A survey of restaurants by the Texas Restaurant Association indicates that 83 percent of the restaurateurs who open for Thanksgiving believe they will serve more meals this year. Today's customers might eat out three, four, five times a week. They are opening themselves to profitability by being open Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year's Day. Last month, the Black Eyed Pea began selling takeout meals such as turkey and pot roast in quantities that can serve as many as eight people, Padgett said. Cranberry sauce and marshmallow-covered yams aren't the only things running through people's minds on Thanksgiving.
People also like to indulge in pancakes.
We're serving pancakes all day long. But Thanksgiving seems to be feast or famine. For those restaurants that don't serve turkey, Thanksgiving can be rough. Business is usually dead. In the late 1980s, the pizza outlet would remain open for Thanksgiving, but business was light .