A Thanksgiving Menu of Events and Dining Spots

Pre-Thanksgiving Festival

Red Apple Farm - Annual Thanksgiving Harvest Festival

455 Highland Avenue, Phillipston, MA 01331
978-249-6763, www.RedAppleFarm.com

Join the Rose’s at the farm the weekend before Thanksgiving (Nov. 21st & 22rd, 10 AM - 4 PM) for the annual Thanksgiving Harvest Festival, held since 2003. Over 25 local family farms and businesses come together to offer all the best fixings for your Thanksgiving table and home. The festival features delicious food, local live music, and the Harvest X-Games. In the spirit of the holiday, you can get 1/2 off the $2 admission by bringing a non-perishable food donation, which will be used to support local food pantries.

Thanksgiving meals: Thursday, November 26, 2009

Fins & Tales

858 Main Street, Southbridge, MA
508-764-3349, www.Fins-and-Tales.com

• Make your reservations today. 12:00, 2:00 and 4:00pm seatings available.
• Three course prix-fixe menu $29.00 per person. 1/2 price for children 12 years and under. Includes coffee and tea.
• All prices subject to 7% meals tax and 18% gratuity.
• Adults: $29.00/pp Children: Under 12 - half price

Salem Cross Inn

260 West Main St. Route 9, West Brookfield, MA  01585
508-867-2345, www.salemcrossinn.com

There is no better place to celebrate a New England Thanksgiving feast than the Salem Cross Inn in West Brookfield, MA.  Watch native turkeys roast on the c.1700 roasting jack in the great fieldstone fireplace in the Tap Room while you listen to the soothing voice of Rob Adams.  Indulge in a traditional oven roasted free range turkey dinner with Granny's homemade stuffing, giblet gravy, cranberry orange relish, Breezeland Orchard apple cider, corn & red pepper relish, tossed garden salad, homemade whipped potato, Hadley butternut squash, green peas & buttered onions, candied sweet potato, homemade muffins, pecan rolls & nut breads. ($35.00)

For those non-traditionalists, try the lobster-crusted haddock ($38.00) and pepper crusted sirloin with gorgonzola cheese ($38.00). 

And...there is plenty of homemade desserts to offer too.

The Salem Cross Inn is accepting reservations from 11:30 until 4:00 pm

Four Points by Sheraton, Leominster

99 Erdman Way, Leominster, MA

Call 978-534-9000 - Ask for the Sales Office

“Gourmet To Go” - Thanksgiving Roast Turkey Dinner

Whole Grade A Turkey (20-22 lbs) and a dozen more fixings from rolls to dessert! Serves 15 people - $210.00 (includes tax)

Old Sturbridge Village

1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, MA 01566
508-347-0396, www.osv.org

• 9:30 AM-4:00 PM
• Call for reservations
• $20 adults; $18 seniors; $7 youth (ages 3-17); under 3 FREE  

Costumed interpreters demonstrate hearthside cooking (including the use of a tin kitchen), give thanks at a Meetinghouse service, hold an after-dinner target shoot, and otherwise celebrate this important American holiday the way early 19th-century New Englanders did. Learn about period table manners (such as eating with the knife, not the fork) and communal customs, including the popularity of holding weddings while family and friends were gathered for this holiday occasion. For an extra fee, enjoy a Thanksgiving Feast (for members, in the Bullard Tavern) or holiday buffet (in the Oliver Wight Tavern) of your own.

Sturbridge Host Hotel

366 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA  01566
508-347-7393, www.sturbridgehosthotel.com

• 11:00 am– 2:00 pm
• Reservations required
• menu available online
• $25.00 per person; $22.00 for Seniors; $14.95 for 10 yrs and under

Oxhead Tavern

366 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA
508-347-7393, www.sturbridgehosthotel.com

• serving from Noon – 8:00pm
• menu available online
• Reservations are required
• $28.00 Per Person

Wachusett Village Inn Thanksgiving Buffet 2009

9 Village Inn Road, Westminster, MA
978-571-2501, www.wachusettvillageinn.com

• Served every half hour from 10:30AM to 3:30PM
• menu available online
• Price $ 29.95 Adults;  $ 24.95 Seniors over 65;  $ 19.95 Kids 4 to 12

Chocksett Inn Thanksgiving Buffet

59 Laurelwood Rd, Sterling, MA
978-422-3355, www.chocksettinn.com

• 11:30am-3:30pm
• Menu available online

Black Friday, November 27

• Wachusett Mountain’s scheduled opening day.  A good alternative to Black Friday!