If you plan on getting a fresh bird for your Thanksgiving Dinner, then you better start preparing.  Call your local butcher/poultry shop and see if you can order a fresh turkey.  Most places will have turkeys all the way up until Thanksgiving, but the size and type of bird you want may not be available the longer you wait.  Here are a few places to get you started!

LA Fresh Turkey

Farmers Market Poultry 

Marconda’s Meats

-Both at the 3rd Street Farmers Market on Fairfax and 3rd

 Lindy and Grundy

801 North Fairfax Avenue  Los Angeles, CA 90046

Superior Poultry Co

- 750 North Broadway  Los Angeles, CA 90012

 Hows Market- Pasadena

- 3035 Huntington Drive  Pasadena, CA 91107

 The Farms

- 2030 Montana Avenue  Santa Monica, CA 90403

 Orange County Fresh Turkey

 The Meat House

-         415 South Associated Road, Brea

-         also in Costa Mesa and Mission Viejo

 Mother’s Market

-         5759 East Santa Ana Canyon Road, Anaheim

-         Also, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Brea

 Sprouts Farmers Market

-         3030 Harbor Blvd. Costa Mesa, CA 92626

-         Also in Irvine, Tustin, Costa Mesa, Burbank

 Brees' Meats

- 11877 Valley View St Garden Grove, CA 92845

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And if you feel like dining out, here are some suggestions.

If Thanksgiving creeps up on you by surprise and you suddenly find yourself unprepared to whip up an all-out turkey dinner, no problem. Several Los Angeles restaurants are offering either take-out Thanksgiving dinners, to be picked up the day before Thanksgiving, or are open on Thanksgiving Day. 

Read more at the LA Times