CRESTVIEW — While many will spend Thanksgiving gathered with family and friends eating a traditional, home-cooked, meal, some opt to ditch the kitchen on Thanksgiving day and head to a restaurant.
Here is a list of restaurants and stores and their Thanksgiving Day status.
• We received an email that Pic and Save will close at 2 p.m. Thanksgiving Day.
• Walmart – open with normal hours, and the "Blitz" beginning at 6 p.m.
• Publix South – closed.
• Publix North – closed.
• Winn Dixie – open from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Hub city smokehouse – open with a Thanksgiving-style menu.
• Wayne’s Catfish House – open strictly for a buffet from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• The Wild Olive – closed
• Desi’s Downtown Restaurant – closed Wednesday through Friday.
• Pounders Hawaiian Grill – closed.
• Uncle Bill’s Family Restaurant – closed.
• Emerald Isle Seafood – closed.
• Hideaway – closed.
• David’s Catfish House – closed.
• Wings of Fire – closed.
• Coney Island – closed.
• Hot Dog Shoppe – closed.
• Applebee’s Grill and Bar – open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Casbah Coffee Co. – closed.
• Starbucks – open from 5:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• The First Judicial Circuit courts – closed Nov. 22 and 23. Regular operations will resume Nov. 26.
• Okaloosa County Tax Collector’s Office – All branches will be closed Nov. 22 and 23, but payments can be made online at www.OkaloosaTax.com.
If you know of other businesses remaining open or closing on Thanksgiving, email news@crestviewbulletin.com or call 850-682-6524.
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