Now that Thanksgiving's made the full transition from a day of giving thanks for the harvest season to a day of giving thanks for marked-down flatscreen TVs, it only makes sense that we trade in dry turkey, stuffing, and family, for, say, aged champagne and imported Japanese Wagyu filet mignon. Thankfully, the powers that be at Old Homestead in the Meatpacking District have recognized that Macy's National Holiday has been rather lacking in the foie-gras stuffed pigeon department, and they're throwing a $35K Thanksgiving feast for the most patriotic 1%ers. Rich people do things differently from the rest of us.
The Daily News filed an exclusive report on the 144-year-old restaurant's Thanksgiving deal. The $35K feast, which feeds four, includes holiday-ready dishes like "cranberry orange relish with Gran Marnier," "Turkey gravy made from renderings infused with $1,750 per bottle Chateau Mouton Rothschild," and "Butternut squash infused with winter black truffles." Turkey and stuffing will be served, but instead of Butterball, you get "roasted farm-raised organic," and Stoeffer's is getting swapped out for "seven pounds of ground Japanese Wagyu filet mignon." You can also feast on sweet potatoes topped with caviar and "Poached bourbon-soaked pears with pumpkin paste dusted with 24-carat gold flakes," just like the Pilgrims did before they gave all the Native Americans smallpox.
The restaurant's co-owner, Marc Sherry, told the tabloid that this schmancy dinner has far more personality than the "boring, basic and, frankly, unimaginative" Thanksgiving feasts thrown by your Aunt Sophie. After all, "If you can splurge for this, you have a lot to be thankful for," he said.
Eater reports that at least one group of four has booked a table for this glutfest, which also includes a $6,000 gift card to Bloomingdales and prime seating at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. The rest of us, sadly, will have to make do with some of these more 99%-friendly Thanksgiving restaurant meals, or you could eat stuffing-flavored potato chips in front of the TV like a True American.
