We can’t all be Ina Garten and Bobby Flay. If cooking isn’t your jam and you’d like to outsource the Superbowl of cooking, we are here to help! Here are the restaurants in Cape Girardeau that are open on Thanksgiving Day. 

• Applebee’s: Open from 11 a.m. to midnight
• Chinatown Buffet: Open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Cracker Barrel: Open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Denny’s: Open 24 hours a day
• Farmer’s Pick Buffet inside Isle Casino Cape Girardeau: Open from 11 a.m. – 10 p.m.
• Farradays inside Isle Casino Cape Girardeau: Open from 5 – 9 p.m.
• Golden Corral: Open from 9:30 a.m. – 9 p.m.
• Great Wall: Open from 11 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
• Hotshots: Open from 4 p.m. – 1 a.m.
• Huddle House: Open 24 hours a day
• Keller’s inside Isle Casino Cape Girardeau: Open from 4 – 9 p.m.
• Marco’s Pizza: Open from 4 – 9 p.m.
• Namaskar: Open from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. and 5 – 9 p.m.
• Ruby Tuesday: Open from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
• Sandy’s Place: Open from 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• The Bar: Open from 11 a.m. –  3 p.m.

If cozying up at home is a priority but you still don’t want to turn your oven on any more than you have to (I get it), here are a few local spots offering carry out options.

• You take care of the turkey and Faithfully Fed will take care of all the fixin’s! Give them two days notice and they’ll set you up with five different side dishes highlighting their whole food gourmet philosophy, including harvest veggies served over a butternut squash puree with walnuts, goat cheese, cranberries and a maple sage glaze. (I mean, YUM).
• The Farmer’s Pick Buffet inside Isle Casino Cape Girardeau offers a holiday-to-go carryout special that you can pick up from the valet entrance – you don’t even have to go inside to grab a full holiday feast! 

Here’s a round up of events taking place over Thanksgiving weekend, and don’t miss Small Business Saturday in historic downtown Cape Girardeau! Burn off all that turkey on a local trail or tour a popular attraction; Bollinger Mill State Historic Site and the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center will be open, among others. 

View a listing of all 140+ restaurants in Cape Girardeau, organized by what you’re craving, right here. 

We wish you a safe and healthy holiday!