Small Business Saturday

On Small Business Saturday®, founded by American Express in 2010, you can help make a big impact for local businesses. This year, on November 29th, help local businesses get more customers. Small Business Saturday is a day to celebrate the local businesses that help make your neighborhood great. Anyone can join in, from business owners to shoppers to government officials.

More and more people are taking part in this day, making Small Business Saturday turn into a real movement and a new holiday shopping tradition. Senators, mayors, and governors across the country have urged the masses to participate, even the President voiced his support. In 2012, American Express estimated a total of $5.5 billion were spent at small independent businesses on the day. To rally your neighborhood, promote your business or learn more about “shopping small,” click here

 

Last Minute Thanksgiving in NYC

If there’s one city where you can make Thanksgiving dining plans at the last minute, its New York City. There are a number of last minute reservations that are available and a good variety of restaurant and menu options. Below is a list of a few restaurants that GrubStreet compiled that still have reservations on Turkey Day with some great menus:

Maialino
Price per person: $95
Menu: The holiday menu includes a chestnut soup with roasted brussel sprouts, heritage turkey with polenta and kale, as well as the Maialino classics such as the roast suckling pig and tonnarelli cacio e pepe. 
 
The Gander
Price per person: $85
Menu: The Gander is offering a four-course prix fixe menu with seasonal squash soup, a crispy calamari salad and sea trout tartare. The entrees include a dry-aged strip steak, a roasted branzino, and of course a turkey dish. 
 
Pearl & Ash
Price per person: $95
Menu: Pearl & Ash will be serving turkey four ways: in turkey butter, turkey sausage, turkey Wellington and fried with cranberry and slaw. Take your pick!
 
DBGB
Price per person: $60
Menu: Daniel Boulud will be serving, “The Gobbler,” a seven-ounce Turkey burger topped with rodichio slaw, toasted pumpkin seeds and cranberry ketchup. This is not the only item featuring the holiday bird, but definitely sounds like a must to try…The three-course holiday menu also includes great pâté and ice-cream sundaes. 

To see a full list of last-minute Thanksgiving Day restaurant options in the city, along with a great list of takeout options, click here