Make sure to call ahead to reserve your seat, and ensure there are still reservations available for the time you plan to dine.
Positano
Positano has been a fixture in downtown Bethesda since 1977, and is open every day of the year. While known for its Italian menu, you can also get a traditional Thanksgiving day feast with turkey and all the fixings at this spacious restaurant on Fairmont Avenue. They'll be open regular hours on Thanksgiving.
4948-4940 Fairmont Avenue
(301)-654-1717
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| Butterscotch Pudding Pot, one dessert option on the Thanksgiving menu at Del Frisco's Grille |
Del Frisco's Grille
A welcome new entry to the annual list is Del Frisco's Grille at Pike & Rose. Enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with hand-carved turkey, cornbread stuffing, gravy and cranberry relish, a butternut squash bisque to start, and a choice of 2 sides and three choices for dessert. See the full menu for more details.
11800 Grand Park Avenue
(301) 881-0308
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| Dine with an aerial view of the holiday lights of Pike & Rose at City Perch this Thanksgiving |
City Perch
Another new entry also comes from Pike & Rose. City Perch's Thanksgiving menu switches out mashed potatoes for mashed sweet potatoes, gives you a choice from two starters, and plays up the restaurant's semi-secret weapon, renowned pastry chef Sherry Yard. That means not only five-star desserts, but a puff pastry lid on top of your Parsnip + Apple soup.
11830 Grand Park Avenue
301-231-2310
The Capital Grille
The Capital Grille in Chevy Chase will offer their Executive Chef's take on Thanksgiving favorites, as well as their regular menu.
5310 Western Avenue
(301) 718-7812
Founding Farmers
This popular American restaurant at Park Potomac will be serving up popular American Thanksgiving dishes from noon until 8 PM on Thanksgiving Day.
12505 Park Potomac Avenue
(301) 340-8783
La Ferme
Choose from classic turkey, or salmon or New York Strip at this longtime Chevy Chase restaurant,
7101 Brookville Road
(301) 986-5255
Le Vieux Logis
Yes, the revamped restaurant in downtown Bethesda raved about in the Washington Post is entering the Thankgiving sweepstakes this year, from 4:00-8:30 PM.
7925 Old Georgetown Road
(301) 652-6816
Maggiano's
A long-standing fixture on my list, Maggiano's will be serving a traditional Thanksgiving meal family-style.
Chevy Chase Pavilion
5333 Wisconsin Ave NW
(202) 966-5500
Morton's
A veritable Thanksgiving tradition, atop the Bethesda Metro station.
7400 Wisconsin Avenue
(301) 657-2650
Union Jack's Bethesda
Union Jack's will open at 6:00 PM on Thanksgiving Day, and will be serving its full menu.
4915 St. Elmo Avenue
(301) 652-2561
Oakville Grille and Wine Bar
For those in the Wildwood Shopping Center area, this is an easy drive with easy (and free!) surface parking.
Wildwood Shopping Center
10257 Old Georgetown Road
(301) 897-9100
Praline
Now here is a best-kept secret. Tucked away in the Shops at Sumner Place (better known as Little Falls Mall to longtime residents).
The Shops at Sumner Place
4611 Sangamore Road
(301) 229-8180
Ruth's Chris Steak House
The Thanksgiving restaurant meal that can start with a Louisiana seafood gumbo, if you wish. Another Thanksgiving tradition in downtown Bethesda. Check out the menu here.
7315 Wisconsin Avenue
(301) 652-7877
Urban Heights
Local celebrity chef Robert Wiedmaier is behind this rooftop restaurant also making its debut on my Thanksgiving list. They'll be open from 12:00-7:00 PM with an a la carte menu that will include some special Thanksgiving dishes.
7940 Norfolk Avenue
(301) 312-8282
Happy Thanksgiving
from
Robert Dyer
at
Bethesda Row!
18 comments:
Why is Dyer wishing me a Happy Thanksgiving? What a freaking micro-agression BRO!
I'm guessing Food Wine & Co. isn't having a final Thanksgiving in their space.
http://www.globest.com/news/12_1243/washington/office/Carr-Properties-Buys-Apex-Building-for-106M-363686-1.html
Prices for the fixed-price menus would have been useful.
The article says that over the next few years, as the existing tenants leave, they'll demolish. So they could open if they wanted! :) :)
Why aren't people talking about Robert Dyer being the worst dressed dude in Bethesda Town!?
@ 7:23AM Um, because he isn't.
That award goes to the guy who walks around the south end of Bethesda in the striped button-down tucked into his grey sweatpants.
How much would a special 'Thanksgiving Dinner with Dyer' event cost? I'll bring the Baja Blast.
@ 10:38 AM - "Don't tell 'em what they already know."
Dyer, just stick with the names of the restaurants, their locations and telephone numbers and Thanksgiving hours. Everything else is just useless verbiage.
"You can also get a traditional Thanksgiving day feast with turkey and all the fixings at this spacious restaurant..."
"...will offer their Executive Chef's take on Thanksgiving favorites, as well as their regular menu."
"This popular American restaurant ..will be serving up popular American Thanksgiving dishes"
"Yes, the revamped restaurant in downtown Bethesda raved about *in the Washington Post* is entering the Thanksgiving sweepstakes this year..."
So Dyer is "spamming" his own blog now. And that's one hell of an awkward use of passive voice. Just say "...that the Washington Post raved about".... That's how normal people talk.
"A veritable Thanksgiving tradition..."
"A long-standing fixture on my list...will be serving a traditional Thanksgiving meal family-style."
Aaron's sloppy khakis don't make the worst dressed list?
"Anonymous Anonymous said...
Dyer, just stick with the names of the restaurants, their locations and telephone numbers and Thanksgiving hours. Everything else is just useless verbiage.
11:23 AM"
This is a blog, not a directory. Commentary is most welcome.
Agreed. Dyer's site isn't a phone directory.
They all sound good! Yum!
11:23: If you were knowledgeable about the DC dining scene, you would know that Washington Post food critics have a strong bias against Bethesda restaurants. So their praise of Le Vieux Logis is indeed notable, and makes complete sense to mention here.
How would anybody be helped in choosing the right restaurant if I just presented a list of phone numbers?
7:23: Because I'm not.
Why no mention of matt barker out at CITY PERCH as the head chef? Shouldn't that be made KNOWN to people considering eating their for Thanksgiving!?
It's like a child who has to compare to someone else.
Personally, I just typically go for Chinese carry out on Thanksgiving
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