While many restaurants in Asheville and Western North Carolina are closed on Thanksgiving, there are plenty of wonderful options for enjoying a holiday meal without doing the cooking yourself. We’ve got you covered with a list of restaurants offering dine-in Thanksgiving meals as well as those taking preorders for take-home dinners and sides. Be sure to contact each restaurant directly for availability, menu updates, pricing, and reservation or preorder details. We recommend planning ahead and securing your spot or ordering early to make your holiday stress-free.
Restaurants Offering Dine-in Experience
Bargello – downtown Asheville
The Bier Garden – downtown Asheville
The Blackbird Restaurant – downtown Asheville
Blue Mountain Pizza – Free community Thanksgiving dinner – Weaverville
Capella on 9 – downtown Asheville
Fork Lore – Biltmore Park
Glass Onion – Weaverville
Mëhfil – downtown Asheville
Moose Café – Next to WNC Farmer’s Market
Pack’s Tavern – Thanksgiving buffet – downtown Asheville
Posana – Biltmore Park location
Post 25 Kitchen & Lounge – Arden (also offering to-go Thanksgiving platters for preorder)
RendezVous – East Asheville
Strada Italiano – downtown Asheville
Wildwood Still – downtown Asheville
Businesses Offering Preorders for Pickup
12 Bones Smokehouse – South Asheville
67 Biltmore – downtown Asheville
Asheville Forager – downtown Asheville
Baked Pie Company – South Asheville
Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ – downtown Asheville
Black Bear BBQ – East Asheville
City Bakery – North Asheville
Hickory Nut Gap Farm – Fairview; pasture-raised turkeys
Luella’s Bar-B-Que – North & South Asheville locations
Moe’s Original BBQ – Woodfin
Moose Café – Next to WNC Farmer’s Market
Red Fiddle Vittles – South Asheville
The Rhu – downtown Asheville
Rocky’s Hot Chicken Shack – South & West Asheville locations
