These 25 Iowa Restaurants Will Be Open On Thanksgiving 2024

You do have the option to skip cooking, you know.

Not all of us have the gift of being able to cook yet somehow still stuck hosting Thanksgiving. That's when it's more convenient to just take the fams out to eat. Or maybe you're flying solo for the holiday and that's just an easier way to get dinner for one.

Quad Cities restaurants are booking up fast for Thanksgiving Day, so if you want to make reservations, get on that. Restaurants that will be open (with reservation times available at the time of writing this) include:

• Ruthie's Steak & Seafood at Rhythm City Casino
• Keller's American Grille at Isle Casino Bettendorf
• Granite City Food & Brewery- Davenport

But if you didn't mean to burn the turkey, now you have to find somewhere to get Thanksgiving dinner, where are you going?

Where You Don't Have To Cook

Cozymeal has compiled a list of dozens of restaurants with at least some operating hours on Thanksgiving Day. They may vary by location, so if one sounds good to you, call the location to see if it's open.

Fast Food

It's not the traditional Thanksgiving meal but a good burger and fries can sometimes fix what ails you. Chains open on Thanksgiving include:

• McDonald's
• Burger King
• Popeye's
• Arby's
• Domino's
• Hardee's
• Starbucks
• Sonic
• Subway
• Steak n' Shake

Traditional Dining

If you want to actually sit down to a Thanksgiving dinner, you'll be able to check out these chains with Iowa locations:

• Cracker Barrel
• Red Lobster
• Ruth's Chris Steak House
• Denny's
• TGI Fridays
• Ruby Tuesday
• Waffle House
• IHOP
• Golden Corral
• Buffalo Wild Wings
• Applebee's
• Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar

Remember, some locations may have limited or different hours for Thanksgiving. If you know you want to go out to eat for your Thanksgiving feast, now is the time to call ahead and make reservations.