If none of the options in last week’s column about Thanksgiving dining appealed to you, read on. Most of these spots are serving Nov. 27 or providing takeout, but The Mont is cooking up some holiday dishes all week.
Holidays can be tough for people separated from their families, so here’s a quick shoutout to everybody celebrating Friendsgiving. Whether the stuffing is served at a kitchen table or dished up in a fancy hotel dining room, this food fest is always an opportunity to get heartfelt and tell your loved ones you care about them before fighting over the last slice of pie.
Or skip the vulnerability and go straight to the pie. You do you.
Multicourse holiday week specials at The Mont
The Mont is not open Nov. 27, but diners can experience its festive five-course and eight-course tasting menus throughout Thanksgiving week. A PR email describes both menus as capturing “the essence of fall through artful presentations and deep, comforting flavors,” on top of their regular a la carte options. The five-course menu costs $75 and the eight-course version is $90.
Menu items mentioned were a mushroom bisque, harvest salad, duck breast, and butternut squash ravioli with mushroom conserva and Parmesan. For dessert there’s sweet potato custard with sablé — classic French shortbread — and meringue. The eight-course menu features flounder with apple-seaweed dashi, potato pavé with black truffle and caviar sauce, and wild boar.
Reservations are available on Resy.
4729 Saint Armand Circle, Fort Worth; 817-502-3400
Cobblers, pies and full meals from Blue Mound Cafe
For $149, Blue Mound Cafe will prepare your meal for pick up, according to their social media post, complete with turkey, two sides, cranberry sauce and either a dozen rolls or cornbread. Customers can pick from the following family sides: dressing, buttered corn, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes and gravy, cabbage, pinto beans and macaroni and cheese.
They’ll cover your dessert for an extra charge. Pies are $30 and come in chocolate, coconut, banana, German chocolate, pumpkin and pecan. Their banana pudding and blackberry, peach and pecan cobblers are all $40.
Blue Mound Cafe has locations in Fort Worth, Saginaw, North Richland Hills and Arlington. Presale ends Nov. 23. Call 817-946-5222 to order.
6455 Hilltop Drive, Suite 101, North Richland Hills; 817-393-3368;
4120 W. Vickery Blvd., Fort Worth; 682-841-0333
Brunch, turkey dinner at Cut & Bourbon
Cut & Bourbon, the restaurant based in the Live! By Loews hotel in the Arlington Entertainment District, has two culinary options for Thanksgiving: a brunch buffet 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and a traditional dinner 5-10 p.m. Brunch will take place in the Arlington Foyer on the hotel’s second floor and offers brunch classics like pancakes, omelets, Benedicts, avocado toast and migas.
The cost is $98 per adult and $35 for kids 6-12. Children 5 and younger eat free and valet parking is complimentary for brunch guests. Reservations are encouraged and are available through Resy.
The turkey will be served in the restaurant. Executive chef Robert Carr’s dinner service will include a slow-roasted turkey breast, braised thigh roulade for $60 and a Thanksgiving special, which staff said was still in the works as of Nov. 6. Pricing will be a la carte, according to a PR email, and their usual a la carte menu will also be available all day. Dinner reservations can be made on Resy.
Valet parking is complimentary for both brunch and dinner guests.
1600 E. Randol Mill Road, Arlington; 682-277-4950
Whiskey cake from … Whiskey Cake
Since their namesake is the only dessert Whiskey Cake serves, it makes sense this staple is an optional add-on to their precooked Thanksgiving dinner. The carryout meal runs for $128 and serves five, according to the Fort Worth location’s website.
This turkey comes smoked with bourbon and rosemary gravy, cranberry chutney and sides of creamed Brussels sprouts, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, turkey sausage, poblano and Gouda stuffing, and potato rolls with butter.
Half a whiskey cake goes for $42 and serves 8-10 people while a $78 full cake serves 18-20. Other add-ons are macaroni and cheese with bacon fat bread crumbs for $25, an $18 sweet potato casserole with candied pecans, and bottles of red or white wine for $30 each.
Customers can place orders on their website and schedule pick ups for Nov. 25-26.
2849 Heritage Trace Parkway, Fort Worth; 817-289-3691
Brunch buffet, kids activities at Farena
Another Loews property is serving brunch 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 27 complete with both breakfast classics and roasted turkey with the usual sides, ham, prime rib and seasonal desserts. Farena is the Loews Arlington Hotel’s resident Italian restaurant where foodies will find a parfait and oatmeal bar, made-to-order omelets and Italian pastries, according to a press release, along with kids activities and live entertainment.
For the grown-ups, mimosas, bellinis and bloody marys are available by the glass or bottomless for an additional charge. Adults dine for $60, kids 6-12 for $30 and younger children eat free. Like the Live! By Loews services, valet is free for diners. Reservations can be made on Resy.
888 Nolan Ryan Expressway, Arlington; 800-235-6397
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Erin Ratigan is a freelance journalist and writer specializing in narrative news features. You can find her on X @erinratigan.
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