What Are Boston Restaurants Serving Up for Thanksgiving?

Several Boston-area restaurants are offering special Thanksgiving Day dinners, ranging from traditional turkey dinners to chef-driven specialties. The Boston Globe shared several suggestions and strongly recommended that diners make reservations in advance.

Artisan Bistro inside The Ritz-Carlton Boston near the Boston Common offers a Thanksgiving menu at $95 per person (a children's menu will be available). Starters include short rib empanadas and clam chowder. Main dishes include heritage turkey with classic sides or osso buco with butternut squash polenta and dessert choices of apple pie or pumpkin cheesecake. Artisan Bistro is open from noon to 8 p.m. | 10 Avery St. | 617-574-7100

Bootleg Special adds Cajun-fusion Thanksgiving dishes to its regular menu, including Cajun-fried turkey served with cranberry and sausage cornbread stuffing, stir-fried haricot vert, and country gravy. The restaurant will open at 4 p.m. | 400 Tremont St. | 617-451-1800

Contessa serves a Northern Italian family-style Thanksgiving for $195 per person, from noon to 8 p.m. Starters include meatballs with whole-grain mustard sauce or squash carpaccio, a sage-roasted turkey with stuffing and cranberry mostarda as the main dish, and pumpkin gelato with apple pie for dessert. | 3 Newbury St. | 617-741-3404

Grill 23 in Back Bay offers a full traditional turkey dinner with sides or the restaurant's steak options. You can finish your meal with Grill 23's coconut cake or the special Dutch apple pie. | 161 Berkeley St. | 617-542-2255

OAK Long Bar + Kitchen in Back Bay presents à la carte Thanksgiving specials from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Items include a whole roasted turkey breast with chestnut stuffing and bourbon-glazed squash, plus a Pie in the Sky cocktail fundraiser for Community Servings. Thanksgiving specials include whole roasted turkey breast with chestnut stuffing and bourbon-glazed delicata squash, haricot vert gratin with forest mushrooms, and a tart cranberry cobbler. OAK Long Bar + Kitchen will be open on Thanksgiving Day from 7 a.m. through midnight. | 138 St. James Ave. | 617-585-7222