Thanksgiving Take-Out Roundup
Whether you're the one making Thanksgiving dinner this year, or a guest at someone else's table, you don't have to make everything (or anything at all) these days. Even when eateries close for the holiday, they still make sure you're well fed...
City Bakery
(212) 266-1414
3 W. 18th St., nr. 5th Ave.
Although this Gramercy bakery is closed on Thanksgiving Day, it offers a catered menu that can be enjoyed at home. Turkey is a given, but their sides steal the show: an option of southwestern cornbread stuffing, butternut squash with Asian pears and hazelnuts, and spicy cipollini onions all add a bit of verve to the ensemble. With desserts, highlights include Indian apple pie ($25) and cranberry caramel walnut tart ($30).
Clinton Street Baking Company
(646) 602-6263
4 Clinton St., btwn E. Houston & Stanton Sts.
This pint-sized restaurant and bakery has such sweet delights as whole apple pie, pear pecan muffins, and little cranberry orange cakes. Bring these to your Thanksgiving and everybody will be giving thanks…to you.
Belli
(646)701-7047
543 Clinton St., corner of Nelson & Clinton Sts.
www.bellinyc.com
This Brooklyn bakery makes it all too easy to pick up Thanksgiving desserts without even leaving the house: Log onto their site or call to order a double-crusted apple pie with cheddar or maple pumpkin pie, as well as a dizzying assortment of homemade ice creams, including citrust-scented FromageBlanc. A power husband-and-wife team, Monica Bellisimo served as the pastry chef at davidburke & donatella, while her husband, Roberto, put time in at Le Cirque, are paying culinary homage to Thanksgiving this season.
Sugar Sweet Sunshine Bakery
(212) 995-1960
126 Rivington St. btwn Essex and Norfolk Sts.
Like it or not, the cupcake trend is here to stay: traditional wedding cakes are even being replaced by tiered cupcake arrangements, so there’s no reason they can’t come to Thanksgiving dinner too. This LES bakery offers spicy pumpkin carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and thick slabs of apple cake, perfectly appropriate to the holiday. One particular seasonal special sounds both rich and spirited: pumpkin eggnog pudding.
Sullivan Street Bakery
212-265-5580
533 W. 47th St., btwn 10th & 11th Aves.
This heavily Italian-influenced bakery offers several items that are perfect for a pre-bird appetizer: for savory palates, pick up a pizza Sedano, covered with nutmeg, celery root, onion, and olive oil. And as an alternative to apple pie, try the caramelized poached quince tarte tatin with cardamom.
