I like reading restaurant menus for special holidays.

Hard Rock Cafe: For only $49.95 per person, the delectable meal will offer a creative twist on the classic holiday favorites, all paired with hand-selected wines to accompany the meal. For starters, guests will feast on a festive souffle of pumpkin and shrimp and sauteed spinach in a Brandy bisque sauce. The main entree includes a sauteed Turkey Scaloppine, Prosciutto
and Sweet potato dumpling with Amaretto crumbs
and to end, the dessert is a cranberry Pannacotta with orange sorbet and fresh mint.

The Palms: The Thanksgiving menu will feature an choice of toasted hazelnut panna cotta with candied quince
or roasted chestnut and foie gras soup
or seared Diver scallops with Maryland Blue Crab and butternut squash risotto
or baby red and green Romaine salad;
orange cranberry sorbet;
choice of traditional oven roasted free range turkey with herb nut and dried fruit stuffing, giblet gravy, truffled potato mousseline, roasted sweet potatoes, sweet baby carrots and cranberry relish
or pan seared California sea bass with Cannellini bean ragout, smoked bacon, shitake mushrooms and champagne shallot beurre blanc
or roasted Kurobuta pork chop with sauteed spinach, smoked polenta, apricot and orange confiture, cumin jus;

and choice of pecan pie with rum raisin ice cream and creme fraiche
or pumpkin pie with cinnamon chantilly and vanilla cream sauce or
warm cherry and chocolate cobbler with brown sugar ice cream or
apple tarte tatin with creme anglaise and Calvados ice cream. Cost is $85 per person.

New York New York: The Thanksgiving menu will feature a hydro bibb lettuce salad with caramelized Bosc pear, honey walnuts and crumbled bleu cheese
or winter squash soup;
homestyle roasted turkey with cornbread stuffing, giblet gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, baby carrots and candied yams;
and choice of pumpkin or apple pie. Cost is $16.95.

Monte Carlo: The Thanksgiving menu at Andre's will feature Kobacha pumpkin and black bean soup;
Macadamia nut crusted sea scallops with roasted carrot puree and citrus beurre blanc;
choice of traditional oven roasted free range turkey with herb-nut and dried fruit stuffing, giblet gravy, sweet potato puree, brussel sprouts and roasted chestnuts and cranberry relish
or Alaskan salmon wrapped in savoy cabbage with roasted fingerling potato and caviar beurre blanc
or prime Angus rib-eye with gratin potatoes, asparagus and black truffle and foie gras sauce;
red and white Belguim endive salad;
and choice of apple tarte tatin with creme Anglaise anmd Calvados ice cream or
pecan pie with rum raisin ice cream and creme fraiche or
pumpkin pie with cinnamon ice cream and vanilla Anglaise or
warm cherry and chocolate cobbler with brown sugar ice cream. Served 4 to 9 p.m. Cost is $75 per person.

Note: Isn't it odd that the Palms & Monte Carlo have almost the same dessert menu? I don't think they are connected business-wise. I picture The Vegas Dessert Vendor going around peddling those desserts.

El Cortez (downtown, old hotel casino, next to the bus station): The Thanksgiving menu will feature tossed green salad or roasted butternut squash soup; fresh roasted turkey with giblet gravy, sage dressing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and green beans amandine
or baked Virginia ham, brandy/pineapple sauce, sweet potatoes and green beans amandine;
and fresh baked pumpkin or apple pie for dessert. Cost is $11.95

Burger Joint (at the Flamingo): The Burger Joint will feature the Thanksgiving Burger, this burger consists of turkey breast with a pumpkin burger bun, turkey gravy and sweet potato fries. The cost of the Thanksgiving Burger is $14.

Mr. Lucky's 24/7 is showing appreciation for its guests this Thanksgiving by inviting them to savor in the flavors offered in the prefix Thanksgiving menu. Guests will tease their taste buds with the first course, which is a choice between the
roasted corn and potato chowder,
endive salad
or the classic shrimp cocktail. For the main entree,
an herb roasted free range turkey,
prime rib
or a pan roasted Alaskan salmon is offered. Finally, Mr. Lucky's satisfies the sweet tooth by offering a selection between
homemade pumpkin pie,
a warm deep dish apple crumble with vanilla ice cream
or the chocolate pecan pie. Mr. Lucky's Thanksgiving menu will be served Thanksgiving Day from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. for $15.95 per person

Fancy descriptions on some of these, fancy prices. We're not going to any of these, in case you are wondering, but Mr. Lucky's 24/7 would be my choice because the price is very reasonable but the menu is interesting, and I sense a twinkle in the eye of the person who wrote the description.

This last one sounds like a buffet where there usually isn't one, but they try to disguise it by referring to it as 'family style' and 'international stuffing tasting' and 'pie bar.'

FIRST Food & Bar, The Shoppes at The Palazzo
The Thanksgiving menu at FIRST Food & Bar will feature hot mulled cider; roasted corn pumpkin bisque;
choice of salad (roasted beet with frisee goat cheese and horseradish orange or autumn salad endive with blue cheese balsamico);
roasted garlic Caesar with butternut squash ravioli croutons;
international stuffing tasting;
and a pilgrim dinner served family style featuring traditional turkey with giblet gravey,
prime rib,
salmon, mashed potatoes, whipped sweet potatoes, green bean almondine; house-made cranberry sauce; family style veggies; and a pie bar featuring multiple styles of pies and toppings. $32