

• Tom Colicchio’s Craftsteak at MGM Grand starts its Thanksgiving meal with a. Bloomsdale spinach sald with black truffle vinaigrette, Asian pears and candied walnuts, followed by roasted and braised Norbest Farms organic turkey with natural jus. Dessert features a pumpkin tart.

• 1228 Main in the Las Vegas Arts District offers a to-go meal deal, with pickup available on Thanksgiving Day. It includes slow-roasted free-range turkey (both sliced breast and confit dark meat), along with sides like buttered green beans topped with toasted almonds, maple-glazed sweet potatoes, Yukon potato puree, and signature sourdough stuffing with celery, leeks and savory herbs. For dessert, enjoy house-made apple and pumpkin pies.

• McCall’s Heartland Grill at The STRAT has the traditional feast you know and love: cherrywood-smoked turkey, sausage and herb stuffing, mashed potatoes, haricots verts casserole, spiced cranberry sauce and gravy, with pumpkin hand pies with spiced crème anglaise for dessert.

• Stay at The STRAT for PT’s Wings & Sports’ “All the Fixings” Thanksgiving special: chipotle-marinated turkey breast, honey-glazed ham, mashed potatoes, roasted baby carrots, stuffing and cranberry compote, with pumpkin pie with whipped cream for dessert.

• The STRAT Café offers “Mom’s Dinner” for the holidays, featuring turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, yams, green beans and cranberry relish, topped off with pumpkin pie with whipped cream.

• Aqua at Resorts World Las Vegas has a special to-go menu curated by chef Shaun Hergatt. It serves up to six people and includes your choice of either herb butter oven-roasted turkey or a chateaubriand, Chinese sausage stuffing, huckleberry sauce, fig bread pudding with crème anglaise, mini cornbread with honey butter and Kaluga caviar.

• Crossroads Kitchen, a plant-based restaurant at Resorts World Las Vegas, offers a buffet-style dinner that includes Romaine Caesar with garlic focaccia croutons and Caesar dressing, Waldorf salad made with endive, little gem lettuce, pears, grapes, candied walnuts and creamy yogurt vinaigrette, assorted cheese platter with seasonal fruits, breaded scallopini, roasted herb lions mane mushrooms with gravy and cranberry sauce, Brussels sprouts with pine nuts, currants and maple Dijon vinaigrette, green bean casserole, whipped potatoes, holiday stuffing, mac and cheese, sweet potato biscuits with maple butter, pumpkin pie and apple cobbler with vanilla ice cream.

• For a Bavarian-themed holiday dinner, Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas serves up butternut squash cream soup garnished with croutons and fresh chives, golden-fried brie cheese served alongside a winter salad topped with crispy fried parsley and cranberries, roasted turkey with thyme-infused gravy, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, stuffing, corn and sweet glazed yams. Enjoy a pumpkin cranberry bread pudding drizzled with cinnamon sauce and served with vanilla ice cream.

• Go a bit off-Strip to Bistecca Italian Steakhouse at Tuscany Suites & Casino for its Thanksgiving special: For $75 per person, you get your choice of acorn squash soup or tri-colored salad, turkey roulade or turkey ragu, and sides like roasted maple baby carrots with tahini yogurt, rosemary focaccia stuffing, creamy mashed potatoes and citrus cranberry sauce, plus apple crostata for dessert.

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