Will any stores be open on thanksgiving? (Miami, Fort Lauderdale: buy, restaurants)

[nitokenshi]

Like bestbuy?

[fauve]

Kmart was the only store I was able to find open last year when I realized, while setting the table, that I didn't have enough plates for the expected number of visitors! I think Publix may be open in the morning too.

[Lilybeans]

Sadly, yes, a lot of stores are open all day. A real shame too.

[Banx]

If my pants count as a store..... then yes.

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[heydade]

You say your turkey exploded? You just realized the pig you're roasting needs another 36 hours? Well, lots of supermarkets and restaurants are open Thanksgiving Day, ready to help you:
• Sedano's Supermarkets' 30 stores in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, and 14 of them can provide fully-cooked turkeys, pigs and hams. They have all the sides -- mashed potatoes and stuffing plus such Latin favorites as yucca, black beans and rice, maduros and others. See sedanos.com.
• Winn-Dixie supermarkets throughout South Florida will be open 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. You can buy a whole cooked turkey with all the trimmings to take out, plus pumpkin, pecan and apple pies, wine and beer.
• Publix supermarkets are closed.
• Whole Foods Markets: Its stores in Aventura, Coral Gables, Coral Springs, Fort Lauderdale, Miami Beach, Pinecrest and Plantation are open Thanksgiving from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. with whole cooked turkeys and all the trimmings. See WholeFoodsMarket.com
• La Carreta restaurants will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving. You can take out a turkey, pig or ham plus all the Anglo or Latin trimmings. See lacarreta.com.
• Doris Italian Markets in Hollywood, Sunrise, Plantation, Boca Raton, Pembroke Pines, Coral Springs: Most are open Thanksgiving Day from 8 a.m. to noon. They don't have fully cooked whole turkeys that day, but some stores have cooked turkey breasts and all the trimmings, plus wine. See dorismarket.com
• Gardner's Markets' four South Florida locations are open 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day and can provide a turkey that's brined and ready to pop in the oven, but not a cooked one. They have all the sides, hot and ready to go -- stuffing, cornbread, soups, gravy, sauces, mashed potatoes sweet potato mousse, green beans, scalloped onions and creamy spinach gratin, pumpkin pie, apple pie, cranberry apple cheese crumb tart. And a good selection of wines. See gardnersmarkets.com.
• Hollywood's Deli Den, 2889 Stirling Rd., Hollywood, 954-961-4070: They might have an extra whole, roast turkey. Or if you give them an hour, they can roast a turkey breast for you. With all the trimmings. And they'll tell you how Barack Obama came by a couple of weeks ago, had one of their black-and-white cookies and dubbed it ''the unity cookie.'' See thedeliden.com • Blue Sky Food by the Pound, in Doral, West Kendall and elsewhere, will be open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thanksgiving Day; it's too late to order a whole roast turkey or pig, but they have all the Anglo and Latin trimmings. Google for locations.




Per the Miami Herald...



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