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Friday, November 16, 2012

What's Open on Thanksgiving in Whitefish Bay?

A procrastinator's guide to preparing Thanksgiving dinner – or finding a restaurant to cook it for you.

If you're planning on cooking Thanksgiving dinner this year, make sure you stock up early, because most stores will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. Sendik's and Penzy's Spices will both be closed on Thanksgiving. You can make a last-minute run to Pick 'n Save or Sendik's in Shorewood, which are both open until 3 p.m. Also, if you're not much of a chef, you can reserve a fresh turkey and a fully-cooked holiday meal from Sendik's. If you feel like enjoying Thanksgiving away from the house, Jack Pandl's Whitefish Bay Inn will continue its annual Thanksgiving dinner tradition.  The 97-year-old Whitefish Bay restaurant will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, serving turkey, as well as duck, schnitzel, whitefish, lamb shanks, …

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Not So Stuffing Savvy? Local Options for Thanksgiving Dinner

Even if you don't cook Thursday, Jack Pandl's Inn is offering turkey dinners so you can get your fill.

The classic picture of Thanksgiving is one of hectic family cooking and long hours at the dinner table, but not everyone chooses to spend their evenings this way. Some don't celebrate the holiday at all, others order food and some go out to eat. At Jack Pandl's Whitefish Bay Inn, hostess Anita Truitt estimated they will serve about 360 turkey dinners Thanksgiving night. They will be open 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and are already filled almost to capacity with reservations. "Sometimes families are just reduced to a couple people, families move away, and they are not always able to get together, so it's nice to come out to dinner," Truitt said. Truitt said they also get larger groups of families, and the atmosphere is lighthearted. "There's a lot…

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