Thanksgiving 2020 Round-up for Miami
While the circumstances this holiday season are not ideal due to COVID-19, your Thanksgiving menu doesn’t have to suffer. Take a look at our favorite spots to share your gratitude over a tasty and memorable meal at home or at the restaurant. And please Stay Smart. Stay Safe. Stay Healthy!
BOURBON STEAK (19999 W Country Club Drive, Aventura, Fla.)
Chef Michael Mina’s award-winning steakhouse will offer a three-course prix fixed menu priced at $105 per person (excluding tax and gratuity). The holiday menu consists of a Wood-Grilled Free-Range Turkey with cornbread-foie gras stuffing, tangerine cranberry sauce, garlic mashed potatoes, cider glazed yams and black truffle gravy. Other menu favorites include prime cuts of beef such as ‘Reuben’ Style Bone-in Short Rib, Filet Mignon and Veal Chop; Ice Cold Shellfish Tower with oysters, shrimp, lobster and king crab; and Spicy Beef Lettuce Cups with Thai chili & basil, sweet chili sauce and crunchy rice. For dessert, a seasonal Pumpkin Pie with cinnamon marshmallow, walnut crumble and maple ice cream has been added to the menu. Dinner will be offered from 6PM until 10PM. Reservations are highly recommended.
Dinner for a GREAT Cause: SOBEWFF x Constellation Culinary Group
This Thanksgiving The Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival founded by Miami local, Lee Schrager and presented by Capital One (SOBEWFF®) is teaming up with Constellation Culinary Group to offer a one-stop, no shop Thanksgiving Table To-Go this holiday season. The best part is that 100 percent of the net proceeds will benefit the Festival’s efforts to aid the local hospitality industry during the continued regrowth and recovery phase. In addition, for every 25 packages sold, SOBEWFF® will donate a holiday family meal to a local member of the United States Bartenders’ Guild impacted by the pandemic.
Impress your guests with one of three conveniently prepared dinner packages specially curated by the SOBEWFF® team in collaboration with Executive Chef Aaron Janus. All dishes come fully cooked with reheating instructions. Each Thanksgiving dinner package includes entrée(s), two salads, a choice of three side dishes, bread, accompaniments, two dessert(s), wine from La Crema, Aqua Panna® Natural Spring Water, S.Pellegrino® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water, and a canister of illy Classico Ground Drip Coffee. Additionally, à la carte dishes are available for purchase. Orders will be available for purchase at www.sobewff.org/thanksgiving. SGWS Wynwood (2105 N. Miami Avenue) will serve as the drive-thru contactless pick-up location on Wednesday, November 25 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday, November 26 from 9 a.m. to noon.
See pricing and further details below:
●SOBEWFF® Thanksgiving Table To-Go Option #1 (2 guests) | $150 I Entrée: Oven-Roasted Turkey Breast
●SOBEWFF® Thanksgiving Table To-Go Option #2 (4-6 guests) | $375 I Entrée: 20-Pound Herb-Roasted Turkey
●SOBEWFF® Thanksgiving Table To-Go Option #3 (8-10 guests) | $675 I Entrée: 20-Pound Herb-Roasted Turkey and Braised Short Ribs
The luxurious St. Regis Bal Harbour has quite the feast planned for Thanksgiving! The Forbes Five-Star, AAA Five Diamond hotel that was recently named a top resort in Florida by Conde Nast Traveler will be offering a specially curated family-style menu at both La Gourmandise and in their private dining space. The St. Regis Bal Harbour's prix fixe menu ranges from $65 per person (Turkey) to $85 per person (Prime Ribeye) and includes delectable dishes such as corn bread stuffing with Italian sausage and caramelized onions, plus creamy mashed potatoes with parmesan and chives, and chocolate bourbon pecan pie for dessert. Looking for a to-go option? The St. Regis Bal Harbour is offering both residents and locals a special Thanksgiving to-go menu that will be $250 and will serve a family of four.
The 100% plant-based Miami Beach eatery, PLANTA, is offering a Thanksgiving takeout box that is only $130 for four which includes: Truffle Mac & Cheese, Cranberry Sauce, Butternut Squash Soup, Savory Stuffing, Mushroom Miso Gravy, Candied Sweet Potatoes, Brussels Sprouts and Pumpkin Pie.
Burlock Coast at The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale is offering a family-style 3-course meal. Offered from 12PM to 9PM and priced at $79 per adult and $29 per child (ages 5 to 12), the festive meal begins with Grilled Squash with pomegranate, pumpkin seed, Humboldt Fog cheese and honey-black pepper vinaigrette, and Artichoke and Baby Shrimp Dip with sourdough bread. The Main Course includes Turkey Breast Roulade and Confit Leg and Thigh, served with potato puree, stuffing, grilled broccolini, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce and gravy. To finish, guests can indulge in a Chocolate Pecan Tart and Pumpkin Mousse. Reservations are required by calling (954) 302-6430 or by emailing burlockcoastrsvp@ritzcarlton.com. A limited a la carte menu will be available for dine-in as well as a Bottomless Beverage package priced at $34 per person.
Burlock Coast is also offering Thanksgiving To-Go, which includes whole roasted turkey with gravy and cranberry sauce, bread stuffing, creamy potato puree, green bean casserole, roasted sweet potatoes, biscuits and pecan pie. Thanksgiving To-Go is priced at $299 plus tax and serves 6 to 8 people.
Steak 954 Restaurant at The W Hotel
This year, Stephen Starr’s Steak 954 offers a Thanksgiving menu full of traditional favorites including an Herb & Citrus Roasted Turkey with traditional stuffing, sauteed haricot verts, loaded sweet potato with marshmallows and candied pecan, turkey gravy, and cranberry chutney for $52 per person. Along with a la carte items like a seasonal Roasted Butternut Squash Soup ($12) and various house-made desserts ranging from a Pumpkin Souffle ($12) with warm bourbon toffee sauce, toasted pepita ice cream and Creme Brulee ($12) with heirloom apples compote, salted brown butter streusel.
Celebrate Thanksgiving at Stephen Starr’s Le Zoo in Bal Harbour, Florida, with a menu full of traditional favorites with a French-Mediterranean twist. For $65, the three-course prix-fixe menu includes a choice of starters with the Salt Baked Beet Salad or Butternut Squash Soup, followed by a Traditional Roast Turkey dinner served with Potato Purée, Roasted Brussels Sprouts, Green Bean Casserole and Cranberry Sauce. Dessert options include a choice of the Pumpkin Pie or Apple Pie Á La Mode for a sweet conclusion. The restaurant is open from 1PM-8PM.
Photo Credit: Andrew Hektor
This year, guests and locals alike can indulge in a scrumptious Thanksgiving brunch that will feature a raw bar, chef carving station, pasta station, and a seasonal dish station that includes brussels sprouts, sweet potatoes and cornbread cranberry stuffing. For dessert, guests will choose from a selection of apple cider panna cotta, ginger snap tres leches, pumpkin rolls, spiced pumpkin pie and bourbon pecan pie. Habitat’s Thanksgiving brunch is available for $95++ for adults and $45++ for children.
Swan is extending its popular brunch favorites to Black Friday this year! Fuel up for your shopping trips with its special beverage packages and tasty a la carte menu including dishes like the Bourbon Cinnamon Roll and El Bagel Breakfast sandwich.
Fireman Derek’s is your one-stop-shop for all the Thanksgiving treats! Choose from seasonal favorites such as Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Cheesecake, Apple Pie, Salted Caramel Pie, Pecan Pie, Carrot Cake, Chocolate Pecan Pie and more. Call to place your order and note that both locations will be closed for Thanksgiving.
Wishing you all a Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving and rest of the holiday season.
**MIAbites and Food Rescue US Miami continue to give back to our communities with our FREE Meal program. We fund restaurant chefs and staff to prepare delicious meals that our volunteers distribute as drive thru/walk up no contact meal distributions. We have provided over 48,000 meals since March.
If you would like to donate to our program so we can continue through the holiday season please donate at this link: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/food-rescue-us/be-the-rescue-together-support-food-rescue-us-miami