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Minneapolis Restaurants Provide Delicious Options for Thanksgiving Feasts and Pies to Enjoy at Home

Try something new this Thanksgiving - whether it's dessert, or the entire feast!

Photo: The Restaurant ProjectHark! Cafe is serving up scrumptious, scratch-made Thanksgiving pies. These decadent holiday favorites are filled with real Minnesota apples, pumpkins and winter squash - and are 100% plant-based, gluten-free and celiac-safe. Hark! Cafe is located in the Warehouse District at 430 1st Avenue.

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Ono Hawaiian Plates offers a ready-to-eat dinner for four for $149. Choose your pick up time on Thanksgiving Day: 3pm, 4pm or 5pm (not a take n’ bake, it comes hot!) Ono Hawaiian Plates is in the North Loop Galley, 729 Washington Avenue N. Online pre-orders only. Your feast includes:

  •  Sea Salt Roasted Turkey Breast
  •  Garlic Mashed Potatoes 
  •  Turkey Gravy
  •  Portuguese Sausage Stuffing
  •  Coconut Creamed Spinach 
  •  Hawaiian Sweet Rolls
  •  Cranberry & Pineapple Compote 
  •  Pineapple Upside Down Cake

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Photo: Union Hmong KitchenUnion Hmong Kitchen invites you to experience their Vinai Thanksgiving Feast. $220 per order, ready to reheat at home. This meal serves 3-4 people (if you’re feeding 6-8 people, you would place an order for two meals, etc.).

Meal package includes:

3 Mains:

  • Whole Smoked Fish in banana leaf
  • Turkey Leg + Thigh, confit with ginger + lemongrass marinade
  • Hmong Sausages

Sides:

  • Purple Sticky Rice
  • Khao Sen Chilled Rice Noodles
  • Roasted Seasonal Veggies - brussels sprouts, parsnips, and purple radish
  • 4 Sauces
  • Pickled Veggies
  • Fermented Mustard Greens
  • Chopped Herbs, Fried Onion + Garlic, and Colorful Doodads for Garnish

Plus: Vinai-branded reheating and serving instructions, banana leaves for tabletop setting, plus a link to fun table and meal assembly video by Yia Vang and a curated Thanksgiving Spotify Playlist.

Also available (on its own, not part of the above packaged): 10" Gochujang French Silk Pie $30, feeds 6-8. Made with real MN-raised lard, topped with whipped cream, dark chocolate curls; flavored with gochujang Korean chili.

Order by Friday November 19 at unionkitchenmn.comMeals and pies available for pick up between 10am to 5pm at Vinai, 1717 NE 2nd Street, in NE Minneapolis on Wednesday, November 24. Home delivery available for $25.

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Patisserie 46 / Rose Street Patisserie is offering an 8” Classic Kentucky Derby Pecan Pie with Woodford Reserve Bourbon, 70% dark chocolate and Georgia pecans.  Topped with a rich chocolate Chantilly. Other seasonal/Thanksgiving items include savory breads, a pumpkin cheesecake, and stuffing mix. Order for either location at https://patisserie46.com.

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Here is a more expansive list from WCCO.

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