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Thanksgiving is essentially a big excuse to eat really great food, right? After securing takeout turkey and sides, it’s time to think about desserts, specifically pie, the epitome of sweets perfection for the holiday. Bakeries, restaurants, and food trucks in the Austin area — which occupies the ancestral lands of the Coahuiltecan, Comanche, Jumano, Tonkawa, and Lipan Apache tribes — are making it easier for people to masquerade as amazing bakers. These businesses are offering takeout Thanksgiving pies all available for the long holiday weekend beginning on Thursday, November 24.
Follows are Austin’s best places to pick up Thanksgiving pies, whether you’re visiting family and friends and aren’t up to the baking challenge, or you just want to leave the baking to the experts. This includes big and small pies from Tiny Pies, Texas-sourced pies at Abby Jane Bakeshop, and pie dough from Dai Due, among others.
Everything below is listed alphabetically and is available for pickups (delivery services are noted where offered). Those looking specifically for takeout Thanksgiving dishes and meals can look to this guide for help. And people looking to dine out can check out Eater’s dine-in meals map.
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1886 Cafe & Bakery
604 Brazos Street, Downtown
The Driskill Hotel’s restaurant is offering two Thanksgiving pies this holiday season. There’s the apple-pear ($75) and the Texas pecan ($70).
Deadline: None noted.
Pickup Dates: Tuesday and Wednesday, November 23 and 23
How to Book: Order online.
Abby Jane Bakeshop
16604 Fitzhugh Road, Dripping Springs
Naturally, the bakery is offering three pies: pumpkin cheesecake pie (!) ($42), apple-cranberry ($45), and chocolate pecan ($45), along with sourdough dressing ($25). Alas the Parker House rolls are already sold out.
Deadline: None noted.
Pickup Dates: Monday and Tuesday, November 22 and 23
How to Book: Order online.
Bakery Lorraine
11600 Rock Rose Avenue, Suite 100, Domain Northside
The San Antonio-based bakery is offering several Thanksgiving pies this season for $26 apiece: pumpkin pie topped with shortbread in the shape of a leaf ($26), whiskey-pecan pie ($26), Dutch apple pie ($28), and apple-cranberry ($28).
Deadline: Sunday, November 20
Pickup Dates: Wednesday, November 23 with timed slots from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
How to Book: Book online.
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Cake & Spoon
3008 Gonzales Street. Suite 200, Govalle
The farmers market stand’s baking up lots of sweets for Thanksgiving, including a strong pie lineup ranging from pumpkin ($40), pecan ($45), banana ($45), and cherry ($45), among others. There are also boxes of a dozen small pies ($55), individual small pies ($8), cakes, cookies, and shortbread.
Deadline: Saturday, November 19
Pickup Dates: None noted.
How to Book: Order online
Capital City Bakery
2211 East Cesar Chavez Street, Holly
The vegan bakery’s vegan pie array is a good one: pumpkin, maple-pecan, Dutch apple, and chocolate cream for $27.50. Then there’s a base pie shell ($15) and whipped cream ($6.50).
Deadline: None noted.
Pickup Dates: None noted.
How to Book: Order online
Chez Zee
5406 Balcones Drive, West Austin
The American restaurant’s Thanksgiving lineup has its famous pies and cakes, the former in flavors like German chocolate-pecan pie ($35.95), pumpkin praline ($31.95), Granny Smith apple ($31.95), and bourbon-pecan ($31.95), among others.
Deadline: Tuesday, November 22, 5 p.m.
Pickup Dates: Tuesday and Wednesday, November 22 and 23
How to Book: Order online or call (512) 454-2666
Comadre Panaderia
Nixta Taqueria, 2512 East 12th Street, Chestnut
The bakery pop-up’s Thanksgiving array includes a Texas tangerine and persimmon pie and a Texas mesquite pecan pie for $42 each. Then there are other desserts like pumpkin pay de queso ($42), pan de elote ($4), and herbed papa rolls ($15), A portion of its Thanksgiving sales will go to a to-be-named mutual aid organization.
Deadline: None noted.
Pickup Dates: Tuesday and Wednesday, November 22 and 23, 10 to 11 a.m.
How to Book: Order online
Dai Due
2406 Manor Road, Cherrywood
The butcher shop’s holiday pie array includes $14 pie dough (made with rendered lard, of course) for those who want to make their own pies with a little help. Then there are already-made $40 sweet apple or $45 buttermilk pies for those who want to stay away from the oven, as well as pecan sticky buns in packs of four for $20 or pimento cheese cones for four at $14.
Deadline: None noted.
Pickup Dates: Monday, November 21 through Wednesday, November 23, with timed slots.
How to Book: Order online
Easy Tiger
multiple locations
The two Thanksgiving pie options from the bakery include a pumpkin ($20) and a Texas pecan pie ($25), both made with an all-butter crust.
Deadline: None noted.
Pickup Dates: There are dates with timed pickups available through Wednesday, November 23. deliveries are available.
How to Book: Order online.
Garbo’s
12709 North Mopac Expressway, North Austin
Along with seafood, the restaurant is offering two pies, key lime and pumpkin, for $35 each, as well as a chocolate almond torte ($75)
Deadline: Sunday, November 20
Pickup Dates: Wednesday, November 23
How to Book: Order online
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Gati
1512 Holly Street, Holly
The gluten-free ice cream shop is getting into the Thanksgiving game with its lineup of also-vegan pies in fillings such as crumbled apple maple walnut, French silk, pumpkin, and whiskey pecan, ranging from $49 to $53. There are also ice cream pints, layer cakes, cheesecakes, and pumpkin rolls.
Deadline: Sunday, November 13, 9 p.m.
Pickup Dates: Monday through Wednesday, November 21 through 23 before 3 p.m. each day.
How to Book: Order online
Jack Allen’s Kitchen
Multiple locations
The Texas comfort restaurant minichain has $40 Thanksgiving pies this season, in blondie brownie pie and chocolate-bourbon-pecan pie.
Deadline: Sunday, November 20
Pickup Dates: Tuesday and Wednesday, November 22 and 23
How to Book: Order in person or over the phone.
Jester King Brewery
13187 Fitzhugh Road, Hill Country
The brewery is putting together a bunch of Thanksgiving baked goods for the holiday, including $35 pies ranging from pumpkin to buttermilk chess to caramel-pear. There are also take-and-bake cinnamon rolls and pecan sticky buns at $25 for eight pieces apiece.
Deadline: Wednesday, November 16
Pickup Dates: Tuesday and Wednesday, November 22 and 23, with timed slots from 9 a.m. to noon.
How to Book: Order online
Lick Honest Ice Creams
Multiple locations
The homegrown ice cream store is bringing back its ice cream pies for Thanksgiving. The $28 ice cream pies are available in pumpkin pie and vegan chocolate-chocolate.
Deadline: None noted.
Pickup Dates: Monday, November 21 through Wednesday, November 23.
How to Book: Order online
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Manana
1603 South Congress Avenue, Travis Heights
The South Congress Hotel’s bakery is baking up several Thanksgiving pies: There’s the spiced pumpkin pie ($40), the caramel-apple ($40), and the chocolate-bourbon-pecan ($40). Plus there’s ice cream in toasted cinnamon and vanilla flavors.
Deadline: Saturday, November 19
Pickup Dates: Tuesday and Wednesday, November 22 and 23
How to Book: Order online.
Mum Foods
5811 Manor Road, Pecan Springs-Springdale
The farmers market stand/impending physical deli is offering pecan and brown-butter chess pies this Thanksgiving, for $38 apiece.
Deadline: Friday, November 18, noon
Pickup Dates: Tuesday, November 22 from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., and Wednesday, November 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
How to Book: Order online
Ng Cafe
13000 North I-35, Suite 200, North Austin
The Vietnamese-pan Asian restaurant is offering Thanksgiving pies courtesy of its newer company Biscuit & Bamboo. This means gluten-free caramel apple, pumpkin, and bourbon-pecan pies available by the slice or whole.
Deadline: None noted.
Pickup Dates: None noted, but pies must be ordered 48 hours before intended pickups.
How to Book: Call (512) 491-8859 or place orders in person.
Pie Jacked
1105 South Mays Street, Round Rock
The gluten-free bakery’s pie offerings include fresh and frozen pies, though now with limited options as many items have sold out. There’s the cherry family pie for $24, a variety of sweetie pies for $14, mini-pie packs for $18.75, and more.
Deadline: Wednesday, November 16
Pickup Dates: Monday through Thursday, November 21 through 24
How to Book: Order online
Pink Sugar
2823 East Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, Suite 105, Chestnut
The new bakery’s offering two pies for Thanksgiving this year, sweet potato and pecan, in varying formats. There’s the nine-inch for $20, six miniature pies for $20, and a dozen mini-pies for $40.
Deadline: None noted.
Pickup Dates: Wednesday, November 23, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
How to Book: Order online
Quack’s 43rd St Bakery
411 East 43rd Street, Hyde Park
The bakery’s Thanksgiving desserts lineup includes plenty of pies, from pumpkin with whipped cream and pastry leaves ($25) to strawberry-rhubarb ($28.50) to pecan ($28.50) to blackberry cobbler ($28.50) to banana cream ($30).
Deadline: None noted.
Pickup Dates: Monday through Wednesday, November 21 through 23; pickups area also available at Lady Quack’s in Mueller and Captain Quackenbush in South AUstin.
How to Book: Order online
Sawyer & Co.
2 Dine 4 Fine Catering, 3012 Gonzales Street, Govalle
New Orleans-y diner’s catering offshoot is offering takeout Thanksgiving pies in pumpkin ($22), Dutch apple ($28), pecan ($26), and chocolate-bourbon-pecan ($32).
Deadline: None noted.
Pickup Dates: Monday, November 22 through Thursday, November 24, with timed slots.
How to Book: Order online
The Bearded Baking Company
The bakery delivery service is teaming up with Austin meal service/catering company Fibonacci Food for to-go Thanksgiving sides and sweets. The latter include pies like roasted sweet potato ($25), coconut and pecan-buttermilk custard pie ($25), and bourbon pecan ($30), among others.
Deadline: Saturday, November 19
Pickup Dates: None noted.
How to Book: Order online
The Grey Market
501 Brazos Street, Downtown
The Hotel Thompson casual restaurant’s takeout Thanksgiving goodies include three pies, pecan ($36), pumpkin ($30), and apple ($30).
Deadline: None noted.
Pickup Dates: Wednesday, November 23 with timed slots.
How to Book: Order online
Tiny Pies
Multiple locations
Tiny Pies is doing what it does best for Thanksgiving. There are miniature pies (naturally) available in 12-packs with flavors like apple, cherry, apple-cranberry, and the Texas Two-Step (brownie and pecan) for $71.40. Then there are larger pies available freshly baked in pecan ($35.95), apple lattice ($41.95), apple crumb ($35.95), pumpkin chai ($35.95), cherry crumb ($35.95), chocolate cream ($35.95), and coconut cream ($35.95).
Deadline: None noted.
Pickup Dates: Monday, November 21 through Wednesday, November 23
How to Book: Order online
Tumble 22
Multiple locations
The hot chicken chain is offering its pies for Thanksgiving, including buttermilk, pumpkin, chocolate, and Texas pecan.
Deadline: None noted.
Pickup Dates: None noted.
How to Book: Call each individual location.
Walton’s Fancy & Staple
609 West Sixth Street, Downtown
The deli’s Thanksgiving menu includes $25 pies, in apple-crumble and pumpkin, with eight servings each.
Deadline: Orders are being accepted from Tuesday, November 8 through Monday, November 21
Pickup Dates: Tuesday and Wednesday, November 22 and 23
How to Book: Call (512) 542-3380 or email catering@waltonsfancyandstaple.com.
Word of Mouth
917 West 12th Street, Downtown; 5002 Burleson Road, McKinney
The catering company’s Thanksgiving pie menu includes $35 pies in bourbon-pecan, apple crumble with a caramel drizzle, and pumpkin, along with a four-pack of those flavors in five-inch form plus sweet potato for $50, and cookies for $48.
Deadline: Friday, November 18
Pickup Dates: Wednesday, November 23, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
How to Book: Email bakery@wordofmouthcatering.com
This list will be updated leading up to Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 24. If there is an Austin spot offering Thanksgiving pies missing above, let us know through austin@eater.com.