Where's a good place to eat Thanksgiving dinner in New York City? We're staying in the theatre district. Thanks

Thanksgiving is THE QUIETEST DAY OF THE YEAR in New York! Start checking restaurants on the internet to see if any interesting options pop up, like maybe Park Avenue Cafe or Sarabeths, if any of these are open. I would avoid the other hotels like the plague and would seriously consider having a fois grois-champagne picnic in my hotel room in lieu of going out. It is a great day for runs-walks in Central Park and at night you can walk all over the place -- eerily empty! I would go to bed early and get up early on Friday to attack the shops ahead of the bridge and tunnel crowd!!!

"Thanksgiving is THE QUIETEST DAY OF THE YEAR in New York". Say what?

I'm not sure what part of the city you're talking about former resident and I've only been there on Thanksgiving once, but the theatre district was the biggest zoo I've ever seen in New York! Once the parade is over (and how can you call that quiet?), those thousands of people stay in the area. You can't move the rest of the day. At least that was my experience. I suppose in other neighborhoods it may get very quiet, but not in midtown, particularly along Broadway and in Times Square.

Sorry I don't have any great specific ideas, but you might follow the often given advice and check out the chowhound website where that question is sure to be asked and answered a lot. The hotels will certainly all offer special dinners, but otherwise, I'm not so sure.

Try one of the homeless shelters in the city. Turkey with all the fixin's.
Yummy !!!

Try the restaurant "Istanbul's" located in the Lower East Side. Best Turkey in the city !!!

Try "The View" atop the Marriott Marquis. It's a revolving restaurant and serves a pretty good traditional T.G. dinner. It's conveniently located in the theater district.

If you can still get a seating, I would try the Plaza or the Rihga Royal (now the JW Marriott) hotel. These are considered quite good, and most of my friends who grew up in NY go to the Plaza, if they go out to Thanksgiving.

You can also try Aureole in the East 60s.

Fraunces Tavern is frequently recommended here for an authentic American thanksgiving dinner.

Quietest day of the year? Huh?

At this point, I'd take whatever I could get. Everything is full or filling up fast. Thanksgiving is one of the busiest days of the year.

Although Fraunces Tavern is frequently recommended on this site for an "authentic" meal, I think the food is mediocre, at best. Sure, it's a nice atmosphere, but I've never had a decent meal there and I've worked nearby for years.

I just saw an ad in the NYTimes that Metrazur is having T-giving dinner. It's a restaurant on the East (I think that's right) balcony in Grand Central. I've never eaten there, but it gets good reviews and the atmosphere would be fun -- not nearly as loud as you'd think. I think I recall it was $46 for adults.