For Thanksgiving: a sampling of options at Tucson restaurants
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 11.20.2008
If you're planning to dine out on Thanksgiving but you're not sure just where, here's a sampling of what's being offered at some Tucson restaurants and resorts. Expect that prices do not include tax and gratuity.
Cactus Rose in the Doubletree Hotel
445 S. Alvernon Way, 323-5220.
Thanksgiving brunch served 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Cost: $39.95; $34.95 for age 65 and up; $16.95 ages 6 to 12; free age 5 and under.
Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Resort
10000 N. Oracle Road; 544-1708.
• Brunch served 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Cost: $48; $17 ages 6 to 12; free age 5 and under. • Sundance Café serves buffet 4 to 9 p.m. Cost: $21; $12 ages 6 to 12; free age 5 and under.
Elle Wine Country Restaurant
3048 E. Broadway, 327-0500.
Dinner for pickup by 8 p.m. Nov. 26. Place your order by 6 p.m. Nov. 23.
Cost: $22 per person. Pumpkin or pecan pie for additional $15 each. Bottle of wine 50 percent off retail with takeout order.
JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa
3800 W. Starr Pass Blvd.
The resort is taking reservations at three locations.
• Primo (791-6071) offers breakfast buffet from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Cost: $22. Full menu from 4 to 9 p.m.
• Signature Grill (792-3500) offers Thanksgiving brunch from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Cost: $49; $18 ages 6 to 12; free age 5 and under.
• Catalina Steakhouse (670-0444) offers dinners to go.
Place your order between now and Nov. 25. The steakhouse will schedule pickup times between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Nov. 27.
Option one includes maple roasted turkey with a host of sides, pumpkin pie and a choice of a bottle of chardonnay or pinot noir. It serves six to eight, and costs $159.
Option two offers cornish game hen instead of turkey. It serves two to four, and costs $89.
Lodge on the Desert
306 N. Alvernon Way, 325-3434.
Four-course dinner served 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost: $38; $22 under 12; free under 4.
Lovin' Spoonfuls
2990 N. Campbell Ave., 325-7766.
Thanksgiving dinner is by reservation only. Seating will be between noon and 4 p.m.
The menu includes mock turkey in lemon tarragon sauce and mashed potatoes along with candied yams in an orange sherry sauce savory stuffing and more for $17.95 per person. Seating is limited.
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort
7000 N. Resort Drive.
• Canyon Café (615-5496) offers a buffet from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost: $52; $26 ages 12 and under.
• The Flying V Bar & Grill (615-5495) will serve its regular menu and holiday selections.
• The Ventana Room (615-5494) will serve a four-course menu with holiday selections. Cost: $100 per person.
Luna Bella
2990 N. Swan Road, 325-3895.
Brunch served 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. includes roasted turkey and honey baked ham along with lots of fixings, including pecan stuffing, bourbon honey yams, lasagna, antipasto platters, and traditional and Italian desserts. Cost: $29.95 per person.
O'Shaughnessy's Steakhouse & Piano Bar
2200 N. Camino Principal, 296-7464.
Musical Thanksgiving includes a whole deep-fried turkey and sides served to each dining group. Seating times are 2:30 and 5 p.m. Leftovers packed up for take-home.
Cost: Ranges from $30 each for two guests to $21 each for 11 to 14 guests.
Also, whole turkey dinners to go start at $85 for dinner for four.
Pastiche Modern Eatery
3025 N. Campbell Ave. 325-3333.
Special menu served noon to 8 p.m.
Red Sky
2900 N. Swan Road, 326-5454.
Thanksgiving a la carte menu served 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Entrees include roasted turkey with garlic mashed potatoes, pecan stuffing, fall vegetables and sage gravy.
Westward Look Resort
245 E. Ina Road, 297-1151.
• Lookout Bar & Grille breakfast buffet served from 7 to 11:30 a.m. Cost is $14; $7 for ages 5 to 10; free age 4 and under.
• Gold Room serves a three-course dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Cost is $49; $24.50 ages 5 to 10; free ages 4 and under.
• Sonoran Ballroom buffet served 1 to 5 p.m., includes live music. Cost is $47; $23.50 ages 5 to 10; free age 4 and under.
Casino Del Sol
5655 W. Valencia Road, 838-6777
• Bellisimos will serve a four-course dinner from 3 to 10 p.m. Entrée options are certified Angus prime rib, roasted free-range turkey breast or pan seared wild salmon. A choice of flourless chocolate deca-dense cake, cinnamon spiced pumpkin mousse pie or toasted pecan chile tartlet are offered for dessert.
Prices range from $28 to $42.
• Tequila Factory has a traditional Sonoran Thanksgiving buffet. Seating begins at 10 a.m. with the last seating at 3 p.m. There will also be live mariachi entertainment. Brunch menu is $19.95; $6.95 for under age 12.
It will offer its regular dinner menu with two holiday specials from 5 to 10 p.m. The first holiday dinner is an assortment of roasted turkey, giblet sage gravy, corn bread chorizo stuffing and sun dried cranberry compote with candied sweet potatoes for $16.95. The second holiday dinner is a 12-ounce chile dusted prime rib Angus beef, baked potato and rosemary poblano jus for $18.95.
• Moby’s will offer roasted turkey breast dinner special for $11.95.
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