This Turkey Day, ditch the family drama, the stress and hours spent cooking and cleaning up, and take your most beloved loved ones to Sin City. Plenty of restaurants serve up Thanksgiving-esque meals with all the trimmings, and you’ll even have time to catch a show or win back the cost of your meal afterward. So pack your stretchy pants and your Alka- Seltzer, and come to your (Vegas) mama.

Get your tryptophan fix at Hash House a Go Go, known for its huge portions and “twisted farm food.” Hash House celebrates Thanksgiving Day with a special holiday menu that feels like home (or the home you wish you had): roasted turkey breast with homemade mashed potatoes, rosemary gravy, old-school dressing, carrots, baby green beans, grilled corn on the cob and cranberry sauce. Burp a couple of times then top it off with homemade pumpkin bread pudding with vanilla ice cream.
Carmine’s is all about putting you into a food coma,
and Thanksgiving is no different. Big enough to feed eight hungry
Midwesterners, the 18-pound perfectly roasted turkey will make you forget all
your troubles. Keeping the jumbo bird company is sausage and sage stuffing,
marshmallow-covered sweet potatoes, baby carrots, sautéed string beans, and
Brussels sprouts with caramelized onions and bacon.
And like everything at Carmine’s, the pie is also
ginormous — your choice of pecan or pumpkin.
Have your Thanksgiving dinner at 3 a.m. if you so
choose at the Pantry at the Mirage, open 24 hours. Affordable and casual, the
Pantry is a great place to indulge without the judgment. Everything on the
three-course menu can be ordered à la carte. Start with butternut squash
bisque, and then head face first right into star of the show: citrus brined
turkey with sides like cornbread stuffing, creamed kohlrabi and roasted
Brussels sprouts. Finish your feast with pumpkin pie in a mason jar.
Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare is known for serving
some of the freshest, most exquisite seafood this side of the Mediterranean.
But (no surprise here), double-James Beard award
winner Paul Bartolotta manages to make a mean turkey, too. The five-course prix
fixe Thanksgiving meal includes tac chino (that’s turkey in Italiano) served
with chestnuts, sausage, Tuscan cabbage and sage gravy. Along for the ride will
be crustaceans like cappesante dorate (seared sea scallops) with porcini
mushrooms, and cappellacci di zucca (butternut squash ravioli) topped with
brown butter.
If you want just a taste of Thanksgiving without the
turkey, head to Sprinkles from Nov. 20 to 29. The bakery will feature T-Day
themed cupcakes such as pumpkin, orange cranberry, red velvet and dark
chocolate — all adorned with turkey and maple leaf sugar decorations. Or try
the new pumpkin cheesecake, available all month long.
ONE FINAL NOTE: Check the menu and the prices closer
to the holiday, and be sure to make a reservation. Nothing is worse than being
turned away from your own Thanksgiving meal.