undecided said:
Just curious. We may be in the minority of looking at restaurants to dine at, rather than cooking at home. I know there are some places in LA that will be open, but I'd rather not drive that far out if I can avoid it. Thanks in advance for your input!
Here's a strategy I used for Thanksgiving this year to find which restaurants still have slots available this late into November:
1) Go to Opentable.com
2) Select which area/s you want.
3) Select Thanksgiving Day.
4) Select your preferred time slot. (Do 2-3 searches for various times of the day since it only looks within a couple hours.)
5) Hit "Find a Table". Let it do all the work for you.
6) Visually filter out all the ethnic places that won't have a traditional Thanksgiving menu.
7) Book your reservation.
... This sure beats Yelping it, visiting each website, downloading a bunch of online menus, and calling around to see what's left. I booked a reservation at a place in Irvine I've never been to before & hadn't even considered until Open Table suggested it. After looking at it, I thought it seemed great and I'm looking forward to trying it. (I'm not going to say what that place is until after Thanksgiving. I don't need any stalkers on Thanksgiving.)
I had originally planned to cook. Last night, my refrigerator AND freezer died at just 6 years old. All groceries had to be dumped out. Not fun! I bought a new one today. They can't deliver until the end of the week. I was going to book Orange Hill. But their one remaining time slot didn't work for me. So I'm trying something new this year and I'm so glad I did it this way through Open Table -- best website ever. So convenient.