Thanksgiving Day: Orlando restaurants that will be open

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Thinking of skipping the long, laborious hours required for making Thanksgiving dinner this year? If you're in Orlando you are in luck because dozens of restaurants will be open.

Whether you just don't want to cook or you are taking a family vacation – or solo trip – to Orlando there are plenty of options for dining on turkey day. 

These restaurants are open on Thanksgiving in Orlando

  • STK -Orlando
  • The Boathouse
  • The Boheme at Grand Bohemian Hotel Orlando
  • Ruth's Chris Steak House Winter Park
  • The Capital Grille - Millenia, Orlando
  • Cafe-Boutique PIANO
  • Salt & the Cellar by Akira Back
  • Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant on I-Drive
  • Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse Orlando
  • Fleming's Steakhouse - Winter Park
  • Raglan Road Irish Pub
  • Mia's Italian Kitchen
  • Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant - Waterford Lakes
  • BoVine Steakhouse
  • 310 Lakeside
  • Solita Tacos & Margaritas
  • Delmonico's Italian Steakhouse
  • Brio Italian Grille - Millenia
  • Morton's The Steakhouse
  • blu on the Avenue
  • A Land Remembered at Rosen Shingle Creek
  • Canvas Restaurant and Market
  • The Bridge
  • Nami
  • Adega Gaucha
  • Sugar Factory
  • Fiorenzo Italian Steakhouse
  • Benihana
  • Big Fin Seafood Kitchen
  • Oceanaire Seafood Room
  • Buca di Beppo
  • Chima Steakhouse
  • AJ CHOCOLATE HOUSE
  • Vines Grille and Wine Bar
  • House of Blues Restaurant & Bar
  • Slate
  • Mrs. Potato Restaurant
  • Vincenzo Cucina Italiana
  • Shogun Restaurant
  • BoiBrazil Churrascaria

Check out the full list on Open Table. 

When is it time to start thawing my turkey?

Perhaps you do actually want to cook but you forgot the secret ingredient to grandma's mac and cheese. There will be some grocery stores open on Thanksgiving Day in Florida. 

Stores such as Whole Foods and Sprouts will be open while Walmart, Target, and Publix will remain closed.