Restaurants Open For Thanksgiving 2020 In Connecticut

CONNECTICUT — Whether you’re skipping a big Thanksgiving celebration due to the coronavirus pandemic or simply prefer to enjoy a tasty meal while skipping the hours of cooking and massive pile of dishes, you will have options come Nov. 26.

In fact, several restaurants in Connecticut will do all the Thanksgiving Day work for you.

In case you need a recommendation of where to eat out on Thanksgiving, Patch compiled a roundup of local and national restaurants slated to be open that day.

(If your local restaurant plans to be open on Thanksgiving Day, email brian.mccready@patch.com and we'll add your information into this updated story. Please include your hours, town and address.)

Local restaurants in CT open on Thanksgiving:

Breeze Latin Fusion Cuisine
Shelton, CT, 06484
11:00am -9:00pm
(475)269-5081

An important note: As the number of daily coronavirus cases continues to surge, states each day are imposing new restrictions on businesses. Patch encourages you to call any restaurant on this list in advance to double-check hours on Thanksgiving Day.


Here are the chain restaurants expected to be open on Thanksgiving Day, according to a list compiled by Food & Wine magazine. Again it's best to call in advance to ensure they will be open on Thanksgiving.

Cracker Barrel: There are locations in Milford and East Windsor.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House: There is a Newington location.

Buffalo Wild Wings: There are locations in North Haven, Wethersfield and Milford.

Boston Market: There are 14 locations in CT. Find the closest one to you by clicking here.

TGI Fridays: There are locations in Hamden, Waterbury, Orange, Newington, and Manchester.

Denny’s: There are 10 locations in CT. Find the closest one to you by clicking here.

IHOP: There are locations in Hamden, Orange, Wallingford, Newington, Southington, Waterbury, Manchester, Bloomfield, and Stamford.

Ruby Tuesday: There are locations in Meriden, Cromwell, Windsor Locks, and Lisbon.

Starbucks: Several CT locations.

This article originally appeared on the Across Connecticut Patch