If you're on the move this Thanksgiving, or you're not much of a cook, let the professionals take care of the menu for a more enjoyable holiday. Photo: Jed Owen.

PARK CITY, Utah — The end of October and the passing of Halloween means a little less than a month of calm before the holiday season ramps up. Enjoy the holiday—out of the kitchen with offerings from Park City Area Restaurant Association (PCARA) members. Restaurants and chefs are already busy preparing Thanksgiving dinner for you. From lavish buffets, homestyle traditions, dine-in options, pick-up menus, and convenient delivery services, guests can indulge in an unforgettable holiday meal with family and friends however they choose.

“Spend more time enjoying your Thanksgiving with loved ones and less time preparing it,” Park City Area Restaurant Association executive director Ginger Wicks said. “There are so many options in Park City to either dine in or take home and celebrate with friends and family.”

Visit parkcityrestaurants.com for the most up-to-date Thanksgiving information. The current PCARA Thanksgiving offerings include:

Butcher’s Chop House

Enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with the family from 2-10 p.m. Two courses include a heap of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, garlic green beans, candied yams, cranberry sauce, and a choice of pecan or pumpkin pie. $55 for adults, $38 for kids, before tax and gratuity. The full regular menu will also be available. Reservations are encouraged on Resy.

Deer Valley Café

Take-away items to complement your Thanksgiving dinner include lemon thyme sauce, cranberry chutney, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, green bean au gratin, and wild mushroom stuffing. Pie selections include pumpkin, pecan, country apple, blueberry and cherry. Deer Valley cookies, carrot cake, apple brown sugar coffee cake, and rolls are also available. Place orders by 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 21, and pick up orders on Tuesday, Nov. 22. Place orders by calling 435-615-2400.

Grand Summit Hotel

Indulge in a Thanksgiving Day buffet from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Start with charcuterie, roasted beets, or shrimp cocktail, and choose from wild rice & shitake mushroom soup, butternut squash sage bisque, winter greens salad, or the fall farrow salad. Entrees include prime rib, turkey, ham, salmon, kid’s pizza, and chicken tenders. Dive into sides of chive mashed potatoes, stuffing, and roasted winter vegetables, before a variety of dessert options. $75 for adults, $50 for children 12 and under, children 2 and under are free. Reservations are required by Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 5 p.m. here.

Grub Steak

Enjoy a full Thanksgiving menu from 2-7:45 p.m. of wild rice and mushroom soup, Caesar or house salad, carved roasted tom turkey, autumn harvest dressing, gravy, green beans, mashers, citrus cranberry relish, pumpkin pie, or spiced apple bread pudding. $41.75 for adults and $21.75 for children 12 and under. Reservations are highly recommended on Resy.

Hill’s Kitchen Café & Catering

Pick up dinner for eight, including half Mary’s organic turkey, house brined ham, rosemary sage stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, brussels sprouts with bacon and cranberry, cranberry sauce, cheddar biscuits, truffle mac and cheese, refuel salad, Caesar salad, and charred onion dip and potato dip. Don’t forget Pastry Chef Jessie Rae’s house-roasted pumpkin, double-crust apple, and pecan pies. Orders are available for pickup on Thanksgiving from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Call 435-800-2870 to place orders.

KITA

Celebrate Thanksgiving with an expertly crafted traditional feast at KITA with classic sliced turkey breast & confit thigh, perfectly accompanied by traditional mashed potatoes, orange cranberry chutney, cornbread stuffing, and sautéed green beans. Finish with house-made warm apple pie or pumpkin pie with Chantilly cream. Reservations can be made on Open Table.

No Name Saloon

Open Thanksgiving from 11-1 a.m., No Name Saloon offers its annual Free Turkey Dinner beginning at 2 p.m. until the buffet runs dry. The full regular menu will also be available all day.

Red Maple Catering

Have Thanksgiving delivered the day before or on Thanksgiving morning, and just pop it in the oven before the guests arrive. Menus include 48-hour cider-brined organic turkey, roasted apple pan gravy, French bean casserole, ciabatta and sage stuffing, house-made cranberry orange sauce, and pumpkin pie. Mixed fall garden salad and Yukon gold potatoes are on Thursday’s menu only. Additional sides include buttermilk biscuits, white cheddar mac and cheese, and sweet potato casserole. Morning breakfast of Hatch green chile breakfast burritos and fruit is also available. Orders are delivered cold with cooking instructions, four-person minimum. To place orders, call 801-742-1932 or email sales@redmaplecatering.com.

Salt Box Eatery & Catering

Save time in the kitchen, order ahead, and pick up Thanksgiving dinner this year. Start with a meat and cheese platter or butternut squash soup, indulge in roasted turkey, honey-baked ham, or overnight lamb leg, joined by sage stuffing, mashed potatoes, focaccia bread, asparagus, brussels sprouts with bacon and dates, mac and cheese, pomegranate cranberry jam, house-made gravy, and finish with a pecan or pumpkin pie. Orders are available for pickup Nov. 21 – 24 from 8 a.m-4 p.m.

Stein Eriksen Lodge

Stein Eriksen Lodge’s Thanksgiving Day Buffet from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. will feature live music and an abundant spread of holiday favorites along with the regular Troll Hallen menu. $135 for adults and $45 for kids 5–12. Reservations are strongly encouraged.