Eat there or take home: These Columbia restaurants are offering Thanksgiving dinner specials

The Thanksgiving holiday is one that almost always comes with copious amounts of food, but we sometimes there are too many cooks in the kitchen. If you're hoping to outsource your Thanksgiving meal this season, look no further than these local Columbia favorites offering dine-in and takeout specials. Thinly sliced prime brisket is grilled tableside at Columbia's MOA Korean BBQ and Bar — and it will be available on Thanksgiving.

Service: Dine-in on Nov. 28 Deadline: As seats last How to reserve: OpenTable On Thanksgiving Day, Main Street Korean barbecue restaurant MOA will offer a lineup of Thanksgiving-themed barbecue entrées, appetizers and banchan for dine-in guests. Menu highlights include bone marrow spread with toasted baguettes ($16) and meat combos ranging from $120 to $280 depending on chosen cuts.



All meals will come with sides of kimchi mac and cheese, Ton-Dak fried chicken and stir-fried green beans with pork belly. The exterior of Trini Lime Caribbean Cafe in Cayce. Service: Dine-in on Nov.

17 Deadline: As seats last How to reserve: Walk-ins only For Cayce's Trini Lime Caribbean Cafe , Thanksgiving will come early with an a la carte Sunday menu. The Trini Lime team will offer classic staples like roast turkey with herbs and smothered turkey wings, as well as innovative fusion foods like jerk turkey and Trini-style ham with guava glaze. Side dishes include turkey and sausage dressing, macaroni pie with sweet potato and collard greens.

Wash it all down with a glass of sorrel or a rum punch mocktail. Finish off with Caribbean sweet bread. Service: Take-out on Nov.

27 or 28 Deadline: Order by 5 p.m. on Nov.

20 How to reserve: Call 803-563-5066 This year, Main Street steakhouse Halls Chophouse is continuing its annual Thanksgiving To-Go meals. Diners can choose between an oven-roasted turkey dinner with turkey pan gravy and cranberry sauce ($250 for four; $500 for eight) or a prime rib dinner with bordelaise and horseradish cream ($375 for four; $750 for eight). Both options come with a full roster of sides, including croissant-based stuffing, goat cheese salad and sweet potato casserole.

Pecan, pumpkin and apple crumble pies ($20 each) sold separately. Jonathan Lopez, Hampton Street Vineyard's owner, pours a glass of wine at his restaurant. Service: Dine-in on Nov.

28 Deadline: As seats last How to reserve: Resy On Thanksgiving Day, downtown French restaurant Hampton Street Vineyard will offer a prix fixe dinner with options for each of the four courses ($65 for adults; $25 for children under 12 years). Menu standouts include a local pear and chicory salad, citrus-sage brined turkey, Brussels sprout hash and goat's milk cheesecake. Service: Dine-in or take-out; all November long Deadline: As ingredients last How to reserve: Walk-ins only For those looking for a more casual way to celebrate the fall holidays, the Columbia location of Barrio Tacos + Tequila + Whiskey will offer Thanksgiving specials for the entire month of November.

The seasonal menu includes a Turkey Day Taco with mashed potatoes and chorizo-apple stuffing, guacamole with cranberry-habanero jam and a "Green Bean Queso-Role" with fried onions and mushroom soup. The Upstream Salad at Midwood Smokehouse. Service: Take-out on Nov.

26 and 27 Deadline: Nov. 22 How to reserve: Toast Located on Cross Hill Road, the Columbia location of Southern restaurant chain Midwood Smokehouse will hold their annual BYO Thanksgiving Holiday Feast. Dishes come a la carte and ready to reheat and serve at home.

The restaurant will offer smoked turkey, both breast meat ($16 per pound) and whole ($85), as well as more traditional barbecue entrées like prime brisket ($31 per pound) and Carolina chopped pork ($13 per pound). House-made sides follow the same style with items like traditional mashed potatoes ($14 per quart) and barbecue style baked beans ($14 per quart). Seal the deal with Midwood's banana pudding (starting at $45) or pecan cobbler ($60).

Service: Dine-in or take-out on Nov. 28 Deadline: While seats and ingredients last How to reserve: Toast South Main Street's California Dreaming will let you choose your own adventure on Thanksgiving Day, with both dine-in and takeout options. Thanksgiving dinner plates will be sold per person ($29.

95 for adults; $14.95 for children), and will come with the usual suspects — including oven-roasted turkey breast, sugar-cured ham, Southern herb stuffing, giblet gravy and your choice of pecan or pumpkin pie..