If you’re not feeling up to cooking this Thanksgiving, you’ll be happy to know there are plenty of restaurants that will have their doors open on the holiday. From restaurants offering special Thanksgiving meals to fast food joints offering their typical menus, there’s something for everyone.
Please note that while we’ve done our best to confirm this list’s accuracy and to keep it up to date, things are always subject to change, so we highly recommend checking with any establishment before you visit. Some may even require advance reservations.
Having said all of that, here’s our guide to restaurants open on Thanksgiving in Connecticut:
- Anthony’s Ocean View (New Haven)
- Applebee’s (Select Locations)
- Artisan Restaurant (Southport and West Hartford)
- Avon Old Farms Hotel
- BLDG (New Haven)
- Bear’s Smokehouse (Multiple Connecticut locations)
- Blackstones Grille (Southport)
- Bloodroot (Bridgeport)
- Brick Walk Tavern (Fairfield)
- Bridge House (Milford)
- Brio Italian Grille (Farmington)
- Cafe on the Green (Danbury)
- Cracker Barrel (East Windsor, Milford, Tariffville)
- Dunkin’ (Multiple Locations)
- Elm Restaurant (New Canaan)
- Encore by Goodfellas (New Haven)
- Fire at The Ridge (Middlefield)
- Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar (West Hartford)
- Founder’s House Pub & Patio (Milford)
- Fresh Salt (Old Saybrook)
- Griswold Inn (Essex)
- Heirloom (New Haven)
- Hilton Mystic (Mystic)
- Hopkins Inn on Lake Waramaug (Warren)
- Hudson Malone (Westport)
- IHOP (Multiple Locations)
- Il Gabbiano (New Haven)
- L’Escale (Greenwich)
- La Plage (Westport)
- Love it Vegan (Torrington)
- Madison Beach Hotel (Madison)
- McDonald’s (Multiple Locations)
- Millwright’s (Simsbury)
- Sonic (Multiple Locations)
- Saugatuck Provisions (Westport)
- Saybrook Point Resort & Marina (Old Saybrook)
- Seasons Resaurant and Tap Room (Avon)
- Shell & Bones (New Haven)
- Simsbury Inn (Simsbury)
- Stew Leonard’s (Danbury, Newington, and Norwalk)
- Stonebridge Restaurant (Milford)
- Tavern at Graybarns (Norwalk)
- The Capital Grille (Hartford and Stamford)
- The Captain Daniel Packer Inn (Mystic)
- The Castle (Black Rock)
- The Cottage (Greenwich and Westport)
- The Nutmeg (East Windsor)
- The Spa at Norwich Inn (Norwich)
- The Wharf Restaurant (Madison)
- Tre Scalini Ristorante (New Haven)
- Village Bistro (Milford)
- Washington Prime (South Norwalk)
- Water’s Edge Resort & Spa (Westbrook)
- Wendy’s (Multiple Locations)
Do you know of any other restaurants open on Thanksgiving in Connecticut? Share them with us by commenting below so we can add them to our list.
You may also be interested in checking out our guide to stores open on Thanksgiving.
