This holiday season, enjoy more time with your loved ones and consider catering from your favorite restaurants. iStock/DrazenZigic
Take the stress away from feast preparation.
Imagine the days leading up to Thanksgiving—you might be anticipating the stress of cleaning every square inch of your kitchen, bathrooms and bedrooms for out-of-town guests; preparing the mains, side dishes and desserts; ensuring the turkey is perfectly ready to go for its shining moment. What if the months of November and December could be a lot less stressful with the help of local dining establishments?
This holiday season, consider ordering your Thanksgiving—and other holiday meals—to-go from your favorite eateries. There are plenty of options in Woodbury and its neighboring communities. Here is a starting point for local catering options. Confirm preorder and catering deadlines with each business prior to placing an order.
One of Woodbury’s favorite dining spots, Key’s Cafe & Bakery, is yet again offering its premade Family Style Thanksgiving Turkey Dinners for six diners, which includes roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, bread dressing, corn, sweet potatoes, cranberries, bread and butter, and pumpkin pie. Side dishes are available at an additional cost. There is a limited number of dinners available—so Key’s Cafe recommends calling ahead. 1750 Weir Drive; 651.731.5397; keyscafe.com
From the turkey to the side dishes and desserts, Kowalski’s Markets offers everything you need for the table—available for curbside pickup, in-store pickup or delivery. Mashed potatoes with gravy, dinner rolls and green beans, scratch-made sage and onion stuffing, maple-roasted sweet potatoes, cranberry relish alongside fresh-baked pecan and pumpkin pies top the list. 8505 Valley Creek Road; 651.578.8800; kowalskis.com
Visit the Lake Elmo Inn for its Meals INN a Box. The 2024 box, $330/box for 10–12 people, includes a roasted whole turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes and gravy, green bean amandine, cranberries, pull-apart rolls and butter, and two house made pies—choices include Dutch apple, French silk, pecan and pumpkin. Meals are picked up hot and serve-ready on the morning of Thanksgiving. 3442 Lake Elmo Ave. N., Lake Elmo; 651.779.5994 (catering and event center); lakeelmoinn.com
Make takeout a tradition with yum! Kitchen and Bakery. Side dish options include: salads, acorn squash soup, classic stuffing, mashed potatoes, maple whipped sweet potatoes, veggie stuffed acorn squash, Brussels sprouts with bacon and onion, gravy and cranberry sauce. Dessert options include Patticake, coconut cake, Baker’s Man Cake, mini pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin bar, pecan or pumpkin pies. Items are picked up the day before Thanksgiving. 8340 City Centre Drive; 651.603.4444; yumkitchen.com
Sweet Tooth
The main dish isn’t the only thing being ordered this November. Sweeten up your table with these dessert options. Confirm preorder and catering deadlines with each business prior to placing an order.
- Switch up your dessert with pumpkin ice cream pie from Bridgeman’s, 2110 Eagle Creek Lane #200; info@bridgemans.com; bridgemans.com.
- Traditional pies, cake pops and paint-your-own cookies, dinner rolls and much more are offered from Dorothy Ann Bakery, 710 Commerce Drive Suite 100; 651.731.3323; dorothyannbakery.com.
- From quirky cupcakes to delicious pies, a variety of desserts are available at Nadia Cakes, 429 Commerce Drive; 651.314.4444; nadiacakes.com.
