Many North Jersey restaurants — from Essex County to Bergen — will be open on Thanksgiving Day 2025.

Here are our picks for some of the best to visit.

"Skip the stress, go out to eat!" has to be the most overplayed opening to a "Where to eat on Thanksgiving" article ever.

Let's be real — as food journalists, we write this story every year. In fact, the first time I was tasked with making a list of restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day, I wasn't even out of college yet.

So, instead of recycling that old trope, let's admit something new:

Cooking for Thanksgiving isn't that stressful. Many people, probably with less skill than you, do it every November.

Perhaps, though, you'd rather spend the fourth Thursday of the month watching football, making TikToks or just taking a g*damn nap the

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