Thanksgiving for $59 on Route 6A, and You Can Take It Home

BREWSTER · ROUTE 6A · THANKSGIVING

A $59 three-course dinner, read like a menu board: who it works for, and the one dish to ask about.

3 min read · A Celebrate Lower Cape spotlight

Seven things on one Brewster Thanksgiving menu carry the letters G-F. The bread stuffing, served with every entrée, isn't one of them.

The menu is Laurino's Tavern's three-course prix fixe for Thursday, Nov. 26: $59 a guest, $25 for children 12 and under, plus tax and tip. Seatings run from noon to 6 p.m., in 15-minute slots.

What makes it useful isn't the price alone. It's that the menu was written so you can sort yourself into it.

Seven G-F marks and one stuffing

Starters: baby arugula and mixed greens, burrata, butternut squash bisque, or an artichoke spinach dip. Entrées: roasted turkey breast, bronzed salmon or a pork chop, each with herb whipped mashed potatoes, a savory bread stuffing, and buttered green beans with bacon and caramelized onions. Desserts: pumpkin pie, pecan pie or a flourless chocolate cake.

The G-F marks sit on the greens, the burrata, the bisque, the salmon, the mashed potatoes, the green beans and the flourless chocolate cake. The page doesn't mark the turkey, the pork chop or the dip either way.

A gluten-free plate still needs one question

On paper, you could build a G-F-marked dinner from the bisque, the salmon, the potatoes, the green beans and the chocolate cake. But every entrée is listed as coming with the bread stuffing, and the stuffing contains gluten. Ask for it to be left off or swapped, and ask the kitchen about preparation and cross-contact before counting on the meal for anyone with celiac disease.

If the turkey is the point of the day, ask how it's prepared. The booking form has a place for allergies, and a G-F mark on a menu isn't the same thing as an allergen-safe kitchen.

The button that skips the dishes

The reservation form has two options, dine-in and take-out. Take-out is the same three courses, picked up.

For a couple who'd rather eat in their own kitchen, a neighbor cooking for one, or a host who wants the turkey without the roasting pan, that button is the real offer. The page lists one set of adult and child prices for both options and doesn't show a separate take-out total, so confirm the cost when you order.

No payment, and not yet a table

Booking is a request. No money is taken up front, and the restaurant confirms by text and email. Count children in your party size, and put allergies on the form. You can also call (508) 896-6135.

Pick a seating between noon and 6, mark the allergies, and wait for the text.

Send it to: whoever is hosting Thanksgiving, or the friend who eats gluten-free.