Spartanburg restaurants offer turkey and all the fixings for Thanksgiving. How to order.

Many Spartanburg restaurants are cooking turkey, dressing and all the trimmings for Thanksgiving.

The food can be enjoyed in your house or dining in, depending on the restaurant.

For years, families had to spend hours in the kitchen cooking and cleaning on Thanksgiving and missing out on family time fun activities, such as shopping and watching football games.

The Thanksgiving cooking and cleaning may be a tradition some enjoy, but it is time to break that custom for others. The good news is they can break that habit with many restaurants offering Thanksgiving meals.

Wade's, 1000 N. Pine St., will give last-minute cooks someplace to get their meals. You can go to Wade's freezer and pick up what you need. There is no need to pre-order.

Blue Moon Specialty Foods, located at 130 S. Church St., offers pre-orders for your Thanksgiving menu, available for pick up the Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving (Nov. 21 and 22). Raw and cooked turkey will be available to order, along with marinades, rubs, sides and desserts.

Little Pigs BBQ, located at 840 S. Pine St. offers smoked turkey breast, whole turkey, whole fried turkey and spiral smoked ham. They will also have sides such as macaroni and cheese, dressing, sweet potato crunch, rolls and cornbread.

Here are more details on what restaurants have to offer.

In a file photo, Sonja Denise Hunter prepares a dish at Wade's Restaurant in Spartanburg. She has worked at Wade's for more than 25 years.
In a file photo, Sonja Denise Hunter prepares a dish at Wade's Restaurant in Spartanburg. She has worked at Wade's for more than 25 years.

Wade's Restaurant offering frozen pre-made meals

Wade's Restaurant, located at 1000 N. Pine St., will offer a home-cooked meal without the hassle of dirtying up your kitchen.

Stop by on Thanksgiving day from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. and indulge in the holiday classics Wade's offers, such as turkey and dressing, chicken fried steak, macaroni and cheese, green beans, sweet potato soufflé and pecan pie.

Wade's is also offering frozen, pre-made meals that require zero preparation. All you have to do is keep it in the freezer until it's time to cook. There are no pre-orders, so frozen dishes are first come, first serve.

Frozen dishes include quart-sized servings of sides such as macaroni and cheese, cornbread dressing, broccoli casserole, sweet potato soufflé, hash brown casserole and creamed corn for $9.99. Yeast rolls by the dozen ($6.60) and cornbread mix ($5.69) are also available.

What is Thanksgiving without a homemade pie? Wade's Restaurant will provide desserts including its famous peanut butter pie, derby pie, pecan pie, lemon pie ($14.49) and French silk pie ($20.59).

Boneless, pre-cooked turkey breasts and sliced hams are also available to purchase. It is convenient if you don't want to battle the grocery store chaos. Turkeys are $10 per pound and hams are $10.25 per pound.

For more information, you can visit their website.

In this provided photo, Blue Moon Specialty Foods is preparing dishes for Thanksgiving.
In this provided photo, Blue Moon Specialty Foods is preparing dishes for Thanksgiving.

Blue Moon Specialty Foods selling turkey with all rubs

Blue Moon Specialty Foods, located at 130 S. Church St. in Spartanburg, has pre-orders for its menu, available for pick up the Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving (Nov. 21 and 22). Raw and cooked turkey will be available to order, along with marinades, rubs, sides and desserts.

A limited, 12-pound Blue Moon turkey is available for ($49.99) with a special Wishbone butter and seasoned with Blue Moon's "Yep!" seasoning. Blue Moon is also offering a 3-pound, pre-cooked and sliced turkey ($44.99) that has been oven-roasted with juice.

Blue Moon offers a variety of home-cooked sides, from 2 pounds and 5 pounds. Options include mashed potatoes ($14.99; $29.99), broccoli casserole ($14.99; $29.99), cream corn ($12.99; $29.99), edamame succotash ($12.99; $29.99), macaroni and pimento cheese ($12.99; $29.99), sweet potato soufflé ($14.99; $29.99), stuffing ($12.99; $29.99), heirloom tomato pie (10-inch, $19.99), collard greens (quart $14.99), green beans (quart $14.99) and a dozen cheddar and herb biscuits ($12.99).

Desserts include a sweet potato cake (8 inches $44.99), marbled pumpkin pie (10-inch. $19.99), pecan pie (10-inch $22.99), apple pie (10-inch $19.99), French silk pie (10-inch $22.99), Hub derby pie (10-inch $22.99), buttermilk pie (10-inch $19.99), chocolate chess pie (10-inch $19.99) and lemon chess pie (10-inch. $19.99).

The pre-order deadline is Tuesday, Nov. 14, and pick up for items is from 2 to 6 p.m. Nov. 21, or from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Nov. 22. You can place your orders on their website. All Blue Moon locations will be closed on Thanksgiving day.

Little Pigs BBQ has selection of turkeys, cakes and pies

Little Pigs BBQ, located at 840 S. Pine St. in Spartanburg, will offer Thanksgiving pick-up orders from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 20 through 22. Individual dishes, along with a meal package, are also available.

Thanksgiving proteins include smoked turkey breast ($40), by the pound ($9.99 per pound), whole turkey ($64.99), whole fried turkey ($69.99) and spiral smoked ham ($60 or $9.99 per pound).

Sides include macaroni and cheese, dressing, sweet potato crunch (quart $7.99, quart $11.99 or pan $27.99), rolls and cornbread (half dozen $3.99 or dozen $6.49), green beans, potato salad, coleslaw, cream corn, lima beans, collard greens and mashed potatoes (pint $5.99, quart $8.99 or pan $26.99).

Little Pigs BBQ is also offering five selections of homemade pies and 10 selections of homemade cakes. Pies include sweet potato, pumpkin, chocolate chip, pecan and peanut butter ($14). Cakes include German chocolate, peanut butter fudge, yellow cake with chocolate icing, red velvet, coconut, strawberry, Peter Paul mound, chocolate on chocolate, pumpkin roll and sweet potato ($25-$40).

If you have a large crowd coming to celebrate Thanksgiving and you don't know what to prepare or purchase, Little Pigs BBQ offers a meal deal package. This package includes a 16 to 18 pound, smoked or fried turkey or a whole ham, 4 quarts of dressing, two quarts of gravy, two sides of your choice (4 quarts each), 30 rolls, two pies and two gallons of sweet tea for $249.99.

The restaurant asks that all orders be placed 24 hours in advance. Little Pigs BBQ will be closed the day of and after Thanksgiving.

McClellan's at Monarch Cafe is offering Cajun, fried turkey

Monarch Café, located at 498 Howard St. in Spartanburg, will offer a large menu of Thanksgiving dishes, including turkeys, hams, sides and more. The restaurant is only offering pick up, and orders must be placed no later than Nov. 18.

Thanksgiving proteins at Monarch include a Cajun, fried turkey rubbed with homemade seasoning ($75), lemon pepper fried turkey rubbed with homemade lemon pepper seasoning ($75), boneless turkey breast ($10 per pound.) and honey glazed ham ($10.50 per pound). Monarch also offers a smoked, prime rib that includes a pint of horseradish crème sauce with juice (half a loin for $95, full $180).

Turkey gravy and cranberry sauce are also available, pints for $8 and quarts for $15.

Sides include cornbread muffins (half dozen $10, dozen $20), yeast rolls ($15), cornbread sage dressing ($35/$60), minced chicken dressing ($40/$75), candied sweet potatoes ($35/$50), mashed potatoes ($25/$45), macaroni and cheese ($40/$70), sweet potato casserole ($45/$60), collard greens ($40/$75) and green bean casserole ($30/$50).

Monarch is also offering an assortment of desserts, from pies to cakes. Desserts include sweet potato pie ($25), New York cheesecake ($35) and white chocolate bread pudding ($45).

Pickups for all items are from 10 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 21 and 22.

This is a file photo of Downtown Deli & Donuts' vegan lentil loaf with portobello gravy and mashed potatoes with roasted haricot vert.
This is a file photo of Downtown Deli & Donuts' vegan lentil loaf with portobello gravy and mashed potatoes with roasted haricot vert.

Downtown Deli Catering provides for small holiday gatherings

Downtown Deli Catering, former Downtown Deli and Donuts, 147 E. Main St., will provide Thanksgiving essentials for a party of 10 or just a small gathering.

A la carte options for sides include macaroni and cheese ($18.99), cornbread dressing ($18.99), sweet potato casserole ($18.99), roasted sweet potatoes and butternut squash ($18.99), green beans ($11.99) and yeast rolls ($9.79).

Thanksgiving meals include a choice of oven-roasted turkey and gravy ($34/$68), pork tenderloin with cranberry and rosemary sauce ($35.99/$68) and a vegan, lentil loaf with Portobello gravy ($34./$62). These meals come with three sides and one dessert. Desserts include Good Karma classic cheesecake ($22), chocolate chess pie ($19.99), vegan, double chocolate cupcakes ($20.99), red velvet cake ($48), lemon iced, sugar cookies ($9.99) and sweet potato cake ($48.).

Orders must be placed before Nov. 16, and pickup orders will be available from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Nov. 22. Orders can be placed on their website.

This article originally appeared on Herald-Journal: Thanksgiving dinner doesn't have to be cooked at home any more.