Preparing for Thanksgiving dinner? You never know when you'll need to grab a last-minute item before sitting down for your feast. Sign up for our NewslettersHere is a parish-by-parish breakdown of stores open on Thanksgiving Day.

Thanksgiving is nearly here, and if you plan to outsource part or all of your cooking, now's the time to get your orders in with New Orleans restaurants. Why it matters: The holidays are hard! We give you permission to take any shortcut you want.

Restaurants across New Orleans are offering special dine-in menus on Thursday, Nov. 28, ranging from the turkey-centric to the non-traditional. Address: 429 Decatur St., New Orleans. This historic, fine-dining eatery is offering a 3-course feast on Thursday, Nov. 28 for $65 per person.

As the crisp autumn air settles in, and Thanksgiving fast approaches, you might be looking for things to do to celebrate the holiday. Beyond roasting the turkey or watching NFL games, there are plenty of things to see and do if you’re in New Orleans, from parades to turkey and human horse races.

This New Orleans restaurant is serving a Thanksgiving menu from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, according to the restaurant website. The menu is set to include chicken and sausage gumbo, roasted turkey with gravy, dirty rice, seafood dressing, candied yams, Grand Mariner cranberry relish, green bean casserole and pumpkin pie.

Here are two locations where you can snag any last-minute items for the Thanksgiving table. Cannata’s. Time: opens at 6 a.m. At the time of this writing, the s

If you need to pick up a few last-minute items on Turkey Day, here's which stores are open, closed and have limited holiday hours.

Here’s what you need to know about local shopping center hours and the schedules for other services on Thanksgiving and Black Friday.