Being on the road Thanksgiving day can be a bit of a crap shoot. It’s hit-or-miss as far as places to eat or shop, so you can’t really count on your favorite establishment to be open when you get there. Here’s a list of restaurants and retail businesses open on Thanksgiving Day 2013. The information here is gathered from various sources and subject to change without notice and is updated on a regular basis.
Chain restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day 2013:
Applebee’s
Bakers Square
Beef ‘O’ Brady’s
Big Boy
Black Angus Steakhouse
Bob Evans Restaurants
Boston Market
Buffalo Wild Wings
Bugaboo Creek Steak House
Burger King*
Carrow’s Restaurant
Checkers*
Claim Jumper
Country Buffet
Country Kitchen
Cracker Barrel
Denny’s
Domino’s Pizza*
Dunkin Donuts*
Einstein Brothers Bagles
El Torito
Fuddrucker’s
Golden Corral
Hardee’s
Home Town Buffet
Hooter’s
Houlihan’s
Huddle House
IHOP
Jack-in-the-Box
Joe’s Crab Shack
KFC*
Kobe Japanese Steakhouse
Krispy Kreme
Krystal
Legal Sea Foods
Little Caesar’s Pizza
Lone Star Steakhouse
Longhorn Steakhouse
Lucille’s Smokehouse and Bar-B-Q
Long John Silver’s*
Maggianos Little Italy
Marie Callender’s
Mazzio’s Pizza
McDonald’s*
Miami Subs
Miller’s Ale House
Mimi’s Cafe
Old Country Buffet
P.F. Chang’s
Panera Bread
Perkin’s Restaurant & Bakery
Piccadilly Cafeteria
Pizza Hut*
Pizza Inn
Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen
Quizno’s Subs
Rally’s Hamburgers*
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
Romano’s Macaroni Grill
Round Table Pizza
Roy Roger’s
Ruby Tuesday*
Ruth’s Chris Steak House
Ryan’s Family Steakhouse
Shoney’s
Sizzler
Sonic Drive-In
Starbuck’s
Steak ‘n Shake
TCBY
TGI Friday’s
Taco Bell*
Ted’s Montana Grill
UNO Chicago Grill
Village Inn
Waffle House
Wendy’s*
White Castle
Chain retail and other shopping open on Thanksgiving Day 2013::
7-11
A&P Supermarket
ACME Markets
Bass Pro Shops
Belk
Best Buy
BiLo
Big Lots
Cabela’s
CVS
Dick’s Sporting Goods
Dollar General
Dollar Tree
Family Dollar
Food Lion
Gander Mountain
H-E-B
Hannaford Supermarket
HHGregg
JC Penney
KMart
Kohl’s
Kroger
Macy’s
Menard’s
Michael’s
Meijer
Office Depot
Old Navy
OfficeMax
Piggly Wiggly
Pilot Travel Centers
Rite-Aid
Rue21
Shaws
Shop n’ Save
ShopRite
Sears
Staples
Star markets
Sweetbay Supermarket
Target
Top’s
Toys “R” Us
Travel Centers of America
Von’s
Walgreen’s
Walmart
Wawa
Wegman’s
Whole Foods Market
Most establishments listed above will be open limited hours on Thanksgiving Day. Actual hours of operation vary by location, so be sure to call ahead before.
* Some individual units may be closed.