Spread: We give thanks for the resto’s Mediterranean family-style take on giving thanks (pumpkin salad, cumin-and-honey-roasted carrots, fennel stuffing, turkey seasoned with za’atar).
Location: The Redbury, 1717 Vine St., at Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood (323-962-1711 or cleorestaurant.com).
Time: Seatings at 1, 3, 5 & 7 p.m.
Price: $65 per adult; $32 for children 5-12.
Spread: Trot over to the WeHo ristorante for a Thanksgiving plate of tender cuts of white meat with gravy, seasonal veggies, and truffle-garnished mashed potatoes. Don’t want to basta la pasta? Opt for a la carte butternut squash tortelli with amaretti crumble. It’s amore at first bite.
Location: 8764 Melrose Ave., at N. Robertson Blvd., West Hollywood (310-432-2000 or cecconiswesthollywood.com).
Time: 2 p.m.-1 a.m.
Price: $45 per adult; $25 for children 10 and under.
Spread: West Third Street’s newbie offers a three-course prix fixe of fly-popping proportions. Roasted Tahitian squash soup with amaretto foam leads into braised beef cheek, drizzled with bordelaise and buffeted by confit carrots. An apple crustada delivers the final blow.
Location: 8384 W. Third St., at S. Orlando Ave., West Hollywood (323-655-8384 or the-churchill.com).
Time: 1-7 p.m.
Price: $35 per person.
Spread: A four-course meal with five-star grub. Start off creamy (roasted cauliflower bisque) or tart (persimmon-pomegranate salad). Feast on roasted Mary’s Turkey or crab-stuffed trout and comfort sides like green bean casserole. Succumb to your sweet tooth at the pie buffet (pumpkin cheesecake, maple pecan, chocolate).
Location: 9543 Culver Blvd., at Watseka Ave., Culver City (310-845-1700 or akasharestaurant.com).
Time: Noon-7 p.m.
Price: $65 per adult; $35 for children 12 and under.
Spread: Whet your appetite with chestnut chickpea soup or oyster stew before digging into family-style sides like long-cooked mustard greens, cornbread and turkey sausage stuffing, and roasted onions with almond pesto. Entrees available in both fish (roasted salmon) and fowl (turkey with homemade cranberry relish).
Location: 8225 Beverly Blvd., at Harper Ave., West Hollywood (323-655-6566 or thejar.com).
Time: 1-7 p.m.
Price: $85 per adult; $40 for children 12 and under.
Spread: The avant-garde chef gets creative (again) with turkey thighs and sous vide legs with gravy in a paella pan, papas carnarias with mojo verde, and mashed sweet potatoes with passion fruit meringue. Now that’s pilgrim’s progress.
Location: SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills, 465 S. La Cienega Blvd., b/t Colgate Ave. & Clifton Way, Beverly Hills (310-246-5551 or slshotels.com).
Time: Noon-9 p.m.
Price: $49 per person.
Spread: Executive chef Tony Esnault flexes his culinary muscles with a four-course menu that includes Maine lobster veloute, wild mushroom stuffing, kabocha squash veloute, and a poached apple dessert.
Location: 141 S. Grand Ave., at W. First St., Downtown (213-972-3331 or patinarestaurant.com).
Time: Noon-8 p.m.
Price: $68 per adult; $32 for children 12 and under.
Spread: Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne’s Brentwood fixture gets in the holiday spirit with a menu of classics like chestnut stuffing, sweet potatoes with sherry and shallots, and herb-roasted turkey breast. Vegan and vegetarian alternatives are also on the table.
Location: 11648 San Vicente Blvd., at Darlington Ave., Brentwood (310-806-6464 or tavernla.com).
Time: 1-8 p.m.
Price: $65 per adult; $35 for children 12 and under.
Spread: Stuff yourself in south-of-the-border style with Mexican bouillabaisse, ceviche with passion fruit, and a Thanksgiving-inspired pumpkin margarita at this upscale Beverly Hills spot that debuted in June.
Location: 369 N. Bedford Dr., b/t Brighton Way & Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills (310-858-7070 or tabernamexicana.com).
Time: 1-9 p.m.
Price: $45 per adult; $15 per child.
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